Last Saturday, Klaas Max van der Laan passed away at the age of 86. In 1973 he set up the Reception Week (OWee) and last year he attended the fiftieth edition. In an interview in Delta from last year he said: "In 1973 the University of Applied Sciences’ Council (TU Delft was called the Technical
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
Because of a crisis in the housing market and pressure on healthcare, fewer foreign students will be allowed to come to Canada. The measure will last for two years, the government has announced. The Canadian government stresses international students are an enrichment and fit into the social, cultural and economic fabric of the country. But
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
(Foto: Parya Lotfi) The Delft mural 'Mirá Mi' has been nominated by StreetArtCities.com for the title ‘best mural in the world 2023’. Then TU Delft master student Parya Lotfi was involved in the realisation of the mural. Mirá Mi is an ode to parenthood, says Lotfi. “The image is about the love and sorrow experienced
128 thousand students will receive a supplementary grant or a higher supplementary grant amount for the first time starting Wednesday. This is because the income limit of their parents has been raised as of January 1, 2024, reports study financer DUO. Students will now receive the supplementary grant if their parents' income is less than
A motion (in Dutch) by the Dutch political parties NSC, VVD and BBB passed Tuesday afternoon urging the Cabinet to rapidly reduce the number of English-language courses in higher education. Within eight weeks, all Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences must let the Minister of Education know how they will ‘firmly’ reduce the number of
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.
Future cabinets should make efforts to reduce the migration balance, says a new demography report. But there is no need to put a brake on the number of student migrants, according to the committee.
A petition by trade union FNV Young & United to pay 18-year-olds the normal minimum wage gets support from student organisations ISO and LSVb. The youth departments of some political parties are also backing the initiative. With the slogan 'youth wage is half wage', the youth union has been campaigning for several months against the
