TU Delft will replace the five year tenure track by an eight year academic career track as of 1 May. Academic staff members will get a permanent contract sooner.
Dijkgraaf will have to wait longer for advice on how to allocate 300 million euros in starting and incentive grants. A committee has requested a postponement of the deadline.
University lecturer Bieke Cattoor (ABE) is one of 10 scientists installed as members of The Young Academy on Tuesday 28 April. What does this mean for her?
Why are only full professors allowed to call themselves professor, wear a gown and confer doctorates? Assistant and associate professors ought to have that right too.
How can we remove resistance to mandatory quotas for teachers of colour? That is what the Dutch Research Council is having studied to promote equity and inclusion in academia.
Scientists see the latest report by the IPCC UN climate commission as a final warning. How does PhD student and climate researcher Sophie de Roda Husman hold out hope?
Veel docenten en onderzoekers hebben een tijdelijke baan. De Algemene Onderwijsbond (AOb) trekt deze week door het land met een ‘anti-flexbus’.
Ensure a fair distribution of climate costs, the WRR advises in a report to the Government. TU Delft climate ethic Behnam Taebi thinks ahead on how this can be done.
Of the eight selected publications on energy and climate, two were awarded prizes on Wednesday 15 March. These were about wind farms and flight paths.