Academics who are the first in their families to go to university, do not always feel at home at universities. In a report, the Young Academy says that making the unwritten rules more explicit would help. Drawing on interviews with 12 academics, the First but not least report shows that first-generation university students sometimes have
The National Student Union (LSVb) is seeing a significant increase in the number of students who are scammed when looking for a room. They sometimes pay thousands of euros in deposit for a house that turns out not to be for rent at all. What needs to be done?
As expected, the majority of the Senate voted in favour of cutbacks in higher education. Universities are angry.
As of 2027, anyone wanting to study or work in sensitive areas may only do so after a positive outcome of screening. This is written in the new proposed bill by Eppo Bruins, the Minister of Education. TU Delft itself has screened since 2022.
The Bachelor's degree in Earth Sciences at the Free University (VU) will disappear if it is up to that university. As a result, 37 employees risk losing their jobs. Some students may have to find another programme, they were told last Thursday. The decision is an austerity measure. In the past year, the university announced
International students in Delft don’t immediately pack their bags once they have their Dutch diploma. Five years later, nearly four in ten are still in the Netherlands. Only international students in Eindhoven tend to stay more often. Nationwide, around 30 percent remain after five years, according to a new report (in Dutch) from the internationalisation
Dutch universities awarded 5,595 PhDs over the last academic year – more than ever before. Women have maintained their lead over men. In the 1990s, almost all dissertations were written by men. That has gradually changed, with more and more PhDs going to women. The turning point came in the 2020/2021 academic year, when, for
Datasets disappearing, funding cuts, American colleagues too afraid to answer the phone – many stories are circulating about the consequences of the new US science policies. How are researchers in the Netherlands experiencing the impact of the Trump administration? Investigative journalists from different Dutch media outlets are working together to uncover the concrete effects of
Halfway through the very last debate on the education budget, universities – including a delegation from TU Delft – are protesting outside the Senate. “Don’t do it!” they call out. Will the Senate still deliver a political miracle?
