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
Alex Klootwijk (left) and Ludo de Goeje have devised a simple way to improve the insulation of old refrigerators. (Photo: Ludo de Goeje) Improve the insulation of your fridge in four hours with some Styrofoam, strips of wood, double-sided tape and magnets. That is the idea behind the project hack your fridge by Industrial Design
The Education Inspectorate has doubts about the diplomas of a master's programme in Twente: were they rightly granted? The part-time master's programme 'public management' at the University of Twente is already warning its students and graduates: invalid master's degrees might have been issued. The Education Inspectorate will soon issue a report. Some 60 graduates and
Outgoing minister Robbert Dijkgraaf is keen to encourage young people to opt for a programme in higher vocational education, and it seems the campaign is paying off. Last September, almost 8,900 vwo students started in higher vocational education: 7.9 per cent more than last year. But when compared to senior general secondary education students (havo,
Utrecht University of Applied Sciences has postponed a series of lectures on the Holocaust. This news from daily newspaper De Telegraaf led to a storm of messages and reactions this weekend. The Utrecht teacher training college organised the lectures together with CIDI (Centre for Information and Documentation Israel). They were supposed to take place in
The Dutch news website ScienceGuide is in serious financial trouble. The website will shut down on 17 February unless 2.500 readers are willing to take out a subscription at 85 euros per year. This is what the 26-year-old platform for news and opinion on higher education and research writes on its own website. There would
Former medical student Fouad L., who killed three people in Rotterdam, will be admitted to the Pieter Baan Centre next month for psychological testing. This emerged on Monday during the first hearing of his trial.
