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Science & Education 8 February 2024

Slightly fewer international students at universities

Around one in three first-year students at Dutch universities is from abroad, final figures show. There are slightly fewer of them than before.
Student Life & Society 17 January 2024

‘The Netherlands needs international students’

Migration has all kinds of advantages and disadvantages, it says in a new report on the Netherlands in the year 2050. But international students and knowledge workers aren’t really the problem.
Student Life & Society 14 December 2023

Fraudulent scheme allowed 260 Romanians to obtain student finance

A Romanian organisation has offered 260 students fictitious work over the past five years so that they could apply for student finance in the Netherlands, it has emerged from replies to parliamentary questions.
Student Life & Society 7 December 2023

Internationals want to stay if they have jobs

Many international students want to stay in the Netherlands after graduation. Especially if they have a job and housing.
Student Life & Society 20 November 2023

Pressure to find a job driving away foreign graduates

International students in the Netherlands are quicker to leave after graduation than those in other countries, a recent survey shows. Part of the reason for this is that recent graduates are given less time to look for a job here.
Science & Education 3 November 2023

Denmark cannot do without international students after all

For two years Denmark has been restricting the influx of foreign students, but is now pulling back from that position. Highly educated internationals are proving indispensable on the tight labour market.
Science & Education 19 October 2023

Sensible or not, Minister continues screening of non-Europeans

Despite criticism from academics, Minister Dijkgraaf is pressing ahead with his plan. He will present a bill as soon as possible – but a little later than planned – that will enable the national screening of students and researchers from…
Science & Education 15 September 2023

Foreign graduates are increasingly staying in the Netherlands to work

After graduating, one in three foreign graduates finds employment in the Netherlands. This is a much higher proportion than in the past, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Why this is the case is anybody’s guess.
Science & Education 29 August 2023

Record number of international students from outside of Europe

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) expects a record-breaking number of students from outside Europe to start a degree programme in the Netherlands in September.
Science & Education 15 June 2023

‘VU should let go of international ambitions’

If VU Amsterdam wishes to attract international students, she should take better care of them, according to the works council. If international students and staff are required to learn Dutch in the future, should VU provide language courses? And shouldn’t…
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