Dutch only Oud-studenten die een deel van hun studielening hebben terugbetaald kunnen vanaf 1 januari een hogere hypotheek krijgen. Een jaar geleden had minister De Jonge van Volkshuisvesting het al aangekondigd en per 1 januari 2024 is het dan zover: ‘extra aflossingen op de studielening worden beter meegenomen bij het bepalen van…
Why is scientific research poorly reproducible? With a little support from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the Netherlands Reproducibility Network was set up last week.
Netherlands gives little money to STEM sector Dutch spending on STEM is lagging behind internationally and recruitment into undergraduate programmes is relatively low, writes education minister Dijkgraaf. VVD and ChristenUnie wanted more clarity on the distribution of research and education resources across the various science fields in the Netherlands, compared to other…
Een Kamermeerderheid wil dat studenten die onder het leenstelsel vielen minder rente over hun studieschuld gaan betalen. Hoeveel minder en per wanneer is nog niet duidelijk.
De vervijfvoudiging van de rente kwam voor de meeste (oud)-studenten als een verrassing, is de teneur op het renteprotest bij de Tweede Kamer woensdagmiddag.
Saxion wants ‘personal conversation’ with lecturer over hate tweets Saxion University of Applied Sciences is also very shocked by the anonymous hate messages sent by its lecturer Jasper Rekers in Covid19 time. The latter withdrew as a BBB MP candidate on Wednesday. Press agency ANP revealed (in Dutch) on Tuesday that Rekers intimidated…
No interest for unlucky generation costs 9 billion euros The proposal by D66 and SP to set the interest rate on study debt of ‘unlucky students’ at zero per cent will cost EUR 9 billion, estimates demissionary minister Dijkgraaf. Dijkgraaf (D66) understands very well the concerns of students and former students, he said on…
The interest rate on study loans for the ‘bad luck generation’ should remain 0 per cent, SP and D66 think. To pay for that, they want to raise taxes on flowers and tap water.
Past cabinets have implemented few effective climate policies and this must change soon, write twelve prominent Dutch climate scientists in a letter.
