When distributing research funding, reviewers and collaborators should not use AI programmes such as ChatGPT and Perplexity. This is stated in a new guideline from research financer NWO. Last year, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) already drew a line in the sand: juries, referees and committee members were not allowed to use generative
Education at TU Eindhoven has been resumed on Monday 20 January after the cyber attack that had started eight days earlier. The attack targeted SURF, the ICT partnership of the Dutch education sector. The attack hit TU Eindhoven hard, forcing the university to shut down all education for a week. The so-called DDoS attack was
A large-scale cyber attack is causing network problems at Dutch educational institutions such as TU Eindhoven, Maastricht University and Fontys University of Applied Sciences (in Dutch). At TU Delft, it remains at 'some inconvenience' for the time being. The cause of the problems is a large-scale DDoS attack on the network of SURF, the ict
Lecturers, researchers, and other staff in higher education are planning to go on strike to protest the Government's budget cuts. It will be a ‘relay strike’. The idea of the relay is for a different university or university of applied sciences to strike each time. The FNV union informed its members that ‘How each institution will
The unions have finally received a response to their ultimatum to Education Minister Eppo Bruins. He is willing to meet with them. A word of warning, though: fewer budget cuts are not on the table. The unions' ultimatum expired last Saturday. They demanded that all cuts to higher education and research be scrapped, otherwise strikes
TU Eindhoven took its network offline on Sunday due to a cyber attack. There is no Wi-Fi on the campus of the technical university for the time being, and internal systems are down as well. This Monday, all teaching at TU Eindhoven has been cancelled. The buildings remain accessible, but there is no network access.
A team of students from the interdisciplinary Building Serious Games master course has won the Best Student Game Award at the 13th Game and Learning Alliance (GALA) Conference in Berlin. Their game, Pizzicato, was developed by TU Delft students Martin Starkov, Scott Jochems, Luca Stoffels, Ravi Snellenberg, and Joris Rijsdijk. They collaborated with neuropsychological researcher
Starting Monday, 13 January 2025, the Hambrug bridge in Delft will be closed for major maintenance. Cyclists and pedestrians will need to take alternative routes via the Sint Sebastiaansbrug or the Abtswoudsebrug during this period. The works are scheduled to last until Monday, 7 April, and travellers are advised to allow extra time for their
After a year of absence, the oil and gas giants Shell and TotalEnergies will again have stands ‘as usual’ at the next Delft Career Days. This was announced by the student Board of the Delft Career Days job market in a press release. “We want every sector to be represented to meet the demand from
Utrecht University is again the best ‘broad’ institution in this year's Keuzegids, while the Open University and Wageningen top the list of ‘other’ universities. © HOP. Source: Keuzegids Universiteiten 2025 and previous editions. Utrecht University continues to do very well, says the Keuzegids Universities 2025, published on Thursday. Radboud University has lost a point, but
