Four lecturers have been nominated for Lecturer of the Year 2025: two from a university and two from a university of applied sciences. The winner will receive a grant of 25 thousand euros for educational innovation. It is the eleventh time that the prize will been awarded. One of the contenders is from TU Delft:
Uncertainty surrounds the use of WhatsApp in higher education. HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht has advised its employees to switch to Signal. Local student unions also back the move.
Nearly three thousand lecturers, staff and students demonstrated in Leiden on 10 March against the cutbacks in higher education. On 11 March, it is Utrecht's turn to continue this so-called relay strike. Striking in Leiden. (Photo: Roland Pupupin) The activists are hoping that the education budget that the House of Representatives agreed to after long
Want to do something about workload issues in academia? Then give everyone their own research budget, says Eddie Brummelman, chair of The Young Academy.
It is becoming more dangerous to protest at American universities of applied science and academic universities. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose suspensions and arrests. Institutions could lose their financing if they ‘allow’ protests.
Of the 43 Vici grants awarded Friday by NWO, four were for TU Delft scientists. Of the 369 applications, 12 percent were honored, slightly more than last year. Utrecht University won the most grants, six. Two of the Delft grants go to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science. Jan van Gemert is
European academies of science argue that President Trump is threatening academic freedom. They point to government censorship restricting scientists’ ability to conduct their research freely.
A student has been sentenced to two months in prison for violent behaviour during the pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). She climbed onto a loader and threw sticks at the police. This week, the student, Simone, appeared in front of the local AT5 TV channel’s camera. Originally from China, Simone claimed that
The government is planning a language assessment for all English-taught Bachelor’s programmes: could they be given in Dutch? An advance survey of five such programmes reveals they have solid arguments for their choice of language of instruction.
