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Science & Education 14 February 2022

Better protection of knowledge needed against unfree countries

Knowledge institutions need to arm themselves better against unwanted interference by countries that are not free. It is up to supervisory boards to check that they are doing so, Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf said yesterday in the House of Representatives.
Science & Education 10 February 2022

Universities want to curb number of international students

This year nearly eighty thousand international students are studying at Dutch universities: 14 percent more than last year. The total number of students has risen to a record 340 thousand.
Science & Education 2 December 2021

‘We should not stick to how we have always done things’

The VU strives to be an international community but needs to do more than translate syllabi and PowerPoint presentations into English, says historian Susan Legêne, dean of Humanities. ‘We can gain from a more diverse intellectual climate.’
Science & Education 25 November 2021

The Netherlands remains an attractive prospect for international students

Over half of the international students currently studying in the Netherlands say they plan to stay on after graduating. Despite the coronavirus crisis, this is about the same percentage as last year, reports Nuffic, the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in…
Science & Education 2 November 2021

Preparatory year is misused to attract more international students

Higher education institutions are going to recruit fewer students from outside Europe with a preparatory year. It is now no longer possible to misuse that transition programme in ‘the hunt for international students’. Higher education in the Netherlands provides preparatory…
Science & Education 21 October 2021

Fear of China dominates meeting on international collaboration

Security interests need to carry more weight when deciding on whether collaborative research with China is possible, experts feel. So give us some guidelines, universities have told the House of Representatives.
Science & Education 30 September 2021

International students have difficulty getting COVID pass

International students from outside the EU get bogged down in red tape when they try to get hold of the COVID pass that is mandatory in the Netherlands. So when they go out they often have to get tested, even…
Science & Education 13 September 2021

‘I always become a little bit Chinese when someone attacks China’

LONGREAD – The West suffers from Chinaphobia and VU Amsterdam lecturer Peter Peverelli believes that is unwarranted. He is co-author of a book intended to counterbalance all this negative publicity.
Science & Education 1 July 2021

‘No internationals’: are foreign students being excluded?

Some international students at VU Amsterdam speak of feeling excluded or separated, both within and outside of the classroom. This could represent a thorn in the side for a university that is striving to be inclusive. Maybe you have already…
Science & Education 17 May 2021

Universities reluctant for exchange with other countries

Starting in September, students might be able to travel abroad again for their studies and spend a few months in Barcelona or Berlin. But some institutions aren’t that optimistic and have already decided to scrap their exchange programmes.
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