Studenten zonder basisbeurs balen dat zij minder geld krijgen dan generaties voor en na hen. Met een petitie en grote demonstratie willen ze het kabinet in beweging krijgen.
University of Groningen lecturer spread conspiracy theories Associate Professor Tjeerd Andringa is no longer permitted to teach a course on critical thinking at the University of Groningen. His performance is being reviewed because he preached conspiracy theories in his classes. Students have told university news medium UKrant that Andringa tried to convert…
Mare: psychologist committed fraud 15 times Psychologist Lorenza Colzato, former researcher at Leiden University, violated scientific integrity in at least 15 publications. She, for example, omitted research results that did not meet with her approval. Mare, the university magazine, covered (in Dutch) the story yesterday. After a previous incriminating investigation in 2019,…
UHD Tjeerd Andringa mag een vak over kritisch denken niet meer geven aan de RU Groningen. Er loopt een onderzoek omdat hij in zijn lessen complottheorieën verkondigde.
VU Human Rights Centre suspends activities The Cross Cultural Human Rights Centre at the Free University Amsterdam (VU) has suspended its activities. Research must first show whether the independence of the Centre is at stake given funding from China. Last week, NOS reported (in Dutch) that the Human Rights Centre is sponsored…
The Government is relaxing all sorts of corona measures. Almost everything can open again until 22:00 and students and staff need to quarantine less often.
Universiteiten en hogescholen hebben er begrip voor dat de eindexamenregels opnieuw worden aangepast. Kandidaten mogen één onvoldoende wegstrepen, zolang het maar geen kernvak als wiskunde, Nederlands of Engels is. Minister Wiersma voor primair en voortgezet onderwijs maakte de versoepeling gisteren bekend. Hij vond het een lastige afweging, omdat deze zogeheten ‘duimregeling’ de motivatie…
The OMT is advising easing quarantine regulations in the education sector. The Cabinet will announce the new rules at its press conference tonight.
Universities lower standard for BSA Because of the coronavirus measures universities are relaxing the binding recommendation on continuation of studies. That means that first-year students now need to get fewer credits in order to be allowed to proceed with the second year. The higher professional education sector has not yet taken a joint…
Heidelberg tragedy: one victim dead The shooting at Heidelberg University yesterday 24 January 2022 left two dead and three injured. One of the dead is the perpetrator himself. The police are unsure about his motive. In the lecture hall, where about thirty students were present, the 18-year-old biology student started shooting around…
