No energy allowance for students in Rotterdam A Rotterdam student lost a court case on appeal over the energy allowance from the municipality last week. The court ruled that the municipality may exempt students from the scheme. The student received student loans, a single-parent allowance, and some other allowances, but still could…
The Dutch Parliament wants to use money from the National Growth Fund to prevent an increase in fuel prices for motorists. That means a stop to further research by the National Education Lab AI. It will also mean less money for teacher retraining and lifelong development, among other things. That warning is given by outgoing
The FNV Education & Research trade union shares concerns about press freedom in higher education. “A university magazine should be able to write on any matter.”
University magazine Cursor wasn’t allowed to report on the alleged conflicts of interests of the new rector. This led to written questions by the House of Representatives.
Compensation for data breach A hacker stole personal data of (former) students of the University of Applied Sciences of Arnhem and Nijmegen (HAN). One of them held the institution liable. The court partly agrees with him. Email addresses, social security numbers and notes on disabilities and political affiliations… it is some of…
Nobel chemistry prize for ‘quantum dots’ For making colourful ‘quantum dots’, three scientists will receive this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. Their research has been applied in QLED displays, among other things. The distinguished research is at the intersection of chemistry and physics. The researchers discovered that very small crystals change colour…
The editor-in-chief of TU/e’s magazine Cursor has been removed from his post. The editors have blacked out their website in protest.
Zo ongeveer iedere partij pleit in het verkiezingsprogramma voor stabielere financiering van het hele hoger onderwijs. Dat klinkt goed, maar wat zouden de gevolgen zijn?
For the second year running, the percentage of women full professors has risen by less than one percentage point. Less than 28 percent of all full professors are women.
Nobel prizes for corona vaccine and electron research Corona vaccine For their research on mRNA, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman receive the Nobel Prize in medicine. Thanks to their discoveries, vaccines against the corona virus arrived at lightning speed. A vaccine trains the body to make antibodies against a virus. Previously, this was done on…
