Last Friday, Minister Eppo Bruins outlined the broad lines of his policy for secondary vocational education, higher education, and scientific research. It gives both his political allies and opponents ...

Fewer students, significant budget cuts, smaller programmes disappearing, labour market shortages, young researchers in distress… ‘Strategic choices’ are needed to address these issues, writes ...

Every Monday, an overview of the most important news about Erasmus University. This week: a quarter of the Master’s programmes at Erasmus University are not accessible to students transferring from ...

Since the outbreak of the war in Gaza in 2023, the University of Amsterdam has been under scrutiny. Initially by demonstrators demanding that the UvA sever ties with Israel. However, as protests ...

Maeijer obtained her degree from the Erasmus School of Law in 2009, with a master’s in International & European Public Law. At that time, she was a policy officer for the PVV in the House of ...

Update Thursday 13 March: Erasmus University has been advising its staff since 2021 not to use WhatsApp for informal communication with colleagues, and instead to use Microsoft Teams or Signal. The ...

The media world has slogans too—pay-offs, brand promises, if you will. Think of Wij zijn voor (We are in favour) from BNNVARA, or Tendentieus, ongefundeerd & nodeloos kwetsend (Tendentious, unfounded ...

There’s a less glamorous side to the intellectual journey of the academic, writes columnist Irena Bošković. The more you learn, the less you know. But there comes a point where continuous self-doubt ...

Even Pippi Longstocking and James Bond are not exempt. Roald Dahl’s Oompa-Loompas are now gender-neutral, and the banned book list in American schools is growing. Should books with outdated or ...

In theory, the bachelor’s degrees from universities and universities of applied sciences (UAS, or hbo or hogeschool in Dutch) are equally valued. However, this is not the case in practice, as observed ...

‘Waiting until everyone is on board is like swatting an elephant to death with a cotton bud, then burying it with a teaspoon’ ...

Should study associations take a more critical look at their partnerships with companies? This question came up last week, after climate activists interrupted a wine tasting at the Pavilion.