European association of universities call upon the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Council, to double the budget for research, innovation and education in the next Multi-Annual Financial Framework. ...
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Knowledge transfer
Knowledge transfer (valorisation) is regarded as the third core activity of Dutch universities next to education and research. ...
Top ranking
Dutch universities are among the top 2% of the 17,000 universities worldwide ...
Digital Society
Digital information technology is becoming ever more deeply and rapidly entrenched in our society. It won’t be long before everyone is permanently connected to each other via the Internet. ...
Open Access
Dutch universities strongly support open access and have been working to achieve it in various ways over the past few years. ...
Press releases and news
Today, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands and Oxford University Press are pleased to announce a new three year deal covering subscriptions to OUP’s journals and 100% open access to Dutch contributions in these journals in 2019 and 2020. ...
Read MoreThe Dutch universities and Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing (RSC) have been unable to reach a new agreement on access to scientific journals. ...
Read MoreSpringer Nature and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) have renewed their agreement to secure open access publishing for Dutch universities up to 2021. ...
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Roadmap open access 2018-2020
100% open-access publication by 2020: that ambition is stated by the National Plan Open Science and the goal to which the VSNU has committed its efforts. The VSNU E-zine on open access includes the plans made by the universities in order to achieve this goal.
Focus Areas
49,000 people work at the Dutch universities.
Dutch research is among the best in the world. How do we stay upright between Top Sectors and EU subsidies?
The VSNU is working on an ambitious academic culture and on improving academic excellence.
Sufficient financial resources and a stable funding are essential conditions for universities to provide quality education and high-quality research.
The VSNU helps universities to public accountability.
The VSNU works on the best possible positioning of Dutch universities worldwide.
The VSNU works with partners to connect universities with society.
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