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Dutch recruitment ‘cease and desist’ a “wake-up call”

The PIE News

A director at a Dutch university has called the “cease and desist order” given to the country’s institutions on international student recruitment “a wake-up call”. While Breda garners most of its international student body from within the EU, Hobson has long been an advocate for international recruitment across the board.

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NL education minister makes new request to halt int’l student recruitment

The PIE News

The m inister of education, culture and science in the Netherlands has written to the boards of all public research and applied sciences universities, urgently requesting a halt to international student recruitment.

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NL: sector anticipates legislation to limit int’l recruitment

The PIE News

Stakeholders in the Netherlands are awaiting elaboration from the government on legislation plans to limit the number of international students Dutch universities can take on. Floor van Donselaar, team leader, at the the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education, Nuffic , spoke to The PIE about the issue.

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Netherlands: a third of international grads stay to work

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Lucette Roovers, director of global engagement at Breda University of Applied Sciences , told The PIE the “stay rate” of international students has been a focal point of the ongoing international student debate in the Netherlands. Previously, only around 20% of international students did so.

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Netherlands: call for higher education funding rethink in ongoing international debate

The PIE News

Last year, Dutch minister for Education, Culture and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf, told The PIE in an exclusive interview that the country was searching for an “optimal” number of international students, while he praised the role of student and researcher international exchanges.

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“Strengthen Dutch learning in our universities”, minister insists

The PIE News

Dutch will gradually become the main language in educational institutions in the Netherlands – and international students will have to learn too, the education minister has suggested. I want to support that position. In addition to an accelerator, we also need a brake and, above all, a steering wheel.”

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Looming Dutch election leaves stakeholders sitting in first gear

The PIE News

Rollercoaster would be a tame word to describe the events in the world of Dutch international education over the last two years. From a housing crisis, to a stop on international recruitment, to a governmental collapse, almost everything under the sun has happened. The debate [we’re having] is a very Dutch debate. “We