The Supervisory Board of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ (UU) has appointed prof. Wilco Hazeleger as the new Rector Magnificus of UU per March 27th, 2025. He will succeed prof. dr. Henk Kummeling.
On December 11, the coalition parties reached an agreement with part of the opposition on the budget of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW). Based on the available figures, the conclusion is that the budget cuts in higher education and research are still huge.
As per 1 January 2025, Anna Gerbrandy and Rutger Claassen will be appointed the new scientific directors of the university-wide strategic theme Institutions for Open Societies (IOS).
Sustainability-focused teaching materials encourage students to think critically about the life cycle of plastics and the environmental impact of chemical processes related to plastics.
The education protest scheduled to take place in Utrecht today has been cancelled. The original speakers' programme will continue from the Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives).
As a teacher, you can take advantage of all kinds of development offers in the field of teaching, organised by the Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning (CAT).
On 14 November, employees and students of universities and universities of applied science will protest in Utrecht against the drastic budget cuts in higher education.
LPL is hiring a student assistant for 16 hours a week starting from mid-to-late-November. Hardware knowledge isn't necessary but a willingness to learn is!
At the USP and ICU, waste is collected separately: residual waste, paper, GFE and PD. In the city centre, it works slightly differently. In the city centre, there are two bins: for paper and a bin for mixed waste.
Drs. Margot van der Starre has been reappointed by the Supervisory Board as Vice President of the Executive Board of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ effective March 15, 2025.
Professor Susan te Pas has been reappointed by the Executive Board as Dean of ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ College Utrecht (UCU), effective 1 October 2024. Te Pas has served as Dean at UCU since 2021.
The previously announced cuts to higher education have largely been confirmed, with significant consequences for universities and the future of education and research in the Netherlands.
In the North Brabant Brainport region, special education is growing faster than in the rest of the Netherlands, with children from non-Dutch backgrounds being overrepresented. What factors are causing this high intake, and what can be done in regular primary education to ensure these children get the right support?
Two young researchers received the thesis award: Sadie Nyman McKnight wrote about museums and the climate crisis, Sjors Nab about a lost painter from Bruges.
This summer, Kathrin Thiele, Danielle van den Heuvel, Birgit M. Kaiser, and Cadence Kinsey have been appointed as Professors at Utrecht’s Faculty of Humanities.
As of 1 September 2024, the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Humanities at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ will include two new Board members holding the Education portfolios.
