What responsibilities does innovation bring in a world where geopolitical tensions are rising? On Tuesday 27 May Rob de Wijk, professor of international relations at Leiden University, will address this question. De Wijk is founder of The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, which conducts research on geopolitical and military issues. After his lecture The new
Utrecht University is discontinuing a research project with the Israeli Ministry of Health. The student exchange with the University of Haifa is also coming to a definitive end. Apart from that, most collaborations may continue. In a press statement, the board denounced, among other things, plans to occupy large parts of Gaza and the ‘continuous
The results of the Participatory Value Evaluation (PWE) on Campus Rotterdam are in. Of the 1,592 students and staff who took part in the online consultation, 35 percent said they do not support the idea of the campus. Another 38 percent support it under certain conditions, while 27 percent are fully in favour. “I personally
The integrity and social safety reporting point has received 'just under twenty' reports in the first six weeks. The so-called clarifying table with experts will be in action for the first time this week. Olivier Seuer, the interim manager of the integrity office, said this on Monday during a meeting of the Executive Board and
Encouraged by influencers, a growing number of (former) students are requesting to have their student debt cancelled. And with success: DUO is approving more and more of these requests, according to Minister Eppo Bruins. Sometimes there are medical reasons for taking longer to complete a degree, such as a disability, ADHD, or a serious illness.
On its 217th anniversary last week, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) appointed seventeen new members. One of them was Professor of Remote Sensing Pieternel Levelt (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences). Levelt’s research focuses on the quality of the air we breathe. From space, she investigates air quality, greenhouse gases and
The Superbus, a 15-metre-long limousine developed by Wubbo Ockels, is getting a new home near Groningen. The National Bus Museum in Hoogezand has acquired the futuristic vehicle from the collection of the now-bankrupt Dutch Transport Museum in Nieuw-Vennep, where it had been on display since the end of 2020. It seems a fitting location, as
A proposed policy change would make student sports so expensive that it could become unaffordable for the average student, say the Dutch National Student Association (ISO), Universities of the Netherlands, Student Sports Netherlands, the Association of Universities of Applied Sciences, and NOC*NSF. ISO and its partners have launched a petition calling on the House of
The police should not be using force to remove protesters from university campuses, says the Dutch Student Union (LSVb), which has launched an anonymous reporting point for such incidents. University administrators argue that in some cases, they feel compelled to call in the police. Last week, injuries were reported during the removal of pro-Palestinian protests
Dutch government spending on research and development will fall by fourteen percent in the coming years. Spending will go from 9.7 billion in 2024 to 8.4 billion in 2029, according to the annual measurement by the Rathenau Institute. Cabinet policy The causes lie with cabinet policy. The government is making significant cuts to the National
