The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) sees that students are receiving relatively less internship payments. Technical students are the luckiest, as they receive the highest amount on average.
Utrecht University is again the best ‘broad’ institution in this year's Keuzegids, while the Open University and Wageningen top the list of ‘other’ universities. © HOP. Source: Keuzegids Universiteiten 2025 and previous editions. Utrecht University continues to do very well, says the Keuzegids Universities 2025, published on Thursday. Radboud University has lost a point, but
Random subjects, bad presentations – copycat conferences are the latest way in which rogue companies try to get money from academics. Like this one in Budapest where several Dutch researchers gave presentations. “This was a one-time thing, never again.”
The majority of the cuts in education and research can go ahead as planned, the deal on the budget for education, science and culture that was concluded Wednesday reveals. Of the 2 billion euros, a little shy of 700 million will be reversed.
For the very first time, there are more than a thousand women full professors in the Netherlands. They make up 28.7 percent of the total. Their share increased at all universities, but least in Delft.
‘Abolish the long-study fine.’ The four ruling parties rejected a motion to that effect on Tuesday afternoon, even though the plan seems likely to be scrapped soon. It was a concise motion by MP Doğukan Ergin (Denk). He requested the government to abolish the long-study fine. Education Minister Eppo Bruins (NSC) advised against the motion
Israeli universities are intertwined with the violence in Gaza through the army, states a special committee of Tilburg University. That’s why the university should stop collaborating with them. That discussion is also playing out in Delft.
Anyone who takes a student into their home must be able to evict them when they sell their home. Minister Keijzer wants to make that possible by law. The government can also make hospita rental more attractive in other ways, she thinks. Housing Minister Mona Keijzer wants to encourage the comeback of the landlady with
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded 2 million euro Consolidator Grants to 37 researchers from Dutch institutions. Four of them are affiliated with the TU Delft.
The government’s proposed cuts to education and research will falter in the Senate, the opposition parties warn. But judging by Tuesday evening’s debate in the House of Representatives, the four ruling coalition parties do not seem overly concerned about that prospect. “For now, we are putting national security first.”
