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?
Universities are telling their employees to beware of blackmail by foreign intelligence agencies. Not just at conferences in faraway foreign countries, but also here in the Netherlands.
Scientists who, due to “rising tensions” around the world, are looking to relocate to another country are warmly welcomed in the Netherlands, says Minister Bruins. Research funding body NWO will establish a fund as soon as possible to facilitate this.
How does minister Bruins see the future of higher education and scientific research? In a letter, he sketches the broad outlines: more consultation between institutions on starting or closing study programmes, less government interference in, for instance, social safety, and institutions themselves should take care of the position of young researchers.
Four lecturers have been nominated for Lecturer of the Year 2025: two from a university and two from a university of applied sciences. The winner will receive a grant of 25 thousand euros for educational innovation. It is the eleventh time that the prize will been awarded. One of the contenders is from TU Delft:
Uncertainty surrounds the use of WhatsApp in higher education. HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht has advised its employees to switch to Signal. Local student unions also back the move.
Nearly three thousand lecturers, staff and students demonstrated in Leiden on 10 March against the cutbacks in higher education. On 11 March, it is Utrecht's turn to continue this so-called relay strike. Striking in Leiden. (Photo: Roland Pupupin) The activists are hoping that the education budget that the House of Representatives agreed to after long
