Dutch unions and universities have reached a preliminary agreement on a new collective agreement.

  Extra millions for safety in higher education     A special program to improve social safety in Dutch higher education will be introduced, for which 16 million euros are reserved. Furthermore, laws and regulations will be stricter, announced Education Minister Dijkgraaf in a parliamentary letter (in Dutch) on social safety.   Already, a budget had…

Still institutional rate for refugee student     Refugee students without residence permits will continue to have to pay institutional tuition fees in the coming years, a narrow majority in the Dutch Parliament decided on Tuesday.   Students awaiting a residence permit are considered ‘international students’, which means that they are not eligible for the…

Concrete Canoe Race on May 13th     Study association U-Base (for master students of Construction Materials and Structural Engineering at CiTG) is organising the Concrete Canoe Race in the weekend of 12 to 14 May, with the actual races on 13 May in Delftse Hout. The event is open to all, but there is…

Higher education minister: more courses in Dutch     Dutch as a language of education, science and science communication is relevant throughout higher education, thinks (in Dutch) higher education minister Dijkgraaf. He agrees with the Dutch Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), which asked parliamentary questions about this, ‘that Dutch (or if necessary multilingual) education should be…

Master in science communication ends for good     The master programme in science communication is ending for good. From next academic year, no new students will be able to register. The Faculty of Applied Sciences (AS), under which the master’s programme falls, announced this by letter to its students in February. The programme would…

Fewer premaster students at university     According to the latest figures, which came out this month, universities welcomed 60,000 new undergraduate students this academic year (2022). That was 2,900 fewer than in 2021.   That appears to include the ‘switching students’: the students of premaster programmes. These study on paper with a bachelor’s programme,…

Expulsion of medical student was justified     A medical student at Erasmus University Rotterdam was rightly expelled from the study programme when she proved unsuitable for the profession during her internships. This is stated in a ruling by the Council of State.   The student started studying medicine in 2007 and obtained her bachelor’s…

18 ‘excellent’ masters programmes in the Netherlands     Out of more than 1,200 master studies at universities of applied sciences and universities in the Netherlands, 18 are ‘excellent’ in the eyes of students, reports a choice guide. They scored maximum on all components: content, teachers, assessment, atmosphere and preparation for career. This list of…

‘Education Minister hinders refugees’ right to education’     Dutch Education Minister Dijkgraaf is obstructing the right to education of young people who have lived in the Netherlands without status for many years by suddenly making them pay the fees for foreign students after their final exams in higher education. The Landelijk Ongedocumenteerden Steunpunt (National…