Higher education institutions are leaning too much on commercial tech companies, warns The Young Academy. This puts the core values of science at risk. In a manifesto, the society calls for a radical change of direction.
The minister of education should have less power, says outgoing education minister Bruins. He fears that populists will want to intervene in higher education after the elections. “Entire faculties could have been cut.”
Students who were unable to take their exams due to NS (Dutch Railways) strikes are not automatically granted an extra resit. An inquiry reveals that educational institutions follow different policies. And what does the NATO summit mean for TU Delft students coming from outside the city?
Twenty-seven and a half percent of the students at TU Delft shared their thoughts about their degree programmes and TU Delft in the National Student Survey. It turns out that they are quite satisfied.
Enthusiastic, understanding and disarmingly friendly. With these words, TU Delft master’s teacher Miriam Blaauboer was named Teacher of the Year. What makes her worthy of this title?
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.
