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Campus01 October 2020
No face-masks required at universities yet
Students and university staff are not yet required to wear face masks on campus, the website of the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) states. But this decision is not set in stone.
read moreEducation29 September 2020
Students take to the streets for real lectures
Students want more face-to-face education. They will call for this at a protest on Friday at Museumplein in Amsterdam. "I've only been taught online this year."
read moreStudents15 September 2020
Thousands of students are demanding discounted tuition fees
Dutch universities estimate that between 20 and 40 percent of their classes are currently taught on campus. In response, students have started petitions demanding discounted tuition fees.
read moreScience14 September 2020
PhD students afraid to look for another supervisor
Many PhD students who feel trapped in an unpleasant working relationship with their supervisor are hesitant to switch supervisors. They are afraid that it could harm their career, according to a survey by the PhD Network Netherlands (PNN). “It would be academic suicide.”
read moreScience11 September 2020
Growth Fund: is science about to get the money it’s been asking for?
Over the next few years, the government will spend €20 billion on education & research, innovation and infrastructure. Is this the major investment that teaching staff and academics have been crying out for?
read moreEducation08 September 2020
VVD annoys everyone with plan for 'mystery guest' at online lectures
Coalition party VVD has suggested the use of mystery guests to assess the quality of higher education. I really don’t think so, said Minister Van Engelshoven in response.
read moreStaff07 September 2020
PNN: more dubious contracts for PhD students than thought
For years, the proportion of PhD students with contracts that allocate too little time for their research has been estimated at 10 to 15 percent. However, that figure is likely to be higher, according to a new survey by the PhD Network Netherlands (PNN).
read moreScience04 September 2020
6 million available for mental health advice
The European Union (EU) has awarded a 6 million euro grant to research conducted by Marit Sijbrandij, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, and her partners.
read moreStudents03 September 2020
Students catch Covid at secret parties
Since the start of the introductory activities, several Dutch cities have seen a marked rise in the Covid infection rate among students. However, the universities themselves are not to blame: the students contracted the virus at parties they organised themselves.
read moreCampus02 September 2020
Vinod Subramaniam leads national advisory committee on diversity
Higher education and research needs more female researchers and more researchers with a migration background. A new action plan also emphasises that something needs to be done to combat bullying and abuses of power.
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