Dutch 3×3 basketballers will go to Tokyo    The Dutch 3×3 basketball players have qualified for the Olympic Games in Tokyo at the qualifying tournament in Graz (which took place on Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30). The team defeated rival France. TU Delft student Jan Driessen is still one of the…

Students have jumped the vaccination queue   Dozens of young people who were nowhere near their turn for a corona vaccination have jumped the queue, confirms the Municipal Health Service. They pretended to have a medical indication and that was not checked.   According to the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant, this happened at…

Minister: ‘position ombudsman well regulated’ How independent will the new ombudspersons be who universities are required to have as of July? Six parties in the Dutch House of Representatives submitted questions about this in February. Education Minister Van Engelshoven does not foresee any problems, she writes in her answer this week. After…

Checklist for handling research data   Are you going to share scientific data? If so, with whom and in what form? A checklist produced by the Dutch scientific society KNAW helps researchers to draw up a data plan. The list consists of main questions with follow-up questions, for example: what data will the…

Not feeling great? Since last Wednesday you can talk or chat with English speaking volunteers of the Alles Oké? Supportline. The supportline is for everyone between 18 and 24 years old and set up by the Dutch organisation ‘Kindertelefoon’. Since the second lockdown, there has been a lot of focus on student wellbeing. One study…

Not feeling great? Since last Wednesday you can talk or chat with English speaking volunteers of the Alles Oké? Supportline. The supportline is for everyone between 18 and 24 years old and set up by the Dutch organisation ‘Kindertelefoon’. Since the second lockdown, there has been a lot of focus on student wellbeing. One study…

Hunt for students and academics in Belarus Belarusian students who protest against President Lukashenko’s regime are being turned away from their studies, persecuted or imprisoned. That is what human rights organization Amnesty International is warning about. Figures from the independent Belarusian Students’ Association show that at least 480 students have already been arrested this…

Investigation into fire in student flat     How could a fire start in a student flat in Den Bosch in the night of Sunday to Monday, in the apartment on the second floor of a student who was not at home? An investigation into this has been started. The building with sixty apartments was…

Profit on European science budget   Dutch scientists score well in the distribution of European research funds. For every euro that our country contributes to the budget, it gets back 1.70 euros.   In a letter to the Lower House, the Cabinet looks back on the European research and innovation programme of…

Government invests billions more in R&D   Government spending on research and innovation is set to grow significantly: from €7.3 billion in 2019 to €9.2 billion in 2025, according to the Rathenau Institute. But the Netherlands will still not achieve the European target.   Each year, the Rathenau Institute lists the…