Een op de drie medezeggenschappers is tevreden over hun invloed op de gang van zaken aan hun instelling of opleiding. In het hbo zijn de leden net iets positiever.
The right to award doctoral degrees Since 2017, not only professors can award doctoral degrees, but also associate professors can do so. This week, an evaluation of the expanded right to doctoral defence was published. Delft University of Technology and Maastricht University are among the universities with the most non-professors who have the…
Judge bans 4,000 new student homes in Amstelveen The construction of new student housing in the vicinity of Schiphol Airport violates the aviation law, according to the Council of State. So plans for large-scale new housing next to the Uilenstede student campus are cancelled. In the vacant Kronenburg office district, right next…
In the coming academic year, university students from Ukraine will pay the same fees as Dutch students. “Clarity is essential for prospective students who fled Ukraine.”
‘International students worth 1.5 billion a year’ Most international students leave when they graduate, but almost one in four still lives here five years later. After deducting costs, these highly educated people provide the treasury with 1.5 billion euro per year. This is evident from research conducted by internationalisation organisation Nuffic into the…
Under the new collective labour agreement for universities, salaries will rise by 4 percent. Arrangements about permanent jobs for teaching staff will follow at a later date.
The high workload, the brutal stampede for research funding. Marcel Levi (NWO) asks for more solidarity: “Give your NWO grant back if you’re getting European funding as well.”
Master admission requirements eased again In the next academic year, universities and universities of applied sciences will again be allowed to admit master’s students who, because of the corona measures, do not yet have the right diploma. They may conditionally admit bachelor’s and transition students to master’s programmes. The institutions themselves may determine when…
EU: EUR 25 million for Ukrainian scientists Refugee scientists from Ukraine can continue their research in neighbouring European countries. The European Commission has allocated EUR 25 million for them in the Horizon Europe research programme. The Commission announced this decision on 10 May. The EUR 25 million falls under an innovation programme…
