For their investigation into discrimination in the fraud hunt by student funding agency DUO, journalists from Investico, the Higher Education Press Agency, NOSop3 and daily newspaper Trouw have been awarded de Loep. Those awards for the best investigative journalism in the Netherlands and Flanders were presented in Flanders on Friday. There were three winners and
Members of the scientific community are calling on the new government not to cut research funding. PhD students and postdocs urge prospective education minister Eppo Bruins to heed the advice he ‘gave himself’ very recently: invest in knowledge and research.
Despite ‘several incidents’, including at Delta, outgoing minister Robbert Dijkgraaf does not believe that the independence of higher education media is under pressure across the board.
Which regions or degree programmes will soon be able to continue recruiting foreign students in the face of new government restrictions? A roundtable discussion with education delegates at the House of Representatives gave a taste of the issues at stake.
According to sources of broadcaster NOS, Eppo Bruins will be the new minister of Education on behalf of Nieuw Sociaal Contract. Bruins chairs advisory council AWTI and was a member of the House of Representatives for ChristenUnie until 2021.
Student rooms are cheaper and cosier, according to outgoing housing minister Hugo de Jonge. But studios are more profitable. That is why student rooms are being converted into studios, he warns. Landlords can charge more money for a studio because the students have their own kitchen, shower and toilet in one. The government compensates part
You can’t make cost savings in higher education overnight, government officials say. For instance, it’s “not feasible” to introduce the slow-progress penalty for students who are taking too long to complete their studies with effect from September 2026, officials argue in a ‘quick scan’ of the coalition agreement. The quick scan was published on Friday afternoon.
Student organisations and educational institutions have agreed that the allowances for students on representative councils must be raised. For students on central councils, the guideline will be EUR 500 to EUR 1,200 per month. For faculty or decentralised councils, it will be between EUR 250 and EUR 525. Students on representative councils have a say
Students, trade unions and youth involved in politics, including those from the VVD and NSC parties, are deeply concerned about the return of the fine for long-term students, an old idea of the first Rutte Cabinet which received the support of the PVV party and is now back on the table. ‘The 'langstudeerboete' (fine for
What could be the undesirable consequences of your research? That's the question the Dutch research funding body NWO is going to ask scientists, especially if they want to collaborate with industry. When submitting a research proposal, scientists already have to explain to NWO what social and scientific impact their research might have. On top of
