News from Utrecht

Next time a friend of yours calls up asking for their spare key, they may be looking for a Facebook password.Facebook is began to testing a tool called Trusted Friends. It lets a user specify between three and five pals on the social network (no more, no less) who can be counted on to pass along a special code if the user somehow gets locked out of his or her account.

In Holland there are relatively many young people between 20 and 29 years attend school or follow a study. This proportion will increase further the next few years, while it will decrease in other countries like Sweden, Denmark and Finland. This is the conclusion of the OESO-rapport Education at a Glance that was publiced today.

The State Secretary of Education, Culture and Science, Halbe Zijlstra, announced to invest 33 million to improve technical universities in the Netherlands. The universities will be invested in intake interviews for students and better professors.

During Heritage Day (the Open Monumentendag) - every second weekend of September - thousands of historical buildings and sites (about 4,000) are open to the public free of charge. Besides opening their doors, many locations also organise on-site activities like exhibitions, music and guided tours.

Is it going to take you more than one extra year to finish your programme? Then your tuition fee will increase by 3000 euro from 2012-2013 onwards, due to a change in Dutch law.