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De onderwijsministers van de Nederlandse Taalunie hebben bekendgemaakt dat Nederland en Vlaanderen zelfstandiger gaan opereren bij de keuring van hun hoger onderwijs. Hoe de Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie (NVAO) er straks uit zal zien, wordt nog bekeken, zegt vertrekkend voorzitter Anne Flierman in een toelichting. “De NVAO zoals we die kennen bestaat 15 jaar, en we zien verschillen in de…

Student strike on 3 June Students are going out on strike on June 3, according to the Dutch Student Union (LSVb) and trade union FNV Young & United. They want the basic grant to be returned and full compensation for the ‘unlucky students’ who never received the basic student grant from 2015. Under the motto…

Self-tests in higher education   If the corona infections do not increase too much, all students will be allowed to visit the campus one day a week again from 26 April. The government thinks that self-tests can help. But how do you get these tests to all those hundreds of thousands of students…

Inspection: tutoring is booming business   One in five students pay for “additional education”, writes the Education Inspection in the State of Education. This includes, for example, thesis supervision or tutoring to pass a class. The costs fluctuate around two hundred euros. This so-called “shadow education” can lead to unequal opportunities. Students…

New chairmen ISO and LSVb Student organisations ISO and LSVb have elected new board members who will take over from the summer. The ISO will have a University of Applied Sciences graduate at the helm, which is exceptional. On Friday, the ISO elected 22-year-old Lisanne de Roos as president. She has completed her bachelor’s degree…