Landlords bypass rules with group contract More and more, students are on joint housing contracts for the whole student house, research from NOS op 3 shows. This way, landlords circumvent the rules. By doing so, they are able to charge higher rents for rooms. Especially in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, students often…
Run on reintroduced basic grant Almost 442 thousand students have now applied for the new basic grant. That is almost seven thousand more than expected, while applications are still open. The previously expected number of 435 thousand was only a forecast, says the DUO spokesperson. It was based on applications in previous years…
IND: Record number non-European students More non-European students than ever will start their studies in the Netherlands this September, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) expects. In the first months of this year, up to and including July, the IND received 17,870 applications for a residence permit related to studying in the…
De OWee is voorbij, de vakantie loopt ten einde en de nieuwsvoorziening is weer op gang. Wat is er de afgelopen zomer zoal in het hoger onderwijs gebeurd?
From the next academic year, European students in the Netherlands will have to work fewer hours to qualify for Dutch student financing.
Een vechtpartij op de Nijmeegse intromarkt heeft tot drie arrestaties geleid. Het is niet de eerste keer dat omstreden organisaties stof doen opwaaien tijdens introweken.
Dutch politician Pieter Omtzigt will participate in the elections with a new party. This may have major consequences for the internationalisation of higher education.
Het maakt in het hoger onderwijs uit waar je wieg stond. Studenten uit armere gezinnen hebben het zwaarder met hun studie en zitten vaker in de financiële problemen.
Three Dutch universities in top hundred Three Dutch universities are among the world’s top hundred in the annual Shanghai Ranking. Utrecht University scores the highest with place 51. The Universities of Groningen and Rotterdam follow in places 75 and 87. TU Delft ranks somewhere between 151 and 200. Dutch laggard is Tilburg University…
Dutch research financier NWO has awarded 97 scientists a Vidi grant of up to 800 thousand euro.
