Tag: Student
Student organizations are calling for introduction weeks to be made accessible to all students
The student organizations have eight tips for organizing the introduction weeks. For example, they advise involving young people who need support in the organization, opting for accessible activities, facilities and…
Student (22) suspected of multiple rapes in Utrecht
A 22-year-old student is suspected of raping three women in Utrecht. That would have happened between January 2022 and February 2023. The man has been detained since this spring. Because…
Medical student Pim would like to see cum laude abolished: ‘A lot of pressure for that one good job’
cum laude? Cum laude means that you graduate with an average final grade of 8 or higher. This can differ per study. For example, in one study an 8 is…
Mauritania: a high school student prosecuted for blasphemy during the baccalaureate
A candidate for the baccalaureate exam in Mauritania was charged and imprisoned on Wednesday July 26 for having returned a copy deemed blasphemous against the Prophet Muhammad, according to the…
Utrecht student choir wins World Cup for choirs in South Korea: ‘We didn’t expect that!’
Dekoor Close Harmony is a pop jazz choir. The profit on jazz was therefore obvious, but gospel is not their street. Wiersema: “We are not religious, so we tried to…
SSH postpones renovation of student complex IBB by at least 5 years: ‘We are sorry’
Utrecht – The student housing provider SSH is postponing the renovation of the large student complex on Ina Boudier Bakkerlaan (IBB) in Utrecht by at least five years. The municipality…
Fire hazard student complex Utrecht gives residents and SSH a fright, but ‘it will go well’
Utrecht – Housing corporation SSH is shocked by the fire hazard that has been identified at the student complex on Cambridgelaan. It is a complex with more than five hundred…
Facades of Utrecht student complex fire hazard, SSH must take urgent measures
The facade of a large student complex at Utrecht Science Park is not fireproof. It concerns the high-rise building at Cambridgelaan 191-845. The residents do not have to leave for…
Student union: energy allowance too low and too few students are entitled to it
By now making an energy surcharge available to students, the cabinet wants to comply with these court rulings. But LSVb chairman Elisa Weehuizen is not pleased with the amount of…
Student debt: the Supreme Court sweeps away Joe Biden’s promise
It was a measure announced by Joe Biden last August: the partial cancellation of student debt for people earning less than $125,000 a year. But the promise of the American…