Anton de Kom professorship at VU The Dutch cabinet will fund a research chair named after the Surinamese-Dutch resistance hero and writer Anton de Kom. The professorship will focus on studies of colonial history, the history of slavery and its consequences. As a communist, Anton de Kom (1898-1945) strongly criticised the colonial Dutch government in…
‘More internationals to go elsewhere in the EU’ Other European member states should offer more education in English to attract international students, writes Dutch Education Minister Dijkgraaf to the European Commission. He hopes there will be more ‘balance’ then. The growth of international students in the Netherlands is leading to concerns…
In de strijd tegen misbruik van de basisbeurs bellen controleurs bij studenten aan. Die controles gaan soms mis, vooral bij studenten met een migratieachtergrond.
Run on new basic grant Several tens of thousands of students and incoming freshmen have already applied for the basic grant, reports the Education Executive Agency (DUO). Monday was the first day it was possible. Starting this week, students can apply to student finance agency DUO for the new basic grant.…
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences wants more funding for planetary health: interdisciplinary research into the effects of climate change on public health.
Extra millions for safety in higher education A special program to improve social safety in Dutch higher education will be introduced, for which 16 million euros are reserved. Furthermore, laws and regulations will be stricter, announced Education Minister Dijkgraaf in a parliamentary letter (in Dutch) on social safety. Already, a budget had…
No BSN for Caribbean students yet The National Ombudsman Reinier van Zutphen is once again sounding the alarm. Contrary to promises, new Caribbean students still have problems applying for their social security number (BSN), Van Zutphen warned during an interparliamentary consultation of delegations from Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Netherlands. At the…
ISO: Two-thirds of students with special needs experience problems Many students with a disability or ‘special circumstances’ experience study problems, as it turned out last year. The Intercity Student Consultation commissioned the Nijmegen agency ResearchNed to conduct further research into their obstacles. Nearly 1,500 students with a ‘support need’ from HBO…
The majority of students at Dutch universities think their work load is just right, the National Student Survey NSE shows. In Delft, half think the study pressure is too high.
DUO adjusts student finance application “There were students who were entitled to a supplementary grant, did not take it and eventually took out a loan,” minister Robbert Dijkgraaf told the Senate. “That is totally inexplicable, other than the fact that they were not informed in the right way.” The supplementary grant (soon…
