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27 June 2024

Safety measures for threatened scientists

In the past year, security measures were taken for 59 scientists on account of the hate and threats they receive. The interventions range from extra security personnel on campus to taking contact details offline.
27 June 2024

Governing parties: no wellbeing and a focus on excellence

It should remain possible to graduate cum laude, a majority of the House of Representatives thinks. Programmes also need to start having exit interviews with the late dropouts amongst their students. But an investigation into stress caused by the fine…
20 June 2024

Scientists urge new minister to take his own advice: invest in knowledge

Members of the scientific community are calling on the new government not to cut research funding. PhD students and postdocs urge prospective education minister Eppo Bruins to heed the advice he gave himself 11 days ago: invest in knowledge and…
20 June 2024

How many English programmes will switch to Dutch?

Which regions or degree programmes will soon be able to continue recruiting foreign students in the face of new government restrictions? A roundtable discussion with education delegates at the House of Representatives gave a taste of the issues at stake.
13 June 2024

Universities won’t break ties with Israel

“No matter what happens, we will never cut ties with an entire country”, write the rectors of the Dutch universities in daily paper Trouw. This only happens when the government advises or imposes it, “as was the case with Russia”.
13 June 2024

PVV regards cutbacks as weapon against ‘woke’

PVV wants to make drastic cuts in higher education and research to combat political activism at higher education institutions, yesterday’s debate on education revealed.
31 May 2024

Ethics committees investigate ties to Israel

Various universities are setting up committees to investigate the ties to Israel. What do they do? And who’s on them? “The committee itself shouldn’t become a battlefield”, says Ruard Ganzevoort, intended chair of the Rotterdam committee.
31 May 2024

Minister praises independent journalism in higher education

“It’s vital that news editors at higher education institutions can operate independently”, outgoing Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf has told the House of Representatives. He calls on the executives of these institutions to safeguard that independence.
27 May 2024

Discrimination by DUO even worse than thought

Could we have a quick look to see if a student actually lives here? Even in case of low risk of fraud involving the basic student grant, students of non-European descent received more frequent visits by Education Executive Agency (DUO)…
23 May 2024

Israel boycott: ‘Don’t do it!’

Should Dutch universities cut their ties with Israel? Student demonstrators have been making this demand for weeks. However, Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf argues that institutions are better off maintaining ties with their counterparts in Israel.
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