University hospitals want larger share of education and research funds     Dutch university hospitals hope that Minister Dijkgraaf will reverse the shift of education and research funds to the universities of technology and science faculties. The Dutch Federation of University Medical Centres (NFU) responds (in Dutch) to Minister Dijkgraaf’s ‘outline letter’ on higher education…

Statistics Netherlands: a disability has an impact in higher education too     People with a mental or physical disability are less likely to pursue higher education and are also less likely to graduate, according to figures from Statistics Netherlands.   Among those people with no disability issues, 54 percent studied in higher professional education…

Keuzegids: 13 ‘excellent’ master’s programmes     The Keuzegids reports that thirteen master’s programmes at universities and universities of applied sciences are considered ‘excellent’ by students. But the editors doubt whether this says enough about the quality of these programmes.   The thirteen ‘excellent’ programmes (in a guide with 1,200 master’s programmes) receive the maximum…

‘Open up vocational and higher education’     The lockdown in higher and vocational education (mbo) must disappear as soon as possible. That is the ‘urgent appeal’ of student organisations, educational institutions, psychiatrists and young people. The organisations have written a letter (in Dutch) to the experts of the Dutch Outbreak Management Team (OMT), with…

    700 million for higher education   The new cabinet wants to spend 700 million euros extra per year on ‘further education/research’. The universities are counting on this money, because the amount comes on top of the new fund for research and science (five billion euros in ten years). The 700 million euros are…

‘More money for education and research’     The Groen Links and PvdA opposition political parties want to set aside more money for education, research and innovation. They state this in the ‘progressive agreement’ that they presented on 6 December.   The two left-wing parties are working ever more closely together, almost as one. Together,…

EUR 2,000 for best master’s thesis     The Social and Economic Council (SER) awards EUR 2,000 to the best master’s thesis in scientific and higher education. The prize is awarded to a thesis on a socio-economic subject or one of the other fields of activity of the SER.   The prize winner is chosen…