Every year, the Committee carries out a survey into the provision of information on websites of six selected institutes of education. It concerns the provision of information on the range of programmes and the accreditation of the teaching, the premises, the name of the institute, the internal complaints procedures, and the complaints procedure for international […]
In each newsletter, a Committee member introduces himself to the readers. This time, it is the turn of Rob Verhofstad. You may already know Rob as a member of the Executive Board of Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, or perhaps you met him during the Higher Education Code of Conduct seminar. At the […]
On 10 October 2018, the Code of Conduct Higher Education seminar was held. It was a valuable day in which much useful information was gathered. There was an open discussion with educational institutions, relevant governmental organisations and related parties. Experiences and best practices were shared and several points of attention were noted down. Two themes […]
I started my university career as a Fulbright student for one year at one of those very special small-scale colleges of a high academic level in the United States: Ursinus College, close to Philadelphia, a few hours from Manhattan. As one of a select group of foreign students, I was received in a manner of […]
A study conducted last year by the National Commission into the provision of information on the websites of several educational institutions showed that the – current – text of the Code of Conduct was often missing, and that some of them contained outdated information, links and brochures. That is why the Commission recently checked the […]
(text by Martijn van Lith, senior policy maker Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Studying in the Netherlands as a non-EU student. Registration with the higher education institution has been completed, the institution applied for a residence permit to the Dutch immigration services IND for the student and this application has been granted. Ready to go […]
Essentially I belong to the target group for whom the institutions of higher education have made arrangements in the form of the Code of Conduct. My name is Karen Ali and I have represented the VSNU on the Commission from the start, first as a substitute member and later as a full member. I came […]
The Commission organised a seminar regarding the evaluation of the Code of Conduct in 2016. The event included extensive discussions with educational institutions, umbrella organisations and other interested parties about the functioning of the Code of Conduct. The seminar was well-received and the Commission looks back on it with contentment. Quite soon the question was […]
Would you like to read about the activities of the Commission? The Annual Report 2017 was published in March and has been made available on the website of the Code of Conduct.
In the first part of 2018, the Commission reviewed the information on the websites of the educational institutions. The report is available on the website of the Code of Conduct. Last year, following two Commission reports on the provision of information about courses and the accreditation of the study programmes, the umbrella organisations (NRTO, VH […]
