Targeting the ‘highly educated’ is allowed Insurances specifically for the highly educated? Minister Kaag says it is allowed, according to her answers to parliamentary questions, as long as it does not lead to “undesirably high premiums” for others. You may have heard the advertisements of Promovendum, an insurance company “only for the…
Too few jobs for people with disabilities Dutch colleges and universities have created too few jobs for people with disabilities. They are far behind other institutions in the public sector, a new count shows. By 2026, 25 thousand jobs should have been created in the public sector for people with disabilities. A…
Student housing director to address room shortage The Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations has appointed a national ‘Student Housing Director’. The director – Ardin Mourik, is tasked with solving the acute shortage of student rooms, which means adding 60.000 affordable student units by 2030. The figure of 60.000…
Hydrogen boat design improved The Delft hydrogen boat is supported by three hydrofoil struts. (Photo: TU Delft Hydro Motion Team) Just before the Christmas holidays, the TU Delft Hydro Motion Team presented their new design. With it, they hope to win on the open sea in Monaco. Last year, they already…
Minister Dijkgraaf wants national guidelines not only for the financial compensation of members of participation councils, but also for their training and support. The minister responded this week in the Lower House to questions and motions in response to the Participation Monitor published this spring. Lisa Westerveld (GroenLinks) wanted to know the status…
TU Delft in fourth place most expensive cappuccino The cappuccino from TU Delft’s coffee machines costs more than those at most other Dutch universities. This is evident from an inventory by Cursor, the independent journalistic platform of TU Eindhoven. The coffee is most expensive at Radboud University Nijmegen, where you spend 1.20…
Major data leak at VU due to theft of laptops Two laptops containing personal data of alumni who studied there between 2003 and 2019 were stolen at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). The institution reported the theft to the police. According to university magazine Ad Valvas, the stolen laptops included copies of…
Energy allowance students: FNV denounces considerations national lawyer Trade union FNV disagrees with a ruling by the state attorney general and believes students should be eligible for the 1,300 euro energy surcharge. Poverty policy minister Carola Schouten insists that by no means all students need to receive the 1,300 euro energy allowance…
Former Saxion lecturer pretends to be a professor in Norway A former blockchain technology lecturer who had to leave Saxion University of Applied Sciences for “questionable behavior” is now falsely posing as a professor at a Norwegian university. In real estate, in which former Saxion lecturer Jan Veuger works, he presents himself…
Dream team Epoch reaches top ten Terug naar Nederlands Dream Team Epoch has achieved ninth place in the CityLearn Challenge 2022, an artificial intelligence (AI) competition. The students developed a new AI algorithm for smarter energy systems, competing against 110 other teams from around the world. …
