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16 April 2025
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Student Life & Society

Key People 16 April 2025

‘I feel sad when people ask me to choose’

Pari Fahimi is chair of student association FAM (Family of Academic Minds) and tries to look beyond the political stance of its members. ‘Diversity and inclusion are different things.’
Housing 15 April 2025

Government wants more temporary leases for students

Landlords should always be able to offer students a temporary lease, according to housing minister Mona Keijzer. This would make it more attractive for them to manage student houses again.
Science 14 April 2025

‘First-generation academics remain blind spot’

Students are less likely to pursue a career in academia if their parents didn’t go to university. And those who do often run into problems, according to a report by The Young Academy.
Internationalization 3 April 2025

International students are sticking around to work

Roughly 30 percent of international graduates still live in the Netherlands five years after graduation, which is more than in previous years. A significant number opt to stay here after graduating in Eindhoven in particular.
Society 13 March 2025

WhatsApp faces scrutiny in higher education

Uncertainty surrounds the use of WhatsApp in higher education. HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht has advised its employees to switch to Signal. Local student unions also back the move.
Money 26 February 2025

First students to receive compensation for discrimination by DUO

Even before the Senate’s official approval, the Ministry of Education has decided to compensate dozens of victims of student financing agency DUO’s discriminatory fraud crackdown.
Politics 21 February 2025

Development aid cuts also a blow to higher education

The government has announced major cuts to development aid, with the total budget being reduced from 6.3 billion to 3.9 billion euros over the next few years. This will also lead to the disappearance of various teaching and research projects.
Opinion 13 February 2025

Students, stop flying!

If we wish to uphold to our end of the Paris agreement to reduce emissions by 2030, more actions are necessary. And we urge students to take responsibility.
Money 29 January 2025

DUO misinforms thousands of international students about loan compensation

DUO, the agency in charge of administering student financing, incorrectly told 8,590 international students that they would receive compensation in connection with the student loan system. The error represents a total of 6.6 million euros.
Society 11 December 2024

Cut ties with universities in Israel, Tilburg committee advises

Israeli universities are intertwined with the violence in Gaza through the army, says a special committee of Tilburg University. That’s why the university should stop collaborating with them.