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Letter from National Commission: HE institutions’ admissions policy

In recent months the Commission has learned with great interest of the various policy documents concerning higher education, including the Interdepartmental Policy Research on Internationalization (IBO), the government response to the IBO and the letter in which the Minister of Education, Culture and Science sets out the main points of the Strategic Agenda for Higher […]

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Follow up seminar Code of Conduct Higher Education

The previous newsletter contained the findings from the seminar organized on 10 October 2018 by the National Committee, in collaboration with KBS, LOShbo, NUFFIC, and the UAF. The seminar dealt with two main themes – the admissions policies of institutes of higher education for non-EEA students, and the support given to international students with regard […]

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Periodic survey about the provision of information and the use of social media

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 […]

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Rob Verhofstad introduces himself

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 […]

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Seminar Code of Conduct Higher Education

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 […]

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Information provision about the Code of Conduct

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 […]

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Application for a provisional residence permit in the context of study. Procedure a the diplomatic posts

(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 […]

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Commission member Karen Ali

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 […]

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Seminar 2018: Save the date 10 October 2018

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 […]

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