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  1. Universities take steps towards more Dutch-taught Bachelor’s programmes

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    Universities are reducing the percentage of fully English-language undergraduate programmes by almost a third. Universities informed Robbert Dijkgraaf, the minister of Education, Culture and Science, of their plan to introduce a Dutch-taught variant to 35 English-taught Bachelor’s programmes. Jouke de Vries, the acting president of UNL, said: ‘Universities are taking a serious step in terms of balancing out greater internationalisation in education with student intake numbers. In order to do that effectively, we need the support of politicians – at the very least in the form of legal instruments made available in the very near future to be able to control the influx of students.’

  2. Caspar van den Berg new president of Universities of the Netherlands

    Caspar van den Berg to become the new president of Universities of the Netherlands (UNL). As of 1 June, he will succeed acting president Jouke de Vries, who led the association following Pieter Duisenberg's departure. Van den Berg is currently dean and professor of Public Administration at the University of Groningen and is being appointed for a four-year term.

  3. Universities take steps to manage influx of international students

    With immediate effect, the Dutch universities will be taking their own measures to manage the influx of international students and improve Dutch language skills. They are committed to reducing the intake of international students, reducing the percentage of English-taught Bachelor’s programmes, increasing the number of Dutch-language degree programmes and strengthening the Dutch language proficiency of both lecturers and students. Jouke de Vries, acting president of UNL: ‘Internationalisation is very important for the Dutch universities and Dutch society, but it also brings about challenges and tensions. To preserve the added value of internationalisation, we want to tackle these challenges in earnest.’

  4. UNL - Package of measures for internationalisation.pdf

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  5. Partijen en karakter van de cao

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  6. What do we want (or not want) from publishers?

    UNL, NFU and NWO are delighted to announce a one-day conference entitled “What do we want (or not want) from publishers? Looking beyond the current Dutch contract with Elsevier” that will take place on Thursday, April 18 2024 in the Domstad Conference Centre, in Utrecht.

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  9. UNL Code Good Governance English

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  10. Code for Good Governance in Dutch Universities

    Universities are publicly funded organisations and have a strong connection to Dutch society. This requires transparent and responsible governance, supervision and employee participation. This is why the universities have drawn up a Code for Good Governance.

  11. Academic integrity complaint procedure.pdf

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  12. Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity 2018.pdf

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