The fall of the Dutch cabinet will not yet change the cuts in education and research, warn the trade unions. On Tuesday 10 June, they will hold a large demonstration at Dam Square in Amsterdam. Next Tuesday between 12 PM and 2:30 PM, students, teachers, researchers, support staff and sympathisers will protest against the cuts
Utrecht University is discontinuing a research project with the Israeli Ministry of Health. The student exchange with the University of Haifa is also coming to a definitive end. Apart from that, most collaborations may continue. In a press statement, the board denounced, among other things, plans to occupy large parts of Gaza and the ‘continuous
The results of the Participatory Value Evaluation (PWE) on Campus Rotterdam are in. Of the 1,592 students and staff who took part in the online consultation, 35 percent said they do not support the idea of the campus. Another 38 percent support it under certain conditions, while 27 percent are fully in favour. “I personally
The Superbus, a 15-metre-long limousine developed by Wubbo Ockels, is getting a new home near Groningen. The National Bus Museum in Hoogezand has acquired the futuristic vehicle from the collection of the now-bankrupt Dutch Transport Museum in Nieuw-Vennep, where it had been on display since the end of 2020. It seems a fitting location, as
Dutch government spending on research and development will fall by fourteen percent in the coming years. Spending will go from 9.7 billion in 2024 to 8.4 billion in 2029, according to the annual measurement by the Rathenau Institute. Cabinet policy The causes lie with cabinet policy. The government is making significant cuts to the National
This Monday marks eighty years since Delft was liberated from the German occupiers. To commemorate this, everyone is welcome to take part in a special weekend program hosted at the D.S.C. student association on Phoenixstraat in Delft. The home of the traditional student association, the 'Phoenix' society, served as a meeting place for the student
Over the coming years, €25 million will be made available to attract scientists from the United States (and other countries) to the Netherlands. This is stated in the ‘supplementary budget’ that the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has released on Friday. Due to ‘growing global tensions’, more and more scientists are considering relocating to…
170 American higher education institutions are resisting political interference from the Trump administration. They demand the free exchange of ideas “without fear of retribution, censorship, or deportation”. Leaders from institutions including Princeton, Yale, and MIT have spoken out “against the unprecedented government interference and political meddling that currently threaten American higher education”. The American Association
Harvard University rejects the Trump administration's demands and sees 2.2 billon dollars in federal funds frozen. The university doesn’t want to “surrender its independence”. In response to Donald Trump’s anti-science policies, fear seemed to reign supreme amongst American universities until now. Not at Harvard University, however. By refusing to give in to the demands, this
On Monday, pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the Maagdenhuis at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). There’s also an ongoing occupation at Radboud University. Police stepped in in Amsterdam, but in Nijmegen that wasn’t necessary this afternoon. Around midday on Monday, between 50 and 100 masked pro-Palestinian activists entered UvA’s main administrative building. The staff inside were told
