Over two years after taking office, outgoing Minister of Education Robbert Dijkgraaf has sent his ‘Internationalisering in Balans’ (Internationalisation in Equilibrium) bill to the House of Representatives. As far as he’s concerned, international students continue to be welcome, but institutions will be given ‘instruments’ to manage the influx.
Disposable cups have been banned in the hospitality sector since 1 January. TU Delft students behind the Jelt start-up spotted an opportunity and designed a rinsing and drying station for reusable cups. Started Monday 22 April, TU Delft is their testing ground.
Universities have promised to introduce a Dutch-language track into all 35 major Bachelor’s programmes. Another four programmes will be taught entirely in Dutch.
TU Delft was too slow in granting an extension to a pre-master’s student with physical and mental disabilities, the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights has ruled. The student should have been given more clarity.
Outgoing Minister of Education Robbert Dijkgraaf wants to scrap the term ‘higher education’ from daily language usage to increase equality of vocational, professional and university programmes. “Anything we can do to reduce differences is good.”
The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering has been notified by the Inspectorate of Education that the preferential policy for female freshmen that was supposed to take effect next academic year is not allowed by law.
Bachelor’s students will not be included in the future screening of foreign students and researchers in sensitive fields, promises outgoing education minister Robbert Dijkgraaf.
TU Delft climate philosophers James Hutton and Anna Melnyk help students deal with the many climate dilemmas they face during and outside their studies. How can they handle all the pessimism surrounding climate change? “Letting despair take over is not an option.”
The House of Representatives voted in favour of a special student quota for international students on 15 February. A majority no longer wants to wait for outgoing Education Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf’s bill including the same measure.
