Researchers from Maastricht won the Ig Nobel Peace Prize Thursday night for their discovery that alcohol can help people speak another language, particularly when it comes to pronunciation.
Universities and universities of applied sciences must pay for part of the inflation out of their own pockets. Other than that, there are no new cuts to higher education and research in the 2026 national budget.
“Unfortunately, people in the Netherlands seem to be increasingly at odds with each other,” said King Willem-Alexander in his Speech from the Throne. Not only on the streets or online, but also at universities and in the political arena in The Hague.
The campaign ‘We claim the night’ raised half a million euros within a few days and led to events in many cities. On Friday, it will be Delft’s turn.
TU Delft’s Brunel Solar Team won the solar racing world championships for the eighth time. TU Delft student Kees Broek, one of the racing drivers, looks back at a close race. “In the end, a combination of various factors paved the way for us to win.”
Orientation weeks are under pressure, Bram the wolf disrupts a student hazing, and Harvard University is still negotiating with Trump. What happened in higher education this summer?
Under the new Collective Labour Agreement, university staff will be offered a 2-percent pay rise and 100-euro bonus from 1 July. Staff will also receive a one-off payment of 350 euros in October.
A crowning achievement for Delta journalists Annebelle de Bruijn and Marjolein van der Veldt. The piece they wrote last year on social unsafety was honoured with the Kring Award for best background article on Thursday.
A year ago, there was a tent camp on campus; on Tuesday, TU Delft announced it would not establish new ties with Israeli universities. What is the current situation at other Dutch universities?
