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…
Investigation into inappropriate behaviour in higher education The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has asked Government Commissioner Mariëtte Hamer for advice, claiming too little is currently known about sexually inappropriate behaviour at higher education institutions. At the moment, Hamer is in talks…
Do universities pay enough attention to students’ needs and opportunities? Queen Máxima, Minister of Education Dijkgraaf and students believe there is room for improvement.
Misconduct at Conservatorium van Amsterdam At the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, three teachers frequently made sexist remarks. They also groped students and in at least one case there was unwanted sex. The lecturers have since left. This is according to an investigation by platform Pointer. The investigative journalists spoke to former students who…
Radboud University rector steps down with immediate effect Rector Han van Krieken of Radboud University is stepping down early, the university announces in a press release. It was recently revealed that he was found guilty of sexually transgressive behaviour in the past. Van Krieken had planned to leave on 17 October, when…
Friday, 465,852 students have received their first payment of the basic student grant. DUO has transferred a total of 130 million euros to students’ bank accounts.
The government is allocating over a quarter of a billion euros less for the public transport pass for pupils and students. Transport companies foresee having to cut services.
