From hiring freezes to no more fruit in the office: how faculties are preparing for budget cuts No more printed sashes for graduates with distinction, no more fresh fruit in the office,… ...

Just imagine: it is as quiet as a mouse in the Erasmus building. Professors should now be having coffee. Everything is ready. The biscuits, the pitchers and the chairs. Despite all the solemnity, this ...

For years, the Teflon factory in Dordrecht has dumped PFAS, a group of chemicals that cause cancer and affect the immune system, into the environment. In a recent court judgment, the company was held ...

On Brainpark 1, an outdated office building on Max Euwelaan is making way for a building with 348 homes. It is not yet clear exactly how many student homes there will be. On Hoofdweg, near Rotterdam ...

Early on in her first year, third-year student Amara Zafira Raharjo realised that her first name on Canvas and OSIRIS was a full stop (.) and that her series of names was placed in the surname column.

The cuts to education and research will largely go ahead, as confirmed by last night’s agreement on the budget for Education, Culture and Science (OCW). Of the planned 2 billion euros in cuts, less ...

Fleur Wilbrink and Emma Verheggen are finalists in the Student of the Year election. The Student of the Year isn’t necessarily someone who gets high marks or excels in the lecture hall, but someone ...

From ‘Death to the IDF’ to ‘Up Hamas, up Hezbollah’: artists like Bob Vylan and Kneecap are voicing fierce opposition to the war in Gaza, provoking strong reactions. Performances are being cancelled, ...

This week, national leaders and the European Parliament agreed on the budget for 2025. Lean years lie ahead for the sciences: funding for the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme will be ...

Two Dutch universities are discontinuing their scholarship programmes for Chinese PhD students. They get insufficient funding and there are knowledge security concerns. Several faculties in Rotterdam ...

How did you end up researching this subject? “During my research master’s in Sociology of Culture, Media and the Arts, I found out that things I enjoy in my spare time – like heavy metal and rock – ...

Students and members of the association celebrate Simchat Torah, the celebration of the jewish holy scripture. Image credit: Jewish Student Association First-year student Rose started a student ...