Haar opvolger is fysicus Robbert Dijkgraaf. Maar hoe gaat onderwijsminister Ingrid van Engelshoven de geschiedenis in? Een terugblik.
On 20 december, an ultimatum directed at the universities passed. Temporary contracts and high work pressure have not been adequately addressed, the protesters say. Now what?
The Dutch government has announced a lockdown. Universities must also close their doors. This will last until after the Christmas holidays and maybe even longer.
The Rotterdamsch Studenten Corps is not welcome at official events at Erasmus University after 41 members violently entered the main building of the Delftsch Studenten Corps.
700 million for higher education The new cabinet wants to spend 700 million euros extra per year on ‘further education/research’. The universities are counting on this money, because the amount comes on top of the new fund for research and science (five billion euros in ten years). The 700 million euros are…
Going to lectures with corona symptoms At the Utrecht faculty of social sciences, half of the students with corona-like symptoms simply attend lectures, a random survey has shown. The faculty council finds the results “shocking”. Of the 470 students who completed the questionnaire, half have come to campus with a cold or…
More and more foreign students are coming to the Netherlands. On balance, the universities attract the most internationals, but arts-academies are also popular.
The basic grant returns, small degree programmes will have to be kept, and the binding study advice will be changed. The new cabinet will also invest in unfettered research.
Primary schools will close for the Christmas holidays a week early, but nothing will change for the time being as far as higher education institutions are concerned.
