Increase in depression and sleeping problems Young people under 25 are reporting having sleeping problems or depression with increasing frequency. This is shown by new figures from the Dutch Central Statistical Office (CBS). Young people still report many complaints about their mental health. Some questions they answered in 2022 were slightly more…
VVD en CDA willen een miljard euro bezuinigen op onderwijs en onderzoek. Volt, D66 en Groenlinks-PvdA willen juist miljarden extra investeren, zegt het Centraal Planbureau.
Senate rejects motion for lower student debt Indebted students protested against their study debt in Amsterdam on 5 February 2022. (Photo: Impix) The Dutch Senate has rejected a PvdD motion calling on the government to reduce the study debts of unlucky students and – as cover – accelerate the reduction of fossil…
NWO and KNAW need to be more critical of collaboration with the fossil fuel industry. This is the opinion of 450 employees of 13 universities and 11 research institutes.
De rente op studieschulden stijgt komend jaar toch naar 2,56 procent, ook voor de pechstudenten van het leenstelsel. Het demissionaire kabinet kan de rente niet bevriezen.
From murder to dismissal: Scholars at Risk counted 409 attacks on academic freedom in 66 countries last year. More than last year. The Netherlands is also mentioned.
Denmark can’t do without international students Denmark has restricted the inflow of international students the past two years, but is now turning back. Highly skilled internationals are proving indispensable in the tight labour market. In 2021, the Danish cabinet decided to drastically reduce the number of English-language courses in higher education. This…
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…
