Dutch only Kroonprinses Amalia heeft het moeilijk met de strenge beveiligingsmaatregelen en zou graag leven als een normale student. Al vanaf de start van het collegejaar wordt ze bedreigd. “Ik ging mijn studententijd in met de gedachte dat ik, nou wat doet een student, vul maar in. Dat ik dat zou doen.…
UvA: no research with Shell The University of Amsterdam (UvA) does not want to start new collaborations with fossil fuel companies for the time being. The decision follows actions by climate activists. The UvA board has declared a moratorium on research with Shell. There will be no new research projects with Shell…
Dutch only Het was even onzeker, maar de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG) benoemt opnieuw een hoogleraar Friese taal en cultuur. Het bestuur komt daarmee tegemoet aan zware kritiek vanuit de Friese gemeenschap. Op 15 februari treedt hoogleraar Germaanse taalkunde Arjen Versloot aan als interimhoogleraar frisistiek van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Hij wordt voor twee…
Erasmus University reoccupied Climate activists have been occupying an Erasmus University building again since Tuesday morning. They want the administration to cut ties with the fossil industry immediately. In November, the same action group also occupied a university building. On Monday, Erasmus University Rotterdam acknowledged that the world is in a climate…
From April onwards, certain groups will pay for parking on campus between 08:00 and 18:00. Paid parking in public places on campus will be introduced earlier.
Toilets X all gender from Thursday Sports and cultural centre X will have several all gender toilets from Thursday 19 January. All gender changing rooms have been around a little longer: they made their appearance in the middle of December 2022. “With this adjustment, we hope to take another step in providing a…
Too few jobs for people with disabilities Dutch colleges and universities have created too few jobs for people with disabilities. They are far behind other institutions in the public sector, a new count shows. By 2026, 25 thousand jobs should have been created in the public sector for people with disabilities. A…
Student housing director to address room shortage The Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations has appointed a national ‘Student Housing Director’. The director – Ardin Mourik, is tasked with solving the acute shortage of student rooms, which means adding 60.000 affordable student units by 2030. The figure of 60.000…
Minister Dijkgraaf wants national guidelines not only for the financial compensation of members of participation councils, but also for their training and support. The minister responded this week in the Lower House to questions and motions in response to the Participation Monitor published this spring. Lisa Westerveld (GroenLinks) wanted to know the status…
TU Delft in fourth place most expensive cappuccino The cappuccino from TU Delft’s coffee machines costs more than those at most other Dutch universities. This is evident from an inventory by Cursor, the independent journalistic platform of TU Eindhoven. The coffee is most expensive at Radboud University Nijmegen, where you spend 1.20…
