ABP, the public sector pension fund, has reduced its holdings of US government bonds by 10 billion euros. However, the fund is investing hundreds of millions in Palantir, a controversial company that, according to Amnesty International, facilitates the persecution of immigrants and student protesters in the United States.
Japan joined Horizon in January, the European research programme that distributes billions of euros in funding. It is the latest non-European country to have joined in recent years. “Science is being used as soft power.”
The number of young people committing suicide has increased over the past ten years, according to 113 Suicide Prevention. Many students also struggle with mental health issues. “There is a lot that can be done within education to support students,” says researcher Jolien Dopmeijer. “It is important that educational institutions create an environment where you can be yourself.”
The disagreement over DUWO’s vote-in housing policy has now reached national politics. Students and associations are clashing with the student housing provider over control and equal access, and political party VVD has involved the minister. What does he say, and what led up to this? Here are the key questions and answers.
Stress, pressure to perform, financial worries… Young people’s wellbeing is under scrutiny, and education is offering more and more care and guidance. But don’t forget the power of education itself, says the Education Council.
Following a brawl in a campus bar at VU University Amsterdam in November, two students were arrested. Both of them are members of the far-right student party VSP. Earlier, the university magazine Ad Valvas had already pressed charges against the party.
The much-discussed bill aimed at reducing English-language education at universities and colleges was submitted to the Council of State for advice last week. The proposal had to be amended at the request of the House of Representatives.
Transparency is fine, says Caspar van den Berg, chairman of the umbrella organisation Universities of the Netherlands (UNL). According to him, public universities do not want any exceptions to the law that compels them to be open.
Ghent University rector Petra De Sutter was set to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam next week, but has decided to decline after multiple AI citations were discovered in her inauguration speech. AI-generated Einstein, including fake quotes. (Image: Unsplash/Marjolein van der Veldt) “Dogma is the enemy of progress, as you may know.”
You are free to read Plato, just not when he writes about race or gender. A professor of philosophy at a major university in Texas has been required to skip certain texts in his classes. The history of philosophy is sometimes described as a series of footnotes to Plato. The Greek philosopher lived around 400
