Does degree programme X really need to be offered in English? Paul Rullmann, outgoing chair of the committee in charge of deciding this question, understands the rationale for introducing a language assessment. “But not”, he says, “in the context of a set of spending cuts.”
Teaching at TU Eindhoven is still at a standstill. There are no indications that hackers stole data, reports the technical university, but the investigation is still ongoing.
The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) sees that students are receiving relatively less internship payments. Technical students are the luckiest, as they receive the highest amount on average.
What if you could calmly think about how research funding should be allocated, without the looming threat of budget cuts? Scientists wish for less competition, as revealed by a study conducted by The Young Academy.
Random subjects, bad presentations – copycat conferences are the latest way in which rogue companies try to get money from academics. Like this one in Budapest where several Dutch researchers gave presentations. “This was a one-time thing, never again.”
The majority of the cuts in education and research can go ahead as planned, the deal on the budget for education, science and culture that was concluded Wednesday reveals. Of the 2 billion euros, a little shy of 700 million will be reversed.