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Universities take steps towards more Dutch-taught Bachelor’s programmes
OnderwijsUniversities are reducing the percentage of fully English-language undergraduate programmes by almost a third. Universities informed Robbert Dijkgraaf, the minister of Education, Culture and Science, of their plan to introduce a Dutch-taught variant to 35 English-taught Bachelor’s programmes. Jouke de Vries, the acting president of UNL, said: ‘Universities are taking a serious step in terms of balancing out greater internationalisation in education with student intake numbers. In order to do that effectively, we need the support of politicians – at the very least in the form of legal instruments made available in the very near future to be able to control the influx of students.’
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Growth in intake of international bachelor's students stops
OnderwijsThis year saw fewer international students start their Bachelor's degree programmes at Dutch universities than last year. However, due to a mild increase in enrolments in Master's programmes, the international intake as a whole remained stable.
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Growth in intake of international bachelor's students stops
OnderwijsThis year saw fewer international students start their Bachelor's degree programmes at Dutch universities than last year. However, due to a mild increase in enrolments in Master's programmes, the international intake as a whole remained stable. This became clear from preliminary enrolment numbers from Dutch universities. One possible explanation is that universities are focusing less on international recruitment, and have offered more information on the shortage in student housing. Jouke de Vries, UNL Deputy President: "These numbers show that the growth in international intake at universities has stopped. Bachelor's programmes actually saw fewer new international students enrol this year. As such, we urge the government not to take any radical measures that would damage the quality of our education and research."