The political debate on the cuts in education is plagued by complete misconceptions and half-truths. A small attempt at nuance in two graphs. Politicians like to juggle numbers. To put the cuts in ...

Negotiations for a new collective labor agreement stopped at the end of the day on Wednesday 26 June. The wage offer of the PO-Raad employers' organization turned out to be too far removed from the ...

MBO is the only education sector where employees are entitled to fixed hours under certain conditions after a temporary extension of their working hours. “This does not apply to primary education, ...

Marijke Kaatee thought she had seen just about everything. She has been organizing the summer school in Amsterdam Nieuw-West for twelve years now. The way things are running now with registrations? No ...

The University of Amsterdam may use online surveillance software when taking exams. This was determined by the Amsterdam court in a case brought by two student councils and a student from the UvA.

Education Minister Arie Slob does not alter the order of the school recommendations for eighth graders and final tests. The teacher's judgment remains leading. The minister does want the final test to ...

The study of Dutch Studies has attracted few students for years. The bachelor's program has even been closed at the Vrije Universiteit. Make sure that the five remaining study programs are preserved, ...

Christian Education Harderwijk-Hierden (VCO) no longer wants to use directors and internal supervisors during a flu epidemic as a substitute because of the teacher shortage. This is stated in a letter ...

Secondary education can open again on 1 June, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced tonight. Trade unions and employers are working on a protocol for this reopening, based on OCW guidelines. "The first ...

Dutch higher education and research is of high quality, but that cannot be maintained for much longer, it says in the opinion that the committee led by former State Secretary Martin van Rijn presented ...

With the mass cuts in higher education approaching, codetermination is not the first thing that should be sounded, 'democrat through and through' Rien Wijnhoven is clear about that. He also sees the ...