Female professors sound the alarm The increase in the number of women at the top of science is not going fast enough. That is the conclusion of the new Monitor Female Professors, presented on Thursday 8 December. In 2021, the share of female professors increased by 1 per cent. This is the…
A Parliament motion calls on Dutch higher education to stop actively recruiting internationals. According to eight institutions, these students are badly needed.
‘Iranians do not seem to delay their return’ Hundreds of Iranians are studying or working at Dutch universities of applied sciences and universities. They seem to have no intention of postponing their possible return because of the protests in their homeland, reports Education Minister Dijkgraaf after questions by the GroenLinks political party. …
Dutch only Een oud-student wilde met terugwerkende kracht een aanvullende beurs krijgen, maar ook in hoger beroep blijft de rechter onvermurwbaar, blijkt uit het vonnis dat op 1 december is gepubliceerd. De student vroeg studiefinanciering aan per april 2011 en kreeg toen een basisbeurs en een lening. Ruim twee jaar later vroeg hij om een…
Climate activists occupy TU Eindhoven Two action groups occupied a room at TU Eindhoven Monday morning, directly opposite the university’s executive board. They want the university to cut ties with the fossil industry, University magazine Cursor reports. The 11 activists from End Fossil Occupy and University Rebellion demand that the board declare a…
Universiteiten moeten meer oog hebben voor de regio en beter samenwerken met het hbo. Het ‘kenniscafé’ van de Universiteiten van Nederland nam voorschot op komende discussies.
Research funding, the distribution of starting grants, and ensuring academics’ social safety. These topics and more were adressed at the Dutch Research Council roundtable.
Nederland kan iets leren van andere landen in de strijd om kennisveiligheid, blijkt uit een rapport van adviesraad AWTI door het Leiden Asia Centre.
Chinese students along with others demonstrated against the Chinese government’s corona policy. Universities are sending them home in the hope of stifling the protests.
Dijkgraaf considers support for Ukrainian students Educational institutions want the Ministry of Education to help pay for support for more than five hundred Ukrainian refugee students. Offer refugee students the same facilities as Dutch students and pay attention to Ukrainians says the foundation for refugee students UAF together with mbo-institutions, colleges and…
