The Dutch Government has allocated 8.5 billion euros extra to cushion the impact of the coronavirus crisis in education. Students will be compensated, but who will get what?
Rathenau: involve citizens Citizens are happy to lend a hand in scientific research. Equally, scientists would do well to involve them more often in the substance of the research, argues the Rathenau Institute in a new report. As successful examples, the Rathenau Institute cites the National Science Agenda, which emerged in 2015 from some…
Chamber: reopen education on campus quicker The Cabinet must ensure that students receive more frequent physical classes. Two parliamentary motions urging this were adopted without dissenting votes on Thursday evening, 25 February. While the election recess has officially begun, the Lower House still made all kinds of decisions last night. The resumption…
Chamber: reopen education on campus quicker The Cabinet must ensure that students receive more frequent physical classes. Two parliamentary motions urging this were adopted without dissenting votes on Thursday evening, 25 February. While the election recess has officially begun, the Lower House still made all kinds of decisions last night. The resumption…
Chamber: reopen education on campus quicker The Cabinet must ensure that students receive more frequent physical classes. Two parliamentary motions urging this were adopted without dissenting votes on Thursday evening, 25 February. While the election recess has officially begun, the Lower House still made all kinds of decisions last night. The resumption…
Parliament wants to fast-track on-campus education The Dutch parliament must ensure that students are given more physical lessons again more quickly. Two motions urging this were adopted this Thursday without dissenting votes. The compensation for graduated bachelor students did not make it. D66 and ChristenUnie called on the government to start talks with higher…
Teaching at universities will have to continue largely online for the time being. However, higher education has been given the green light to ‘prepare’ itself to reopen.
International students are struggling in times of corona. Nuffic reports that many feel lonely, anxious or depressed. An occasional physical class makes a big difference.
NWO: no ransom to hackers The NWO turns out to have been hacked by DoppelPaymer, an internationally operating ransomware group. NWO refuses to pay ransom, even now that NWO documents are appearing on the dark web. According to a statement, the NWO deeply regrets that “data of its own staff are made…
