More university of applied sciences lecturers on permanent contract     Teachers at universities of applied sciences are slightly more often on permanent contracts again. Support staff, on the other hand, are more and more on temporary contracts.    For several years, the share of lecturers on temporary contracts hovered around 15 percent, but in…

Gearing up for open science     With 184 million euros, the new governing body ‘Open Science NL’ will accelerate the rise of open science until 2031. That is what the Ministry of Education agreed on with universities, universities of applied sciences and other organisations such as NWO and KNAW on 29 March. They did…

Ten million for better science communication     Education Minister Dijkgraaf wants to lay a ‘solid foundation’ for science communication in the Netherlands. A new national centre must contribute to confidence in science.   The new centre will gather and share expertise to make science communication more effective. Minister Dijkgraaf has made more than 10…

No time or money for open science   Terug naar Nederlandse versie   Most researchers agree that it is important to make scientific data freely available to everyone. But in practice only half of them do so, research financier NWO reports on the basis of its own research.   …

TU Delft lecturer receives Open Science grant     Twenty-six scientists have received amounts up to 50 thousand euros from research financier NWO to make research data freely accessible and easily searchable. One of them is TU professor Artur Schweidtmann (Applied Sciences).   More and more scientific articles can be read free of charge by…

More confidence in science The Dutch have gained more confidence in science, according to a triennial poll conducted by the Rathenau Institute. The results of that survey are invariably positive: Dutch people find science much more reliable than, say, politics or the media. But would that be different in coronation time? No, according…

Profit on European science budget   Dutch scientists score well in the distribution of European research funds. For every euro that our country contributes to the budget, it gets back 1.70 euros.   In a letter to the Lower House, the Cabinet looks back on the European research and innovation programme of…

How can you as a researcher communicate responsibly and effectively about science in a way that connects to society? A team of Wageningen University researchers is aiming to develop recommendations and strategies for doing this offline and online. To do so, they first need to assess current practices, motivations, incentives and responsibilities in the public communication…

Scientist and students have started a campaign called ‘Normaal Academisch Peil’ on Tuesday for more money for scientific education. TU Delft also supports the action, rector magnificus Tim van der Hagen announced earlier via Twitter. The national ‘alarm day’ is an initiative of trade unions, scientists, students and administrators. They want to convince the new…

Million-dollar deal with Elsevier on open science Dutch universities and research institutes have reached an agreement with scientific publisher Elsevier on open access to publications and open science. Dutch researchers can now publish in open access in 95 percent of the Elsevier titles. Their articles will then be freely accessible to everyone, including interested outsiders.…