Quality inspection on pause Some programmes at universities and colleges of higher education are granted a one-year postponement of the compulsory quality control of their education. They have enough on their minds already in the corona crisis, is the idea. The measure is contained in the new ‘service document’ that has been…
Students beg for internships In the dark days before Christmas, trade union CNV and the Interstedelijk Studenten Overleg make an appeal to employers: don’t leave students out in the cold and offer internships. These are exceptional times. In the lockdown many companies are struggling and therefore there are fewer…
Directness and prejudice, language development delays and a confusing tax system. Caribbean students face all sorts of problems in the Netherlands.
Kunnen studenten automatisch een aanvullende beurs krijgen als ze daar recht op hebben, overweegt de minister. Nu moeten ze hem zelf aanvragen, en dat doet lang niet iedereen.
“More diversity?” In academic circles this phrase often still means “more women”, says political scientist Saskia Bonjour. Too little is being done for other target groups.
It comes as no surprise that almost two thirds of personnel in higher education experience high or extremely high workloads. This emerged from a new VSNU analysis.
Verrassend is het niet, maar bijna twee derde van het hogeronderwijspersoneel ervaart een hoge of zeer hoge werkdruk. Dat blijkt uit een nieuwe analyse in opdracht van VSNU.
Universities in the Netherlands will receive 20 million euros from the government to fund 1,200 temporary jobs for a maximum of six months. This should bring some relief.
The drawing of lots by study programmes with a fixed student number quota to determine which students to admit, is shortly to be reintroduced.
