Statistics Netherlands: a disability has an impact in higher education too People with a mental or physical disability are less likely to pursue higher education and are also less likely to graduate, according to figures from Statistics Netherlands. Among those people with no disability issues, 54 percent studied in higher professional education…
Dutch pension fund ABP sells Russian investments Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Dutch pension fund ABP will sell all its remaining investments in Russian companies. ABP already did not invest in Russian government bonds. As of 24 February 2022, ABP had approximately 520 million euros worth of investments in Russia,…
FNV-vakbonden willen voorkomen dat pensioenfonds ABP de Russische agressie in Oekraïne mede financiert. Ze stellen vragen over ABP-belangen in Russische bedrijven en staatsobligaties. Het ABP is het pensioenfonds voor werknemers bij de overheid en het onderwijs. De FNV-bonden in het verantwoordingsorgaan van het ABP willen onder meer weten of het klopt dat het…
Vici grants delayed by Covid-19 The coronavirus has upset the planning of science financier NWO. Dropouts and absenteeism meant that only 12 Vici grants were awarded today. The rest will follow later. Twelve researchers from the applied and technical sciences and the health sciences (ZonMW) received a Vici grant from the NWO…
Dream Team presents hanging Hyperloop The TU Delft Hyperloop team presented a spectacular new design concept last week: the TU Delft capsule or ‘pod’ hangs from a rail instead of standing on it. The upside-down concept improves the stability of the system. This should make it easier to change tracks at high speed.…
Het Delftse Hyperloopteam presenteerde vorige week een spectaculaire nieuwe ontwerpbenadering: de Delftse capsule of ‘pod’ hangt onder de rails in plaats van dat-ie erop staat. De omgekeerde benadering verbetert de stabiliteit van het systeem. Daardoor moet het makkelijker worden om met hoge snelheid van spoor te wisselen. Delft Hyperloop IV is…
War in Ukraine: X opens its living room for students TU Delft’s sports and culture centre, X, will open its living room on Friday evening, 25 February, between 8 PM and 10 PM as a ‘safe space to share thoughts and emotions about the current situation in Ukraine’. Students and staff can walk…
English debate ahead of Municipal Council Elections The Municipal Council Elections are coming up soon. On Wednesday March 16 all European citizens of 18 years of age or older and non-EU citizens who have been registered in the municipality for a minimum of 5 years, can vote. But who to vote for?…
‘Secondary jobs for tax lawyers at the University of Amsterdam lead to integrity problems’ Almost all University of Amsterdam (UvA) tax law professors have a secondary function at large law or tax consultancy firm, writes university magazine Folia. These sometimes influence their academic publications. Several tax law lecturers at the UvA reported…
Op dit moment is het kabinet niet van plan om de compensatie te verhogen voor studenten zonder basisbeurs, zegt minister Sigrid Kaag van Financiën tegen de Tweede Kamer. Maar ze gooit de deur niet helemaal dicht. Woensdag sprak de Tweede Kamer met de minister van Financiën over het nieuwe regeerakkoord. Daarbij vroeg SP-Kamerlid Mahir Alkaya…
