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…
Major data leak at VU due to theft of laptops Two laptops containing personal data of alumni who studied there between 2003 and 2019 were stolen at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). The institution reported the theft to the police. According to university magazine Ad Valvas, the stolen laptops included copies of…
Energy allowance students: FNV denounces considerations national lawyer Trade union FNV disagrees with a ruling by the state attorney general and believes students should be eligible for the 1,300 euro energy surcharge. Poverty policy minister Carola Schouten insists that by no means all students need to receive the 1,300 euro energy allowance…
Former Saxion lecturer pretends to be a professor in Norway A former blockchain technology lecturer who had to leave Saxion University of Applied Sciences for “questionable behavior” is now falsely posing as a professor at a Norwegian university. In real estate, in which former Saxion lecturer Jan Veuger works, he presents himself…
2.8 million more for knowledge safety The Dutch House of Representatives wants the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to reserve a total of 2.8 million euros extra for the further improvement of knowledge safety at universities. This proposal was adopted last week by a broad parliamentary majority. Universities will receive the…
