Relationship between universities and politicians at rock bottom: Leiden rector

The relationship between Dutch universities and the government has hit rock-bottom because of disputes over money, Leiden University rector Carel Stolker has told the Financieele Dagblad in an interview. ‘We’ve lost sight of each other,’ Stolker said in the interview, published to coincide with the start of the new academic year. ‘As dean and as rector I have never experienced a worse relationship between higher education and politicians as I do now, while the economy is at its height,’ he...