Slow-progress penalty, fewer international students, less science… The cabinet is still planning to make cuts in higher education and research. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) and open science will also have to tighten their belts.
The reintroduction of the basic grant has slightly improved the financial situation of students, according to Nibud. As a result, parents are less likely to help pay for their children's studies. The situation of universities of applied sciences, and university students has improved slightly over the past three years. Fewer students have payment plans and
Despite the fact that the Netherlands is already under-investing in research and development (R&D), Education Minister Bruins did not want to conclude in the Lower House on Thursday that the Netherlands will sink even further due to future budget cuts. During Bruins' first debate in the Lower House, in preparation for an upcoming European consultation,
Dutch researchers have won two Ig Nobel prizes on Thursday night, the annual awards for scientific research that makes you laugh first and think second. Both prizes went to researchers from the University of Amsterdam. For the first prize-winning experiment, scientists tossed a coin 350,757 times: did it turn heads or tails? In almost 51
The petition against the long-term student penalty has been signed 131,214 times. Actually, there were two petitions against the fine for delayed students. One was from opposition party GroenLinks-PvdA, the other from a coalition of the National Union of Students, FNV Young & United, broadcaster BNNVARA and news platform De Marker. The signatures of the
In many student cities it will get more difficult to find a home, predict the authors of the National Student Housing Monitor. And yet, they see encouraging signs.
It is especially young highly educated people that use ChatGPT or similar programmes, reports CBS, the statistics agency. But many older people also find their way to AI. A note in English, a plan of action, a simple illustration ... It is sometimes tempting to turn to programmes like ChatGPT or Copilot for help. By
Five TU Delft researchers have received a European Starting Grant of one and a half million euros. A total of fifty-one academics at Dutch universities and research institutes were awarded grants.
About two hundred protesters came to Domplein in Utrecht on Monday morning for the ‘Alternative opening’ of the new academic year. Down with the cutbacks, was the message. Perhaps there will even be a strike.
Despite an earlier decision to stop cooperating with the fossil industry, Utrecht University receives €1.5 million from oil company BP for research into renewable energy. This causes confusion: is the university ignoring its own rules? After all kinds of student protests and discussion groups, the university decided in July 2023 not to establish any more
