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VUB professor Djalali might be exchanged for Iranian terrorist convicted in Belgium

The Swedish-Iranian VUB professor Ahmadreza Djalali was arrested during a working visit to Iran six years ago and is accused of espionage, ...

Sunday, July 3, 2022
Flanders allocates €45 million to expand special education resources

Flemish Minister of Education Ben Weyts announced in a press release on Monday that schools in Flanders will receive an extra €20 million ...

Monday, June 27, 2022
Wallonia-Brussels Federation schools to improve toilet sanitary conditions

To make toilets more welcoming and sanitary, 29 schools in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation will receive €144,890 in funding from the BYX ...

Thursday, June 23, 2022
Jan Danckaert named new Chancellor of VUB

Jan Danckaert will be the new Chancellor of VUB starting next school year after receiving 62.7% of the votes, according to a VUB press ...

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
University of Liège student wins ‘My thesis in 180 seconds’

Alice Collignon, a doctoral student at the University of Liège’s Faculty of Medicine, won the Belgian final of the  “My Thesis in 180 ...

Sunday, June 12, 2022
Parents voice concerns about new school calendar

The reform of the calendar for Francophone schools in Belgium has split opinion since first proposed. The new schedule will see seven-week ...

Saturday, June 11, 2022
Both Brussels universities rank in world’s top 300

The Brussels universities VUB and ULB have been ranked among the 300 best universities in the world, according to the international ...

Thursday, June 9, 2022
European Commission highlights inequality in Belgian schools

The European Commission presented a report and recommendations to Belgium on 23 May to address their concerns about inequalities in the ...

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Over 3,000 senior students left without facilities in Liège

Senior students of the Liège “Third Age University” in Wallonia will be left without any premises following the local government’s decision ...

Friday, May 20, 2022
4,700 Ukrainian children enrolled in Dutch-speaking schools

There are currently 4,694 Ukrainian children enrolled in Dutch-speaking schools across Belgium, according to statistics announced on 18 May ...

Thursday, May 19, 2022
Belgian universities offer language crash courses to Ukrainian students

Universities and colleges around Belgium have launched crash courses in Dutch, French and English for Ukrainian students, aiming to prepare ...

Thursday, May 12, 2022
Mother’s Day? This Brussels school prefers Parents’ Day

A primary school in Saint-Gilles has decided to take an inclusive stance to celebrating the parents of pupils. This year, it won't just be ...

Saturday, May 7, 2022
3,000 Dutch-speaking children without place in Brussels primary schools

Despite 500 new places being created in Brussels Dutch-language primary education, there is still a severe shortage of spaces with nearly ...

Saturday, May 7, 2022
Wallonia-Brussels Federation to step up fight against discrimination, harassment in higher education

The government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB) will include the fight against discrimination, harassment and sexual violence in ...

Sunday, March 13, 2022
More than a quarter of Brussels and Antwerp pre-schoolers lack language skills

More than a quarter of preschool children in Brussels and Antwerp lack the Dutch language skills required for entering first grade. ...

Friday, February 4, 2022
1 in 5 teachers off sick in Brussels Catholic schools

The head of the Catholic schools system in Brussels has called for quarantine rules to be eased as one in five of their teachers in ...

Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Teacher training reforms in Wallonia postponed until 2023

Teacher training reforms have been postponed until the beginning of the 2023 school year, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation has confirmed. ...

Friday, January 21, 2022
Secondary school year retakes drop sharply

In French-speaking schools in the Brussels region, the number of students retaking years in secondary schools dropped from 13.7% in the ...

Saturday, December 18, 2021
Brussels school may have to pay back funding after giving parents unclear invoices

A Dutch-speaking primary school in Brussels might need to pay back part of its operating budget to the Flemish government after failing to ...

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Protest against face masks for children leads to police protection at schools

Local police in Wommelgem in Antwerp province have placed two patrols at schools in the town, after threats made by protesters against the ...

Thursday, December 9, 2021

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