This is according to education minister Eppo Bruins, who informed the House of Representatives of his plans earlier today. Compensation will be offered to students who since 2012 have suffered ...

The trade unions are planning to take to the streets again on Monday 25 November, to protest against budget cuts in higher education, this time in The Hague. Last Thursday, labour unions FNV and AOb ...

Bram Wouterse would not like to live in a world without sugar. For the sake of our health, however, we could consume a little less of it. The question is: how do you help make this happen as an ...

Dutch politics wants fewer international students, but if they vanish, Dutch students will pay the price. Studying in an international environment benefits them most, by providing them with ...

Thousands of people were expected to gather in Utrecht to protest against budget cuts of around one billion euros affecting students, higher education, and academic research. But the event has been ...

As professor of Erasmian Values Ronald van Raak has learned, a higher education does not automatically make you open-minded.

Students who refused to accept the cancellation of the national education protest have been granted permission by the Utrecht city council to demonstrate in Moreelsepark. Student union STUUR and ...

The Advisory Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (AWTI) issued a report at the end of October. To mitigate substantial funding cuts to scientific research, the council recommended that ...

Erasmus Sport installed an ice bath and sauna behind the sports building on Monday because of the Week of Work Stress. “You have to pay attention to your breathing. You first go into the ice bath and ...

“It is incredibly unfortunate that the organisers of the demonstration were forced to decide it could not proceed because the safety of participants could not be guaranteed”, the Executive Board said ...

Remnants of the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam, after the bombing of the city on May 14, 1940. Image credit: Gemeentearchief Rotterdam Rotterdam, city of ports and hard workers, a no-nonsense place, ...

A protest in Utrecht earlier this year against the proposed budget cuts. Image credit: DUB The national education protest, scheduled to take place on Thursday in Utrecht, has been cancelled. This was ...