How can you protect academic freedom? One of the architects of the Dutch Higher Education and Research Act, Peter Kwikkers, has written a book about it. His book contains proposed legislative texts as well as an academic oath.
Not only TU Delft, but also other higher education institutions offer help to students from Iran. This started even before the war broke out. In total, there are more than 1,200 Iranian students in the Netherlands.
Since Saturday, large demonstrations have been taking place again at universities in Iran. “The mood has changed,” says Iran expert Peyman Jafari: “Students do not want to go back to square one.”
The new Dutch cabinet has been sworn in. What do the plans outlined in the coalition agreement mean for scientific research in the Netherlands? The economists at the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis took a closer look.
Rianne Letschert, soon-to-be minister of Education, Culture and Science, rose rapidly through the academic ranks to become a university administrator. She has received widespread praise for her style.
For the first time, a novel by Kader Abdolah is set entirely in the Netherlands, in Delft to be exact. One of the most stately buildings ever owned by TU Delft forms its decor.
TU Delft has expressed satisfaction with the new coalition agreement, which sets aside 1.5 billion euros for education. The university announced this in a press release on Friday. The umbrella organisation UNL also responded positively to the presented plans.
The minority cabinet of D66, CDA and VVD wants to reverse the cuts in education and is allocating 1.5 billion euros for this purpose. There will be no major investments in science, except perhaps through defence.
ABP, the public sector pension fund, has reduced its holdings of US government bonds by 10 billion euros. However, the fund is investing hundreds of millions in Palantir, a controversial company that, according to Amnesty International, facilitates the persecution of immigrants and student protesters in the United States.
