Tuition fees may only need to rise by 67 euros Tuition fees might actually only have to rise by 67 to 85 euros, instead of the announced 105 euros. Inflation is probably lower than the Central Office for Statistics (CBS) thinks. Last August, Minister Dijkgraaf reported that tuition fees would rise by 105 euros…
Misconduct by university professors in Leiden and Leuven was allowed to go unchecked for many years. “It doesn’t surprise me”, says professor Naomi Ellemers.
Dijkgraaf to prospective students: go study what is right for you Study-goers should not be blinded by the ‘height’ of a study programme and, above all, look at what study programme suits them well. So writes minister Dijkgraaf in an open letter in the newspaper AD. Vwo graduates (pre-university education) do not…
Amsterdam helps former students with debts The Education Executive Agency (DUO) will alert the municipality of Amsterdam if former students are in arrears with payments. This way they can be helped earlier, is the hope. 1 in 5 young people in the Netherlands have problematic debts. These include many former students with…
A professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, who has also worked in the Netherlands, has been sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for the rape of a student in 2016.
Russian spy arrested at Norwegian university A Russian spy posing as a Brazilian scientist at a Norwegian university was arrested in October. He collected sensitive military information in the Arctic. The man will be deported from the country, reports The Guardian. The justice ministry’s ruling states that, according to the Norwegian security…
KNAW suspends Leiden professor The professor of astronomy discredited for misconduct and intimidation has been suspended by science society KNAW. He subsequently resigned his membership. The professor of astronomy was suspended earlier in October by Leiden University after years of intimidating behaviour. “The message from Leiden University about the seriously undesirable behaviour…
Universities in the Netherlands should immediately start teaching in Dutch again, in the view of action group Beter Onderwijs Nederland (BON).
Students will indeed pay interest on their student debt, but Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf sees a ray of hope.
Biggest student cities will not manage with new construction only The Netherlands’ six largest student cities warn that they cannot solve the housing problems of students with new construction alone. Among other things, they want a cap on the inflow of international students. According to the so-called G6 municipalities – the six…
