Over two years after taking office, outgoing Minister of Education Robbert Dijkgraaf has sent his ‘Internationalisering in Balans’ (Internationalisation in Equilibrium) bill to the House of Representatives. As far as he’s concerned, international students continue to be welcome, but institutions will be given ‘instruments’ to manage the influx.
Are you a student travelling by public transport on Wednesday or Thursday? Take note, because Thursday is Ascension Day. Students with a weekend pass (ov-kaart in Dutch, public transport card for students) can then travel for free, while students with a weekly pass only get a discount. The Wednesday before is also different (in Dutch).
Protect open and free science in Europe. That call is made by the national academies of science, including the Dutch KNAW, ahead of the European elections on Thursday 6 June. For science, internationalisation is an important issue. After incidents with China and the war in Ukraine, some European member states distrust the international cooperation and
SURF no longer tweets. The ICT cooperative for education is leaving X and opening its own server for education and research on Mastodon. There, users are less bothered by bots, trolls and spam. Since Elon Musk took over Twitter and started calling it X, public 'twexits', as a farewell to Twitter is sometimes called, have
In June, TU Delft student Abdelkader Karbache will become the new president of the National Students' Union (LSVb). At the National Students' Association (ISO), Mylou Miché will then take over. Karbache (23) is pursuing two masters at TU Delft (Mechanical Engineering and Sustainable Energy Technology) and was already a board member of the Delft student
Life isn’t easy for starting researchers, says the Rathenau Instituut. They deserve better supervision and more understanding in case of illness or pregnancy. They haven’t noticed a whole lot of the ‘recognition and rewards’ scheme yet.
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded 23 advanced grants of up to 2.5 million euros to highly experienced researchers from Dutch knowledge institutions. It is possible that more will be awarded. Last year, the Netherlands was still in seventh place with 14 awarded grants, but in the 2023 round, with 23 out of 255
Universities have promised to introduce a Dutch-language track into all 35 major Bachelor’s programmes. Another four programmes will be taught entirely in Dutch.
XIOR Student Housing has already been reprimanded hundreds of times by the rent commission for excessive service charges. Students also often pay too much at other large housing providers, NOSop3 observes. A landlord should not make a profit on the cost of cleaning, garden maintenance or a caretaker. Yet this does happen, reports NOSop3. The
