Around 170 German youngsters will be attending intensive Dutch summer courses organized by the UT’s Language Coordination Point throughout the month of July. Students who follow such a course and finish successfully in August after passing a State Examination in Dutch as a Second Language (academic purposes) meet the requirements for a Dutch-spoken UT Bachelor program. The courses cover a wide range of grammatical topics and extensive vocabulary: around 2500 words. The kick-off of the program takes place on Sunday 3 July.
Bye Bye Strippenkaart
The Dutch national public transport strip card or strippenkaart that is used to travel by bus or tram in the Netherlands will change over to a smart card or OV-chipkaart effective on 1 July. It will no longer be possible to travel by bus in Overijssel using a strippenkaart. The long, paper strip cards will be replaced by the smart card — OV-chipkaart, which can be used also for train travel. The smart card – OV-chipkaart is the only form of ticket accepted on Rotterdam and Amsterdam’s metro. OV-chipkaarts can be purchased separately and topped up at various locations, including the NS train station main service desk. Surf to OV-chipkaartsite for further details.
Lustrum Film Contest
To celebrate the UT’s lustrum, a short film contest is being organized. Visualize with a camera and show what the UT means to you in a film lasting a minimal of one to a maximum of one and half minutes. Upload your mini-film on Youtube or Vimeo and then send the link to[email protected] before 28 October. The best or funniest submission will receive an iPad. The winner will be announced during the university’s Foundation Day (Dies Natalis) on 25 November.
Lustrum Concert
The Orchestra of the East will give an open air concert on Enschede’s Old Market on Friday 15 July at 8:30pm, as part of the UT’s lustrum activities. Beethoven’s ninth symphony will be performed. The concert is a gift to the region and aims to raise money for the joint cancer research program of the UT and the Free University Medical Center’s Cancer Center. The concert can be attended while standing-only; all tickets for seats have already been sold out.
The New Campus
A new bilingual book (Dutch and English) called The New Campus was first released at the opening of the Carré building and marked the end of a 15-year period of construction and development of the campus. The book is filled with photographs and offers a historical perspective on the architecture and changes to the physical campus. View an impression of The New Campus publication or contact the Special Events office in the Vrijhof building at [email protected] to reserve and pick-up a copy of the book.
Higher education gains students
As reported bydutchnews.nl just over one third of the country’s 18 to 25 year olds attended universities or higher education colleges the last academic year, the national statistics office CBS announced on Monday. The figure was 29% four years ago. Students with an ethnic minority background account for the bulk of the increase, the CBS said.
