Over the past fifteen years, more scientists came to the Netherlands than left, reports the Rathenau Institute. There appears to be no brain drain.
Science funding body NWO is awarding 149 Vidi grants this year to talented researchers. Sixteen of these grants have been awarded to scientists from TU Delft. Each recipient will receive up to €850,000. In total, NWO is awarding nearly fifty more grants than last year. Of the 778 proposals submitted, 19 percent were successful. Women
Together with trade unions FNV and AOb, action group WOinActie will set up a large screen on Dom Square in Utrecht on Monday to watch the EenVandaag party leaders’ debate (in Dutch), broadcast from Ahoy Rotterdam, with as many demonstrators as possible. Prior to the debate, there will be a programme featuring political speakers, followed
Working more hours, taking out additional loans or choosing to save? With a new tool developed by the Dutch National Institute for Family Finance Information (Nibud), students can get a clearer picture of their income and expenses. The online tool WatKostStuderen (What does studying cost?) was created by the independent information institute Nibud for students
More than 160 concerned scientists are urging political party leaders to place the fight against the global climate crisis at the heart of their election campaigns. Among them are eighteen researchers from Delft. They are calling for an end to new gas drilling and fossil fuel subsidies. So far, the ecological crisis has played a
University lecturer Harry Pettit of Radboud University Nijmegen is filing a complaint against Education Minister Gouke Moes. Moes believes that Pettit should be prosecuted. A week ago, outgoing Minister Moes put pressure on Radboud University Nijmegen during the talk show Café Kockelmann. He said the university should file a complaint against the fiercely pro-Palestinian university
Although fewer students consume alcohol, one in four in higher education remains a “heavy drinker”. University students still drink the most, according to figures from the RIVM, the Trimbos Institute and the CBS statistics agency.
It has emerged that an Israeli professor with ties to two Dutch universities has also been deployed in Gaza. In light of this revelation, the University of Groningen has decided to suspend its collaboration with the academic.
The interest rate on student loans will fall from 2.57 to 2.33 percent next year, after three years of increases. This has been announced by DUO (in Dutch). Every year, a new interest rate is set for student loans. For years, this rate was zero percent: students could, in principle, borrow “for free”. But this
It could cost the Netherlands several billion euros if universities in the Randstad are allowed to admit far fewer foreign students. That is the view of five universities in the run-up to the elections. What would happen if three-quarters of international bachelor's students stayed away from the universities of Rotterdam, Leiden, Utrecht, and Amsterdam? And
