No improved contracts for students The government will tackle the labour market, but not for students with part-time jobs. They will continue to work on temporary jobs and zero-hours contracts. They themselves would prefer that. After long consultations with trade unions and employers, minister Karien van Gennip (Social Affairs and Employment) has…
Dijkgraaf will have to wait longer for advice on how to allocate 300 million euros in starting and incentive grants. A committee has requested a postponement of the deadline.
Students may travel for free from Thursday afternoon Good Friday is an official holiday in the Netherlands, but not a compulsory day off. Shops are open as usual and many people have to work. Universities and universities of applied sciences are closed. Does this day now fall under the weekend or week subscription…
Free University in Moscow has to close down One of Russia’s last independent universities is now blacklisted by the Kremlin. For security reasons, the administration is ceasing all its work in Russia. Five scientists, who previously lost their jobs for their political beliefs, founded Moscow Free University in 2020. The aim was…
More university of applied sciences lecturers on permanent contract Teachers at universities of applied sciences are slightly more often on permanent contracts again. Support staff, on the other hand, are more and more on temporary contracts. For several years, the share of lecturers on temporary contracts hovered around 15 percent, but in…
Fifteen educational institutions will reduce the number of teaching weeks on a trial basis. They want to create more free time for students and staff. TU is not taking part.
‘Prospective teachers deserve internship allowance’ The General Education Union wants students in teacher training programmes to receive an internship allowance of 750 euros per month. That proposal is on the table during the collective bargaining negotiations. These students rarely get paid for their internships, even…
Why are only full professors allowed to call themselves professor, wear a gown and confer doctorates? Assistant and associate professors ought to have that right too.
Fewer premaster students at university According to the latest figures, which came out this month, universities welcomed 60,000 new undergraduate students this academic year (2022). That was 2,900 fewer than in 2021. That appears to include the ‘switching students’: the students of premaster programmes. These study on paper with a bachelor’s programme,…
