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Data Protection Impact Assessment

DPIA update: Xedule is making significant progress

SURF has published a DPIA update on Xedule. Xedule has reduced 11 of the 17 initial high risks to low or medium. This leaves 6 high risks, 1 medium risk, and 1 new low risk. The related mitigation…

News 11 November 2026

Student achter laptop kijkt op telefoon, voorin beeld een roze drinkfles, op de achtergrond praten twee studenten aan een tafel

Report and mini-documentary

Learning in shared virtual spaces: getting started with co-creation in XR labs

How do you use immersive technology to drive successful campus innovation? And how do you enable students from different institutions to collaborate in a virtual environment? In our new report and…

News 29 April 2026
NOZON 2026

Rehearsing for a crisis pays off: these are the lessons learnt by 97 organisations

What do you do if you lose access to your organisation’s systems? During the NOZON weeks in March, 97 organisations tested their preparedness for a cyber crisis through a realistic cyber crisis…

News 20 April 2026
Quantum security in education and research: awareness is there, action is needed

Quantum security in education and research is still receiving little attention, even though quantum computing is set to have a major impact on the way we secure data using encryption. That is the…

News 15 April 2026
Extra opportunity to join Nextcloud pilot, due to high demand

SURF is offering members an additional opportunity to join the Nextcloud pilot. Originally, institutions were able to sign up from January. Due to high demand a new opportunity will be available from…

News 14 April 2026
Call for Proposals now open

Shape your SURF Onderwijsdagen 2026

The Call for Proposals for the SURF Onderwijsdagen 2026 is now open! On 10 and 11 November 2026, hundreds of colleagues will gather at Amare in The Hague to share knowledge, inspire one another and…

News 09 April 2026
Security & Privacy Conference 2026

Keynote by Bert Hubert: “We must put an end to our Calimero complex”

The first speaker at the Security & Privacy Conference 2026 has been announced. On 25 June, Bert Hubert, founder of PowerDNS, will deliver a keynote speech on digital sovereignty and the European…

News 08 April 2026
New Knowledge Exchange report about the promise of alternative publishing platforms

How does innovation arise in scientific publishing? Under what conditions can alternative publishing practices become the new standard? And what options are available to research institutions,…

News 01 April 2026
White paper

Where is robotics going and what does it mean?

Robotics in 2026 has reached a definitive inflection point, where rapid advances in artificial intelligence and materials science are driving the technology deeper into our society. In a whitepaper…

News 31 March 2026