The current board of the National Students' Union (LSVb) would not enter into talks with a PVV Education Minister, if there were to be one. That is what president Elisa Weehuizen says. According to Weehuizen, the LSVb, which stems from local student unions and has an activist streak, should 'remain consistently opposed to racism and
In an employment dispute with the University of Groningen, social safety expert Susanne Täuber has again lost out. She was allowed to be dismissed, the Court of Appeal ruled. Täuber criticised the diversity policy at her own university in an article and eventually lost her job. Her dismissal led to protests, petitions and a fundraising
PVV scout out over fraud suspicion PVV senator Gom van Strien has resigned from his job as a scout for a new Dutch cabinet. He has been charged with fraud at his former employer, a subsidiary of Utrecht University. Until mid-2009, Van Strien was director of Utrecht Holdings, the knowledge transfer office…
Wat leeft er onder Delftse jongeren? In de documentaire ‘De 15 van Delft’ maak je kennis met vijftien jongeren uit de stad, onder wie drie TU-studenten.
Activists occupy Leiden University building On the morning after the elections, climate activists occupied two classrooms at Leiden University. Some 50 students from the action group End Fossil Leiden Delft put up banners and demanded that the university cut ties with the fossil industry, reports university magazine Mare (in Dutch). Rector Hester Bijl…
Foreign graduates driven away from The Netherlands International students leave the Netherlands faster after graduation than other countries, a recent survey shows. This is partly because they are given less time to look for a job here. Of the students who came here from outside Europe in 2010, only 12 per…
Leiden fraternity member ends up in hospital A member of Leiden student fraternity Minerva was allegedly kicked in the abdomen. The student has been hospitalised and the association has filed a report, reports (in Dutch) De Telegraaf newspaper. The violence reportedly took place in early November and the student ended up in hospital…
Leiden University closes The Hague location due to security risk A The Hague location of Leiden University was closed on Friday. There was reportedly an ‘increased security risk’. The university did not want to disclose details. Police are on the scene. The location in question is the Wijnhaven building, next to The…
Climate activists interrupt Dies Leiden Students of End Fossil Leiden/Delft disrupted the opening speech of Leiden rector magnificus Hester Bijl at the Dies celebration in the Pieterskerk on 8 February. They want Leiden University to cut ties with the fossil industry, because the students believe it is destroying their future. Photo: End…
