Government intervention in cases of mismanagement in education The Government is planning to intervene more quickly in cases of mismanagement in education. This is not the same as restricting academic freedom, Minister of Education Wiersma told a critical House of Representatives. The two Christian coalition parties, CDA and CU, have major doubts…
Education to remain open as long as possible in new wave of coronavirus Should the coronavirus flare up again, the Government will keep educational institutions open as long as possible. Only if pupils, students and staff are in immediate danger will the gates be closed. Education is ‘at the bottom of the…
Flemish higher education institution still closed after cyber attack The Flemish university of applied sciences Vives is struggling with the aftermath of a cyber-attack. On Friday 8 April, hackers managed to penetrate the school’s systems. They wanted to get hold of student and staff data, but according to Vives, they were warned in…
Half a billion euro for digitalisation of education Through the National Growth Fund, the Dutch government is investing a maximum of 6.3 billion euros in projects that contribute to the future ‘earning capacity’ of the Netherlands. A part of this amount, 560 million euros, will go to the digitalisation of higher education and vocational education…
Inspectorate wants better insight into the quality of education Why do some Dutch educational programmes not pass the NVAO accreditation organisation’s inspection in one go? And what improvements then help best? Nobody can answer these kinds of questions now, says the Education Inspectorate in its new State of Education (in Dutch). Everyone can…
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…
