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4 December 2024
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Society 4 September 2024

Higher education graduates more likely to be organ donors

People with a higher education degree are more likely to be registered as organ donors, according to new figures from Statistics Netherlands.
Internationalization 27 August 2024

Hundreds fewer international students coming to the Netherlands

More than 17 thousand students from outside Europe want to study here, reports the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND). This is a decrease of a few hundred compared to last year.
Society 27 August 2024

New Education Minister is unfazed by Gaza protests

Students will keep protesting against the ties of higher education institutions with Israel. The new Minister of Education seems to be reacting to this in much the same way as his predecessor.
Student Life & Society 4 July 2024

Not less, but more international students are needed for economy

An increasing number of international students are staying on in the Netherlands to work after they graduate. Having obtained their degree, most of them flock to Amsterdam. A new study by ROA reports that Limburg, Twente and Groningen hold far…
Opinion 12 June 2024

Use our academic freedom

Can we ask the rectors to use our academic freedom to stand for those who have no freedom to even become academics? Annette Kemp, ethicist VU Amsterdam, wonders.
Society 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.
Students 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)…
Opinion 27 May 2024

Think more carefully about supporting Gaza

At the university we learn how to evaluate a situation based on arguments and underlying evidence. We also learn that an evaluation is never final, but only holds until proven otherwise, finds Jan Bouwens.
Students 21 March 2024

Why especially gifted students sometimes hit a wall

Gifted students often get stuck in their studies. Yet, in higher education, there are hardly any provisions for this group. VU is in the process of setting up a coaching program.
Other universities 8 March 2024

AUC students complain their board abuses power

The student council of the Amsterdam University College (AUC) has initiated a petition against the manner in which six students were summoned for their involvement in a pro-Palestine protest in early February.