Avans and VIAA best universities of applied sciences The Keuzegids has again named Avans the best large university of applied sciences in the Netherlands. Of the medium-sized universities of applied sciences, VIAA is once again number one. For the twelfth time in 14 years, Avans from Brabant leads the ranking of large…
MBO students turned away at student complex MBO students were refused housing at an Amsterdam student complex, emerged this week. That is not the intention assures Kences, the branch organisation of social student housing providers Residents of the student complex in Amsterdam’s Slotervaart neighbourhood had recently found a new housemate at a…
TU alumnus Hendrickx wins Huygens prize Nico Willem Hendrickx, who received his PhD from TU Delft on 12 July 2021, received the Christiaan Huygens science prize from the hands of jury chairman Prof Dr Maria Antonietta Loi at the Oude Kerk in Voorburg yesterday. (Photo: Christiaan Huygens Prize Foundation) “Nico was…
Award for Van den Dobbelsteen Sustainability Coordinator Andy van den Dobbelsteen has voted named Manager Verantwoord Ondernemen (Corporate Social Responsibility Manager or MVO) of the year. He was presented with the award on Wednesday 10 October during the Sustainability Day at the Amersfoort theatre Flint. Since January 2021, Van den Dobbelsteen has…
Doubling of total student debt The total study debt of (former) students has risen to €28.2 billion. That is 1.7 billion more than last year and more than twice as much as before the introduction of the loan system in 2015. Study debts have increased substantially in recent years, reports Dutch statistics…
Dutch only Landschapsarchitect en stadsecoloog Nico Tillie (faculteit Bouwkunde) geeft donderdag 12 oktober een lezing over de ecocampus, ofwel de campus van de TU Delft als groene proeftuin voor steden van de toekomst. ‘De stad heeft al veel natuurlijke systemen verstoord’, schrijft Tillie in het persbericht. ‘Bij het Urban Ecology Lab stellen we…
No energy allowance for students in Rotterdam A Rotterdam student lost a court case on appeal over the energy allowance from the municipality last week. The court ruled that the municipality may exempt students from the scheme. The student received student loans, a single-parent allowance, and some other allowances, but still could…
The Dutch Parliament wants to use money from the National Growth Fund to prevent an increase in fuel prices for motorists. That means a stop to further research by the National Education Lab AI. It will also mean less money for teacher retraining and lifelong development, among other things. That warning is given by outgoing
New party waltzes into Works Council The new party Young Researchers’ Impact (YRI) will enter the Works Council with six seats. The existing parties – FNV, Democratisch Beleid (DB) and Academisch Belang (AB) – will get six, eleven and two seats respectively. This is the provisional result of the or elections held on…
Compensation for data breach A hacker stole personal data of (former) students of the University of Applied Sciences of Arnhem and Nijmegen (HAN). One of them held the institution liable. The court partly agrees with him. Email addresses, social security numbers and notes on disabilities and political affiliations… it is some of…
