From Den Haag, Sardinia, Drechten and Apeldoorn

https://www.wittenborg.eu/wittenborg-students-summer-updates.htm

Saloni Gulati, one of our IBA students in Logistics and international trade, moved to another city, Den Haag, at the beginning of the pandemic. Den Haag is famous for its beautiful beach, royal buildings, 30 well-maintained theatres and more than 40 museums. Summer is exquisite in this city and Saloni spends her days exploring these beautiful spots whenever she needs a break from working on her thesis. At the weekends, she also does a little bit of part-time work for a change of scene. Moving to the pretty city of Den Haag was one of the best decisions she has taken this year, Saloni explained.

Interest to Study in the Netherlands Still High Among International Students: Nuffic Survey

https://www.wittenborg.eu/almost-70-international-students-want-study-netherlands-whether-class-or-online.htm

International students' interest to study in the Netherlands is still huge – and preferably they would like to come to the country at the start of the new academic year in September, a survey by the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education, Nuffic, has shown. The survey was done in two parts to determine how COVID-19 is affecting international students' plans to study in the Netherlands.  

Many New Students Taking Leap of Faith Despite COVID-19

https://www.wittenborg.eu/many-new-students-taking-leap-faith-despite-covid-19.htm

https://www.wittenborg.eu/wittenborg-alumnus-blooming-dream-job.htm

Do You Suffer from Multiple Nationality Order as an Expat?

https://www.wittenborg.eu/feeling-bit-lost-between-countries-they-have-name.htm

As an international living abroad, you might not have heard of the term "Multiple Nationality Disorder", but chances are you have felt it. That unease when, after living abroad for a few months or years, you realise you cannot fully integrate back into your own nationality. Wittenborg lecturer and life coach Nátalia Leal recently wrote about the phenomenon on her website and the article was in turn picked up by Expat Republic. Here is an excerpt of Leal's original article:

Wittenborg CEO Maggie Feng Elected to EuroCHRIE Board of Directors

https://www.wittenborg.eu/meet-eurochries-new-director-conferences-wittenborg-ceo-maggie-feng.htm

Congratulations are in order for Wittenborg CEO Maggie Feng who has officially been elected to the Board of Directors of EuroCHRIE - The European Council on Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Education. Feng is now serving as EuroCHRIE's Director of Networking and Conferences. This comes on the heels of the announcement that Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences will host the prestigious hospitality and educators conference in 2021.

Do you have what it takes to be a good student?

https://www.wittenborg.eu/taking-responsibility-your-own-mistakes.htm

Do you have what it takes to be a good student? Or do you blame your teacher or the books if you don't get good grades? If your answer to the second question is "Yes", then the answer to the first question is a "No".

"A bad workman always blames his tools"

“A bad workman always blames his tools” is an old adage which surfaced sometime in the 13th century or earlier.  As the sentence implies, it criticises a person who always puts the blame on other people or things for his or her own failure.  Sometimes, we forget that it is not the tools we use which make us good, but rather how we employ them.

Sport Lecturer Bas Schreurs to Leave Wittenborg as Programmes are Restructured in Line with International Accreditations like AACSB

https://www.wittenborg.eu/teaching-international-students-enriched-career-says-dutch-lecturer.htm

After two years of sharing his expertise in sport business management with students at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences, lecturer Bas Schreurs is to leave the institution for now in the face of the restructuring of programmes at the institute, changes in educational pedagogies and preparation to achieve new international accreditations, especially the AACSB accreditation.

The Important Lesson COVID-19 Has Taught Us

https://www.wittenborg.eu/wittenborg-joins-partnership-boost-local-businesses-apeldoorn-lonkt-project.htm

See you in September! Virtual Meet-and-Greet with New Students for the 2020/21 Academic Year

https://www.wittenborg.eu/new-students-get-taste-what-it-study-wittenborg-online-talk-staff.htm

Students and staff from Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences teamed up last week to host a virtual meet-and-greet with international students who are to start the new academic year in September. The students logged in from a diversity of countries including Japan, Georgia, India, Nigeria, Iran and Cameroon. Even Wittenborg CEO Maggie Feng joined in specially from her summer holiday to welcome them all to Wittenborg.