(Photo: SoSalsa) TU Delft does not have to grant extra board months to student dance association SoSalsa. The Council of State gave this ruling on Wednesday 8 November. The board now receives 22 board months from TU Delft, a financial compensation for study delays due to board work. The SoSalso board members believe they are…

Inspectorate did not know about stop on international students     The University of Amsterdam (UvA) was the first university to limit the number of internationals within a study programme. This was actually not allowed, but the Inspectorate did not intervene.    In 2022, the UvA introduced a quota for the English-language variant of the…

Leiden fraternity member ends up in hospital     A member of Leiden student fraternity Minerva was allegedly kicked in the abdomen. The student has been hospitalised and the association has filed a report, reports (in Dutch) De Telegraaf newspaper.   The violence reportedly took place in early November and the student ended up in hospital…

Saxion puts BBB candidate out the door     He was already suspended, now he has lost his job. Jasper Rekers, who wanted to enter the House of Representatives for the BBB ((BoerBurgerBeweging, a Dutch political party), is no longer allowed to teach at Saxion University of Applied Sciences because of his anonymous hate tweets.…

Increase in depression and sleeping problems     Young people under 25 are reporting having sleeping problems or depression with increasing frequency. This is shown by new figures from the Dutch Central Statistical Office (CBS).   Young people still report many complaints about their mental health. Some questions they answered in 2022 were slightly more…

Senate rejects motion for lower student debt     Indebted students protested against their study debt in Amsterdam on 5 February 2022. (Photo: Impix)   The Dutch Senate has rejected a PvdD motion calling on the government to reduce the study debts of unlucky students and – as cover – accelerate the reduction of fossil…

Wubbo Ockels Innovation awards for sustainability ideas       Jury (left) and winners (right) of the Wubbo Ockels Innovation Prize gathered behind the winning laundry rack. Sustainability Coordinator Andy van den Dobbelsteen (second from left) is a member of the jury. (Photo: Marcel Bilow)   Sustainability organisation De Groene Grachten presented the Wubbo Ockels…

Delta grants underline importance of practice-based research     Photo: Studio Sven   Lecturers Reint Jan Renes (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) and Janine Stubbe (Codarts Rotterdam) both received a Delta Premium for their practice-oriented research from outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science Robbert Dijkgraaf on 6 November 2023.   Reint Jan Renes researched…

Ticket sales Sinterklaas party started       Staff association Prometheus invites all TU Delft employees with young children to the annual Sinterklaas party. This year, it will take place on Saturday 2 December.    (Photo: Prometheus)   The programme will start at 12.00 PM with various games and workshops in the aula. At 3.00…

Denmark can’t do without international students     Denmark has restricted the inflow of international students the past two years, but is now turning back. Highly skilled internationals are proving indispensable in the tight labour market.   In 2021, the Danish cabinet decided to drastically reduce the number of English-language courses in higher education. This…