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1 June 2023

Poll: Recognition and Rewards gets appreciation

Most researchers are positive about the new ‘recognition and rewards’ system, but postdocs and full professors expect little of it. This emerges from a poll by news platform ScienceGuide.
11 May 2023

Scandal with Saudi-Arabian university illustrates the problem with university rankings

A university in Saudi Arabia wants to rise in the world rankings and is paying scientists to say that they work there. Two Dutch scientists accepted the offer. It illustrates the problem of university rankings.
1 May 2023

UvA suspends lecturer Laurens Buijs

The University of Amsterdam (UvA) has suspended the controversial lecturer Laurens Buijs after he called a Professor of Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies a dangerous extremist on Twitter.
24 April 2023

Education minister wants international students to learn Dutch

Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf is putting forward new legislation to channel the influx of international students. Two striking announcements: there is to be ‘centralised control’ and all international students will have to learn Dutch.
21 April 2023

Unions head to VU to protest against high workload

The universities are still not doing enough to combat the high workload, say the trade unions. And things are not moving swiftly with regard to permanent contracts either. They are going to protest next Tuesday. On 25 April, the unions,…
20 April 2023

Government investigates potential risk posed by Chinese PhD candidates

Chinese PhD candidates attending Dutch universities on a scholarship sometimes pass on sensitive information to China, according to various media reports. After months of delay, Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf announced he is launching an investigation. Replying to written questions from…
13 April 2023

Government wants more permanent contracts: will lecturers benefit?

Fewer flexible contracts, more security for staff… This week, the government put forward a plan to reform the labour market. What will that mean for higher education? After lengthy discussions with trade unions and employers, the government has sent the…
2 March 2023

Education minister can only tackle bad employership indirectly

It is ‘embarrassing’ that some researchers and teaching staff have had to string together temporary contracts over a period of twelve years, in the view of Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf. But he is not their employer and can only do…
23 February 2023

Politicians fear return of grant will attract more foreign students

The reinstatement of the basic student grant has met with a positive reception from all sides of the House of Representatives. But some parties have expressed concern: will this overhaul of student financing end up attracting even more international students…
9 February 2023

‘Without collaboration with businesses, you miss out on many opportunities’

To get funding, researchers have to collaborate a lot: with one another, with companies and also internationally. During a Dutch Research Council (NWO) meeting it became evident that this can lead to all sorts of problems, but still: “There’s enough…
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