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In times of fake news and endless streams of information, it is important that young people learn to critically reflect on what they read or see online.

Recently, the University of Twente (UT) formally endorsed its plans in the area of Lifelong Learning (LLL).

Thousands of parents were falsely accused of fraud by the Dutch tax authorities due to discriminative algorithms.

Gabriella Tisza defended her thesis on Thursday, January 19 at the Department of Industrial Design. -Very valuable- is how TU/e researcher Gabriella Tisza characterizes the great deal of -playful learning- already taking place in Dutch primary schools in the field of science and technology.

Primary school students are, on average, 15 weeks behind. Especially in arithmetic and spelling.

Biological psychologist Elsje van Bergen, Ecologist Vasilis Kokkoris and of VU Amsterdam received a Starting Grant of at least 1.5 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC).

Artificial Intelligence is playing a growing role in Dutch economy and society, and by extension also in education.