How will we solve the challenges currently overwhelming us (like the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital society and a green transition with economic recovery) without an additional budget for fundamental research and innovation? That is the huge problem confronting more than just the academic world after the negotiations in the European Council on the EU budget. Everyone should ask themselves this, but especially the politicians in The Hague.

Director of Accountability at The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), Reinout Van Brakel, is talking about the instrumental role technology played in helping Dutch universities adapt during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak.

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The aim of the new academic programme focusing on acknowledgement and appreciation? Briefly put: more opportunities and appreciation for the unique talents embodied by academics.