What’s it like for international students to study at a Dutch educational institution during coronavirus? What challenges do they face? And how does one of the Commission members deal with working from home or from his almost deserted institution? In this article international students Harsha Ramesh, Niamh Mitchell and Anna Balbilua share their experiences. They all […]
Periodic survey into the provision of information Every year, the Commission carries out a survey into the provision of information on the websites of a number of educational institutions. That might include the provision of information on topics such as the range of programmes and the accreditation of the teaching programmes, student housing, the internal […]
Working as I have for a private educational institution with students from over a hundred different countries and staff from thirty different countries, I have been in a culturally diverse environment on a daily basis for almost sixteen years. Both international students and highly skilled migrants are faced with a dynamic challenge – to integrate […]
As a result of the measures to combat the COVID-19 virus, the National Commission has drawn up guidelines on the application of some provisions of the Code of Conduct for International Students in Higher Education. The guidelines were updated on 14th of December 2020. The update concerns the prolongation of the guideline which provides in […]
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As a result of the measures to combat the COVID-19 virus, the National Commission has drawn up guidelines on the application of some provisions of the Code of Conduct for International Students in Higher Education. The guidelines were updated on 22 July 2020. This concerns the possibility to take the compulsory English language test, the […]
In response to the measures aimed at fighting the COVID-19 virus, in April 2020 the National Committee has drawn up guidelines with regard to the application of several provisions in the Code of Conduct for International Students in Higher Education. The guidelines were updated on 16 June 2020. The guidelines relate to the ability of […]
In April the Commission published an extra edition of this newsletter to inform you about the guidelines established in coordination with the umbrella organizations, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Ministry of Justice and Security, and the Immigration and Naturalisation Service. These guidelines concern the option to excuse international students who fall behind […]
If an international student does not satisfy all the requirements for admission to a given degree programme but the educational institution expects they can make up those deficiencies in a relatively short time span, that student can be admitted to a preparatory track. Preparatory tracks can focus on English proficiency, on supplementary subjects required for […]
These are unusual times we’re living in, in a period where everything is dominated by Covid-19. That certainly applies to internationalization, international students and international lecturers and researchers. Uncertainty, unease and even unrest are things we’re all feeling now. On the other hand, we’re also experiencing the creativity and innovation of higher education in coming […]
