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Education
February 24, 2021
- Henk Strikkers
Got a bad plan? The money will turn up anyway; how it might all go wrong again with the abolished student grant millions

Administrators who think they have to jump through hoops, inspectors who fail to check…
Education
February 24, 2021
Henk Strikkers
Background
February 12, 2021
- Yvonne van de Meent
How the number of international students doubled and the basic grant millions evaporated

Students who lost their basic grant would get better education in return. Fewer massive…
Background
February 12, 2021
Yvonne van de Meent
Students
February 9, 2021
- Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
New website shows total Dutch student debts

A new website shows the growth of the Dutch student debts. The total debt has risen to…
Students
February 9, 2021
Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
Education
February 9, 2021
- Henk Strikkers
This is what Erasmus University has been doing with your basic grant

In 2015, the basic grant disappeared and universities promised to invest extra in…
Education
February 9, 2021
Henk Strikkers
Research
February 9, 2021
- Yvonne van de Meent
Pre-investments: a recipe for failure

Due to pre-investments, the first students without basic grant should've gotten better…
Research
February 9, 2021
Yvonne van de Meent
Education
February 1, 2021
- Henk Strikkers
How the hundreds of millions of euros from the basic student grant evaporated within five years

The introduction of the loan system was offset by the promise of hundreds of millions for…
Education
February 1, 2021
Henk Strikkers
Housing
November 9, 2020
- Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
Dutch students live with their parents longer

More than half of all Dutch students still live at home with their parents. This is…
Housing
November 9, 2020
Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
Students
October 29, 2020
- Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
- Tim Ficheroux
Students are earning and borrowing more

The youngest generations of students are earning more from their side jobs, Statistics…
Students
October 29, 2020
Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
Tim Ficheroux
Politics
October 27, 2020
- Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
- Tim Ficheroux
These are the plans for a new study finance system

More and more Dutch political parties are launching plans for new student grants.…
Politics
October 27, 2020
Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
Tim Ficheroux
Politics
October 13, 2020
- Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau
Back to the basic student grant? ‘You see bizarre ideas being floated’

Education minister Van Engelshoven realises that financing for university studies will be…
Politics
October 13, 2020
Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau