For the time being, DUO does not have to come up with heavier evidence if the student finance company accuses students of cheating on the basic grant for those living away from home, a majority in the parliament decided. DUO uses home visits to check whether students who receive a grant for living away from
With 144 HBO (university of applied sciences) credits in his pocket, a student asks for an exemption. He wants to start his final thesis at Leiden University for his bachelor's degree in Public Administration Sciences right away, but the university does not approve. Nor does the judge. The law speaks of 'Bachelor level', says the
Can we look differently at our place in the universe? And how do we learn to treat our planet with more respect? These and other questions are the main focus of the festival For Love of the World on Saturday 23 March in Theater de Veste. During the event, organised by Studium Generale, participants will
The housing shortage is high in some Canadian cities. It is so expensive to live in Vancouver that one student has come up with a cheaper solution: he lives 700 kilometres away and takes the plane. A student room in Vancouver - Canada's most expensive city - costs an average of 2,100 Canadian dollars a
Last weekend, the Innovative art & technology festival Highlight Delft took place. During a walkable route of exhibitions spread through Delft, visitors explored this year’s theme ‘Do you see what I see’. Delta attended and captured some of these interactive highlights.
Flemish influencer Acid has been given a suspended prison sentence and an 800 euro fine for his revealing videos of the hazing ('ontgroening') of Sanda Dia. He must also pay damages amounting to 20 thousand euros. Following a gruesome hazing (called ‘baptism’ in Flemish), 20-year-old student Sanda Dia died in 2018. He was made to
A former student was fined 225 euros for not stopping his student travel product on time. He went to court and was partially vindicated. The judge reduced the fine to 75 euros because DUO did not warn the student on time. That is according to a May 2022 ruling (in Dutch) that recently came online.
During the recess week, the NAE (Netherlands Academy of Engineers) is publishing six recommendations for the Cabinet in formation. The NAE echoes the concerns of the Dutch people in numerous areas, as inventoried by the Social and Cultural Planning Bureau. These include the energy transition, climate, agriculture and horticulture, accessibility to care and housing, and
A recruitment drive has raised enough financial support to keep the website ScienceGuide on air, the editors write on their own website (in Dutch). The national website for news and opinion on higher education is in dire straits and threatened to close or disappear behind a paywall as of 17 February. On its website, the
ScienceGuide, a Dutch-language website for news and opinion on higher education and research, is in dire straits. The platform will have to shut down this week or disappear behind a pay wall. ScienceGuide can only continue if enough individual subscribers sign up or if higher education institutions take out a collective subscription. Universities will not
