Landlords should always be able to offer students a temporary lease, according to housing minister Mona Keijzer. This would make it more attractive for them to manage student houses again. A healthy housing market requires “a delicate balance between rent protection and freedom for landlords”, writes minister Mona Keijzer in a letter to the House
TU Delft mathematics student Sam de Jong (24) will become a board member of the Dutch National Student Association (ISO) next year. The organisation reported this in a press release (in Dutch) on Friday. Sam is currently active in the Delft Student Union (VSSD). He was also a student council member for Lijst Bèta. Now
Eppo Bruins, the Minister of Education, wants to make it mandatory for universities and universities of applied sciences to explain their selection procedures for degree programmes. They often do not do this at the moment, while selection criteria can affect equal opportunities. In a letter to the House of Representatives (in Dutch), Bruins says that
Academics who are the first in their families to go to university, do not always feel at home at universities. In a report, the Young Academy says that making the unwritten rules more explicit would help. Drawing on interviews with 12 academics, the First but not least report shows that first-generation university students sometimes have
(Photo: DUB/ Phine Hazelbag) After 28 years of manifesting with the slogan 'Laga wins the Varsity!', D.S.R.V. Laga finally celebrated victory on Sunday at the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal in Houten. The honor went to the women, as the Laga men did not make it to the final. The Varsity is regarded as the most prestigious rowing
The Bachelor's degree in Earth Sciences at the Free University (VU) will disappear if it is up to that university. As a result, 37 employees risk losing their jobs. Some students may have to find another programme, they were told last Thursday. The decision is an austerity measure. In the past year, the university announced
International students in Delft don’t immediately pack their bags once they have their Dutch diploma. Five years later, nearly four in ten are still in the Netherlands. Only international students in Eindhoven tend to stay more often. Nationwide, around 30 percent remain after five years, according to a new report (in Dutch) from the internationalisation
Tian Qing Yen (Applied Sciences) won the grand prize in TU Delft's Open Photo Competition with her photograph Moving Spaces. Her photo depicts the tension between freedom and restriction. The winning photos were announced during the Open Education Week 2025. Other winning entries included TU Delft Library by alumnus Carel van der Lippe (Electrical Engineering),
Dutch universities awarded 5,595 PhDs over the last academic year – more than ever before. Women have maintained their lead over men. In the 1990s, almost all dissertations were written by men. That has gradually changed, with more and more PhDs going to women. The turning point came in the 2020/2021 academic year, when, for
Datasets disappearing, funding cuts, American colleagues too afraid to answer the phone – many stories are circulating about the consequences of the new US science policies. How are researchers in the Netherlands experiencing the impact of the Trump administration? Investigative journalists from different Dutch media outlets are working together to uncover the concrete effects of
