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institutions showed that the – current – text of the Code of Conduct was often missing, and that some of them contained outdated information, links and brochures.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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
