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Universities Launch Digital Society Research Agenda
Universities Launch Digital Society Research Agenda
Wilma van Wezenbeek named Open Access Project Leader
Wilma van Wezenbeek, director of the TU Delft Library, will succeed Robert van der Vooren as Open Access Project Leader at the VSNU with effect from 1 January 2018.
Europe’s University Leaders Call for Urgent Brexit Clarification
Leaders of European higher education bodies have signed a statement calling on governments across Europe to speed up Brexit negotiations so talks can begin over the future of European research, collaboration, and student mobility.
10,000th open access article published
The second of October was a day to remember, being the date of the 10,000th open access article to be published under the agreements that the VSNU has made with publishers. Over the past two-and-a-half years, more and more publishers have agreed to sign open access agreements. This development has accelerated the growth in the number of open access articles published.
Pieter Duisenberg new President of the VSNU
Pieter Duisenberg has been appointed as the new President of the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU). As of 1 October 2017, he will succeed Karl Dittrich who has led the VSNU since 2012 and who will now retire.
100% Open Access agreement with Cambridge University Press
100% Open Access agreement with Cambridge University Press
No agreement between VSNU and Oxford University Press
No agreement between VSNU and Oxford University Press
VSNU supports call by European universities to refrain from interference in university autonomy
VSNU supports call by European universities to refrain from interference in university autonomy
Negotiating parties reach agreement on Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities
Negotiating parties reach agreement on Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities

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