DUO: this is how ‘interest rate trick’ works The Education Executive Agency (DUO) is getting a lot of questions about the trick that allows students to fix part of their student loans at the new interest rate of 0.46 per cent. DUO has posted the explanation on its website. A number of clever students,…
Third Leiden student assaulted in two weeks’ time An external date of a member of the Leiden student rowing association Njord was seriously assaulted during a gala in a Limburg castle on Wednesday 14 December. According to apps owned by university magazine Mare, the victim was lying on the ground and the perpetrator ‘kept…
23 institutions sign Amnesty manifesto Twenty-three universities and colleges have now signed an Amnesty International manifesto against sexual violence among students. Some institutions do not want to sign the manifesto for practical reasons. TU Delft, for example, sees little point in workshops for all students and Utrecht University prefers its own…
Higher sentence for TU Delft scam The Hague court sentenced Rotterdam resident Keyvan A. (36) to 220 hours of community service and nine months’ suspended imprisonment for attempted fraud on behalf of TU Delft. The public prosecutor had wanted (in Dutch) A. to be sentenced to 140 hours of community service and a suspended…
2.8 million more for knowledge safety The Dutch House of Representatives wants the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to reserve a total of 2.8 million euros extra for the further improvement of knowledge safety at universities. This proposal was adopted last week by a broad parliamentary majority. Universities will receive the…
‘Russia is recruiting exchange students’ The recruitment of African exchange students in Russia is becoming increasingly common at present, with host universities playing an important role, according to Times Higher Education and others. For instance, the Southern Federal University in the town of Rostov-on-Don, near Ukraine, is said to have recruited 2,500 African…
‘Wake-up call’ for Andy van den Dobbelsteen On LinkedIn, TU Delft sustainability coordinator prof.dr.ir. Andy van den Dobbelsteen this week shared a four-page letter from an anonymous sender: ‘Today I found fan mail from a supporter of the ‘real professor’ Guus Berkhout (who denies anthropogenic climate change). Very brave to send this kind…
Slightly more programmes with numerus fixus The list of university bachelor’s programmes with a limited number of first-year students will be longer next academic year than this year. Three are leaving and five are joining. This year, there were 59 fixus programmes on the list (in Dutch), which will become 61. New, for example, is…
TU/e occupiers satisfied for now The climate activists who occupied two rooms at TU Eindhoven have ceased their protest. The university administration has promised the students a report stating how sustainable scientific research in Eindhoven is. From now on, the annual accounts will also be more open about the financial support companies give…
Delft student also to court over energy allowance Students in five municipalities are going to court to enforce a 1,300 euro energy allowance. These students from Delft, Rotterdam, Groningen, Leiden and Vijfheerenlanden (a municipality near Utrecht) are getting help from the National Student Union (LSVb). More than one thousand students are said…
