A Blog about Education Abroad

Tag: The Netherlands

  • Trevan attending an ISRIC World Soil Information Spring Course

    Trevan attending an ISRIC World Soil Information Spring Course

    Pre-departure:

    As for the application process, I was quite impressed. I went to the international office asked about how the process worked and was awarded the bursary the very same week. This might have been because I applied so late, but never the less I was impressed.  The application process was straight forward with no unnecessary baggage attached to it. The only critique I would say is that the application form was difficult to find online. I had to ask for the link to the application form.

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  • Siphosethu at the Summer School Healthy Ageing, University of Groningen

    Siphosethu at the Summer School Healthy Ageing, University of Groningen

    Pre-depature:

    I cannot begin to describe the feeling when I opened my inbox to find an email of acceptance to be able to attend the summer school of my choice. I attended my first summer school in 2016 in South Africa and it was the most amazing month of my entire year! I remember meeting the team and the international students, exchanging ideas, forming bonds and I immediately knew that this was something I wanted to experience again and perhaps in an unfamiliar setting. Perhaps as the international student.

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  • Earl at the VU Amsterdam Summer School, the Netherlands

    Earl at the VU Amsterdam Summer School, the Netherlands

    Pre-departure:

    As someone who knows how to stress (I’m working on it), I can thankfully say that the pre-departure process wasn’t as frightening as I thought it would be. This is definitely because of the great work from the team at SU International and at the Vrije University Amsterdam (VU). After the acceptance, SU International had an orientation programme where we received a lot of helpful tips. Please make sure you go to that meeting. There you will learn the importance of not J-walking, which is something I had to get used to!

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