Extra security officers are walking around Architecture and Colonialism’s final exhibition and the anonymised work is behind glass. The exhibition is sensitive and has a turbulent history.
The quality of higher education is under pressure. Because of budget cuts, of course, but also because of a gap in supervision that increases the risk of mismanagement and social insecurity. So says the Education Inspectorate in a report.
Over time, funding of higher education institutions will be reduced by 59 million euros, reads the Spring Memorandum. It’s one of the new cutbacks in education and research.
Celebrations for Miriam Blaauboer of the Faculty of Applied Sciences. The Dutch National Student Association ISO elected her as national Educator of the Year 2025 on Monday.
The devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria in 2023 was their call to action. A group of students with ties to Turkey designed a house that can withstand an earthquake. Now, it’s ready for transport.
Universities and universities of applied sciences are launching more new programmes than they are discontinuing, says Minister Eppo Bruins. It’s one of his arguments for forcing them into joint discussions. But is his count accurate?
Carefully worded but not very concrete – this is how universities, universities of applied sciences and students perceive Minister Eppo Bruins’ policy letter policy for secondary vocational education, higher education and scientific research. Especially the plans for a legal obligation for mutual coordination and capacity funding raise questions.
How does minister Bruins see the future of higher education and scientific research? In a letter, he sketches the broad outlines: more consultation between institutions on starting or closing study programmes, less government interference in, for instance, social safety, and institutions themselves should take care of the position of young researchers.
Acting as prosecutors and defenders, Industrial Design Engineering students faced off in the ‘courtroom’ this January. The case in question: the role of AI in design education. Lecturer Fernando Secomandi saw how his mock trial method forced students to think deeply. “This could work in other faculties too.”
