News in Brief

Professor Harrie van den Akker (TNW) received a TOP-grant of 675,000 euro for the research program ‘Computational reactor engineering for sustainability’. Computer Science professor Piet van Mieghem and researcher Frits Post (EWI) each received half a million euros for their respective projects. Van Mieghem will research the robustness of large computer networks, while Post will use his grant for researching visual medical techniques.

@01 kort nieuws kopje:Higher educated

The growth in the number of higher educated people in the Netherlands continues to trail other European countries, according to figures released by Central Planning Bureau (CPB). In Scandinavian countries in 2002 a third of the population had higher education degrees. In the US, nearly 40 percent did. In the Netherlands, the figure is 24 percent. The Netherlands continues trails most other equally wealthy countries as well, where average is 38 percent of people having higher education degrees.

Handicapped

Dutch Undersecretary for Education Mark Rutte earmarked six million euro for Dutch universities and higher education institutes to improve services and facilities for the handicapped. The money is available until 2009. Rutte stressed the importance of handicapped students having access to good facilities and equal opportunities to pursue their educations. Rutte also said the new statute for higher education gives handicapped students an extra year to complete their studies. Approximately 60 to 80,000 handicapped students are currently enrolled in Dutch higher education.

Two million for TU

This summer TU Delft researchers received 2 million euro in special research grants from the Dutch research financier NWO. Professor Harrie van den Akker (TNW) received a TOP-grant of 675,000 euro for the research program ‘Computational reactor engineering for sustainability’. Computer Science professor Piet van Mieghem and researcher Frits Post (EWI) each received half a million euros for their respective projects. Van Mieghem will research the robustness of large computer networks, while Post will use his grant for researching visual medical techniques.

@01 kort nieuws kopje:Higher educated

The growth in the number of higher educated people in the Netherlands continues to trail other European countries, according to figures released by Central Planning Bureau (CPB). In Scandinavian countries in 2002 a third of the population had higher education degrees. In the US, nearly 40 percent did. In the Netherlands, the figure is 24 percent. The Netherlands continues trails most other equally wealthy countries as well, where average is 38 percent of people having higher education degrees.

Handicapped

Dutch Undersecretary for Education Mark Rutte earmarked six million euro for Dutch universities and higher education institutes to improve services and facilities for the handicapped. The money is available until 2009. Rutte stressed the importance of handicapped students having access to good facilities and equal opportunities to pursue their educations. Rutte also said the new statute for higher education gives handicapped students an extra year to complete their studies. Approximately 60 to 80,000 handicapped students are currently enrolled in Dutch higher education.