September

Percentage of international students in the Netherlands continues to rise

Percentage of international students in the Netherlands continues to rise

In the past academic year, one in ten students at research universities came from abroad. Five years ago this was only 7%, or one in fourteen. According to the MVV figures for the year 2009-2010 there are 749 Indian students registered in Dutch...
Intelligent street lighting

Intelligent street lighting

The Tvilight Team are working on the development and testing of intelligent street lighting system, to improve energy efficiency on the TU Delft University campus. Chintan Shah gives us a brief of this project.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has world’s first 6D XD Theatre at an airport

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has world’s first 6D XD Theatre at an airport

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, in collaboration with XD Theatre, has launched a world first today, by being the first airport in the world where visitors can watch virtual 3D ride adventures.

Online course on Internationalising the curriculum

The Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development (OCSLD) offers an online course for internationalising the curriculum for all students.
Major discovery in preventing cardiovascular diseases

Major discovery in preventing cardiovascular diseases

A group of Dutch researchers from Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, University Medical Center Utrecht, Leiden University Medical Center, VU University Amsterdam and University Medical Center Groningen have discovered a set of key genes that regulate blood...

Substantial amount of ERC funds allocated to the Netherlands

Dutch researchers have obtained nearly ten per cent of European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants.