Delft wants more educational talent To make more people enthusiastic about teaching science and technology subjects, the municipality of Delft and TU Delft have signed a collaboration agreement. In the plan, both parties aim to attract and retain potential teaching talent. This is necessary because there is a shortage of…
Batavierenrace has started Over 4,200 students will be running in the second online Batavierenrace from Thursday 22 to Saturday 24 April. They are not running between Nijmegen and Enschede as usual, but on their own and at a safe distance in their own student city. All 205 registered teams must cover 125 kilometres on…
Teacher of the Year 2021 Jessica Zweers, lecturer in biology and medical laboratory research at Hanze University Groningen, has been named Lecturer of the Year 2021. She wins an education grant of 25,000 euros. The jury believes that Zweers excels in educational innovation and admires the way in which she manages to…
How can you as a researcher communicate responsibly and effectively about science in a way that connects to society? A team of Wageningen University researchers is aiming to develop recommendations and strategies for doing this offline and online. To do so, they first need to assess current practices, motivations, incentives and responsibilities in the public communication…
How can you as a researcher communicate responsibly and effectively about science in a way that connects to society? A team of Wageningen University researchers is aiming to develop recommendations and strategies for doing this offline and online. To do so, they first need to assess current practices, motivations, incentives and responsibilities in the public communication…
Meet the student psychologist The Indian Students’ Association (ISA) in Delft holds a session with student advisors and student psychologists on Thursday. During the digital meeting, students can discuss how they are doing and how they can be there for each other. Students can also participate anonymously. Student advisors from the faculty of Technology, Policy and…
TU/e: priority for women again As of May 1, TU Eindhoven will resume its policy of employing more female scientists, but with different ground rules than before. Antidiscrimination agency Radar received dozens of complaints about the policy of the TU/e in 2019 and went to the Human Rights Board (College voor de Rechten van de…
Biomechanics researchers win communication grant Five researchers at Biomechanics (Faculty 3mE) have won a science communication grant from the KNAW. They plan to use the EUR 10,000 to show PhD students and tenure trackers the way in science communication. Dr Eline van der Kruk, one of the applicants, believes that science communication is…
De onderwijsministers van de Nederlandse Taalunie hebben bekendgemaakt dat Nederland en Vlaanderen zelfstandiger gaan opereren bij de keuring van hun hoger onderwijs. Hoe de Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie (NVAO) er straks uit zal zien, wordt nog bekeken, zegt vertrekkend voorzitter Anne Flierman in een toelichting. “De NVAO zoals we die kennen bestaat 15 jaar, en we zien verschillen in de…
Student strike on 3 June Students are going out on strike on June 3, according to the Dutch Student Union (LSVb) and trade union FNV Young & United. They want the basic grant to be returned and full compensation for the ‘unlucky students’ who never received the basic student grant from 2015. Under the motto…
