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Introducing Frans Kuipers, member of the Commission

In every edition of this newsletter, a member of the Commission will introduce himself or herself to you, the reader, so you can convince yourself that this Commission, with its excessively lengthy name, is populated by real people. It will give you an insight into the themes and considerations in the work of the Commission. […]

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New survey: monitoring study progress and supervision of international students

An important article of the Code of Conduct is about monitoring the study progress of international students. This is Article 5.5, in which the standard has been set. But even more important is that this article expresses the duty of care the educational institutions feel they have towards the international students registered with them, as […]

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(Nederlands) Niet-limitatieve lijst met buitenlandse accreditatieorganisaties

Early 2017 the National Commission published a survey into the accreditation of study programmes. The survey showed that in addition to the NVAO accreditation, the educational institutions use accreditations given by foreign organizations. The main rule is that educational institutions offer international students study programmes accredited by the NVAO, but the Code of Conduct leaves […]

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New version Code of Conduct

In the beginning of 2016, the National Commission took the initiative to start the evaluation of the Code of Conduct. A year later the process was completed, and now we can look back with satisfaction at a carefully designed process that resulted in a new version of the Code of Conduct. This article briefly explains […]

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Publication two new investigations

In the past year, the National Commission conducted two investigations into the provision of information to international students. The Commission selected twelve educational institutes for both investigations, and examined the websites of the institutes and several public registers: the Central Register of Higher Education Study Programmes (CROHO), the databases of the Accreditation Organization of the […]

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Successful seminar

  On the 12th of October the seminar of the Code of Conduct took place in Utrecht. During the well-attended event there were extensive discussions on the operation of the Code between the educational institutions, the umbrella organizations and other interested parties. The purpose of the seminar was to jointly update the text of Code […]

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