STUDENT

Big rent reductions in student housing?

10:24u 7 November 2012 - The cabinet's plans may result in big rent reductions for student housing. Good news? We can't tell yet.

ORGANISATIE

Coalition agreement: good news for nature, bad for students

19:42u 30 October 2012 - After barely 50 days of talks, the VVD (centre right) and PvdA (centre left) now have their coalition agreement. What are the implications for research, teaching and Wageningen's domains?

STUDENT

VeSte wants a new party on the student council

13:55u 13 September 2012 - With Pulse gone, VeSte is the only student party remaining on the Wageningen student council.

ORGANISATIE

A bright jacket and a friendly word for everyone

7:32u 30 August 2012 - They'll be out on the streets from now until 12 September. Liberally handing out friendly smiles, flyers, roses, pens or other freebies. Dauntlessly approaching shoppers who try to duck out of their way or mutter something about money-grubbers, but who occasionally allow themselves to be drawn into a discussion. The campaigners don't make any money out of it. A few politically active Wageningen UR staff talk about what drives them.

STUDENT

CDA wants to abolish slow students’ fine

15:48u 15 August 2012 - The Christian Democrats (CDA) want to get rid of the slow students' fine after the election. Party leader Sybrand van Haersma Buma surprised his audience of Utrecht students yesterday with this message.

STUDENT

Drinking age to go up to 18

13:38u 7 June 2012 - In the upper house of the Dutch parliament, two parties – the Christian CDA and the right-wing PVV – have made a policy U-turn. On second thoughts they want to raise the age at which it is legal to buy or possess alcoholic drinks such as beer and wine to 18.

STUDENT

Labour Party: Make technical studies free of charge

17:19u 29 May 2012 - The Labour Party wants to abolish tuition fees for technical degree programmes, said financial spokesperson Ronald Plasterk on Sunday in the television programme 'Buitenhof'. The party hopes to double the number of exact sciences students in this way.

STUDENT

State advocate denies existence of part-time degrees

17:33u 22 May 2012 - In the lawsuit about the slow student fine that has just ended, the state advocate claims that there is no such thing as a part-time degree. There are only part-time students, he says.

STUDENT

Loan system sooner than expected

7:03u 26 April 2012 - The ruling parties VVD and CDA want to do away with the basic student grant for all students. PvdA and D66 are also in favour of this, even though they would like to have all the benefits channelled back into education.

STUDENT

Debate on loan system postponed

12:12u 25 April 2012 - The Dutch Lower House will today not debate on the removal of the basic student grant for Master's students. But it's still too early for students to heave a sigh of relief.