[Student] Resource

Student at the Town Hall

2010-03-18T16:02:16+00:00

Peter Veldman (23) is the first student in decades to be elected to Wageningen municipal council. He represents the D66 party, and aims to act as a bridge between students and the city.

Sss…snake

2010-03-17T15:54:13+00:00

Terrified, I leap out of the bathroom. Jip had warned me about this, but I hadn't expected to see such a heap of flour when I entered. Except where my two footprints are, the flour path is evenly white. My housemate hadn't succeeded in finding traces of his ten centimetre long constrictor snake in the heap of wheat flour. It's clear that Fritske the snake hasn't taken a bath and remains untraceable.

Wageningen University to introduce the clean break

2010-03-17T15:52:19+00:00

As of September 2012, students at Wageningen University will only be able to start their Master's degree if they already have their Bachelor's degree. This so-called 'clean break' is politically sensitive. Former education minister Plasterk had incorporated it in a legislative proposal, but when the Cabinet fell the Dutch House of Representatives had the proposal declared controversial, which means it cannot be dealt with by the caretaker government.

WU and VHL graduates soon find work

2010-03-17T15:50:52+00:00

Graduates of Wageningen University and Van Hall Larenstein found work relatively easily last year. That is the finding from labour market data collected by the KLV and Larenstein alumni societies

ISOW in trouble

2010-03-17T15:39:43+00:00

Things are not looking good for ISOW. The international student society has been surviving on one committee member for months. Dutch students will have to come to the rescue.

Wooing women and immigrants to study forest and nature management

2010-03-11T17:03:37+00:00

More women and immigrants are needed in nature management. As such, Van Hall Larenstein has launched a recruitment campaign together with future employers.

Fleeing from Bolivia

2010-03-09T17:48:39+00:00

He found himself pelted with stones in Bolivia at one moment, and the next seated at a veranda in Buenos Aires enjoying the view. Pascal ten Have, MSc student in forest and nature management, spent his internship roaming South America.

Student makes it to town council after all

2010-03-08T14:28:20+00:00

A student will be a member of the Wageningen town council. Peter Veldman takes over for Democrats66 from Froukje Pechtold who had said no to the seat.

No students on the town council

2010-03-04T12:51:31+00:00

There are no students on Wageningen's new municipal council. None of the seven candidates for various different parties were directly elected or got enough personal votes.

Home away from home

2010-03-04T14:34:53+00:00

Three Wageningen student societies turn their backs to the international character of Wageningen UR, while they highlight only their own regional traits.