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On Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved the education budget, including the last government’s cuts for 2026. A notable change: animal testing on monkeys is suddenly permitted again.
The Dutch government is scrapping grants that enable teachers to pursue a second degree or to conduct PhD research, including at TU Delft. The Education Council considers this a shame.
Since ChatGPT was launched, AI quickly turned student life upside down. How do TU Delft students use it to their advantage? Delta spoke extensively with four major users and took to the streets to gauge more experiences.
The Netherlands must allow positive discrimination in courses with selective admission criteria, particularly if women are in the minority. This is according to the United Nations. In 2024, the AE Faculty was rebuffed when it wanted to give priority to female first-year students.
The House of Representatives wants higher professional education students to always receive a basic grant for their master’s degree, and according to outgoing minister Gouke Moes, the government should intervene in the range of education programmes on offer, as revealed in this week’s debate on the education budget.
The intake of first-year university bachelor’s students has declined again. Both international and Dutch students are staying away. Only in Leiden and Delft have the numbers increased.
How do students use ChatGPT when writing their thesis? That question has received remarkably little attention during the assessment of study programs, according to the education assessor itself.
An artificial intelligence student at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam received a failing grade for an assignment because she had used AI, even though this was prohibited. The evidence was easy to provide.
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