Dutch researchers have won two Ig Nobel prizes on Thursday night, the annual awards for scientific research that makes you laugh first and think second. Both prizes went to researchers from the University of Amsterdam. For the first prize-winning experiment, scientists tossed a coin 350,757 times: did it turn heads or tails? In almost 51
The petition against the long-term student penalty has been signed 131,214 times. Actually, there were two petitions against the fine for delayed students. One was from opposition party GroenLinks-PvdA, the other from a coalition of the National Union of Students, FNV Young & United, broadcaster BNNVARA and news platform De Marker. The signatures of the
In many student cities it will get more difficult to find a home, predict the authors of the National Student Housing Monitor. And yet, they see encouraging signs.
It is especially young highly educated people that use ChatGPT or similar programmes, reports CBS, the statistics agency. But many older people also find their way to AI. A note in English, a plan of action, a simple illustration ... It is sometimes tempting to turn to programmes like ChatGPT or Copilot for help. By
Five TU Delft researchers have received a European Starting Grant of one and a half million euros. A total of fifty-one academics at Dutch universities and research institutes were awarded grants.
About two hundred protesters came to Domplein in Utrecht on Monday morning for the ‘Alternative opening’ of the new academic year. Down with the cutbacks, was the message. Perhaps there will even be a strike.
Despite an earlier decision to stop cooperating with the fossil industry, Utrecht University receives €1.5 million from oil company BP for research into renewable energy. This causes confusion: is the university ignoring its own rules? After all kinds of student protests and discussion groups, the university decided in July 2023 not to establish any more
The academic year started on Monday 2 September, as did the protests against the announced cuts in Dutch higher education. Those cuts will go ahead. That’s the message given by Education Minister Eppo Bruins in response to written questions from the House of Representatives.
People with a higher education level are more willing to donate organs after their death. This is according to new figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Among the academic educated people, 46 percent consent to organ donation, compared to only 23 percent of the practically trained people. In contrast, 40 percent of the
As tech studies become more popular, this could come at the expense of healthcare and education programmes, acknowledges education minister Eppo Bruins. This is partly why technical programmes continue to bring in students from abroad. Last spring, chip manufacturer ASML threatened to leave the Netherlands because of restrictions on the influx of foreign students and
