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Students 22 February 2021

1000 euro reduction on higher institutional tuition fees

Students who pay higher institutional tuition fees will also be receiving a coronavirus discount next year. They will not, however, be eligible for the earlier announced fifty percent reduction. For these students the fee reduction has been fixed at about…
Opinion 19 February 2021

‘Give researchers a 3 month education break after the pandemic’

Twee organisatieantropologen zien hun onderzoek dieper en dieper wegzakken in een lange winterslaap. ‘Wij krijgen steeds complimenten over onze inzet voor het onderwijs, maar we hebben ook perspectief nodig om ons ingeslapen onderzoek weer wakker te schudden’, schreven Harry Wels…
Money 11 February 2021

You can buy 24 billion bapao rolls from the national student debt

The total student debt in the Netherlands is over 21 billion euros, but how much is being added every second? And what could you buy with all that money? On the National Debt Metre website, you can see the figures…
Society 29 January 2021

Youth organisations: ‘Do something for young people now’

Delayed graduations, housing shortages, uncertain job market: students and starters were already having difficulties and the coronavirus crisis has not made things any easier. Youth organisations demand that the government do something about it – now.
Students 21 January 2021

Students hit hard by lockdown

They are losing their jobs or getting their hours cut – nearly one in three students are struggling with financial worries during the coronavirus crisis, a survey conducted among 1,250 students reveals. Substance abuse is also on the rise.
Politics 18 January 2021

This is what the fall of the cabinet means for higher education

The Dutch government was toppled last week by the child benefits scandal. This will have repercussions on higher education because all kinds of draft legislation will be put on the shelf. What, for example, will happen to lotteries for popular…
Students 15 January 2021

House of Representatives again asks for corona compensation for students

Students should be compensated for study delays caused by the coronavirus crisis, coalition party D66 believes. MP Rob Jetten proposed remediation yesterday in Parliament. Other parties also have concerns about students.
Europe 5 January 2021

Brexit deal: yes to European research but no more Erasmus scholarships for British students

The European Union and the United Kingdom struck an eleventh-hour Brexit deal at the end of December. The Brits will continue to contribute to the European research budget but are pulling out of the Erasmus+ exchange programme. European students dreaming…
Politics 3 December 2020

Dutch House votes down diversity plans for higher education

There will be no ‘diversity barometer’ in higher education and research and no ‘diversity police’ patrolling campuses, if the Dutch of House of Representatives has its way.
Politics 27 November 2020

Right-wing parties against action plan for diversity in academia

In parliament this week, right-wing parties clashed with parties on the left on how to combat racism and discrimination in higher education and research.