Students Staying Positive as They Switch to Online Studying and Living with Corona Restrictions

https://www.wittenborg.eu/students-stay-positive-they-adjust-corona-restrictions.htm

Keeping fit, discovering new hobbies, baking cakes, making music – these are some of the fun, interesting activities students have been using to cope with stricter social distancing measures necessitated by the Dutch government to curb the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.  And of course, keeping up with their studies with the help of Wittenborg's new and improved online resources.

We spoke to some Wittenborg students about what they are up to during these trying times.

Wittenborg Finding Ways to Keep Staff Spirits up amid Corona Uncertainties

https://www.wittenborg.eu/me-and-my-favourite-cup-finding-ways-keep-spirits.htm

Creating a virtual "coffee table" for staff to touch base every morning and keep spirits high, while many are working from home in the midst of the Corona COVID-19 virus, is one of the coping mechanisms introduced at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences as it adjusts to offering its education programmes online, still keeping the wheels of administration turning.

And Why you Should Join as a Student Volunteer

https://www.wittenborg.eu/wittenborg-student-sets-apeldoorns-first-unicef-student-team.htm

Iranian student Niloufar Abouheidari has barely been in the Netherlands for 6 months, yet she has already set up a student team for UNICEF  in Apeldoorn. UNICEF is the United Nations Children's Fund responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

"Expertise" Guidebook for Entrepreneurship Students

https://www.wittenborg.eu/bestselling-book-entrepreneurship-includes-review-wittenborg-senior-lecturer.htm

A book review from Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences senior lecturer Bert Meeuwsen is included in the 4th edition of the bestselling textbook by Paul Burns, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Burns is considered an expert on the subject of entrepreneurship.

Meeuwsen is one of only a handful of academics from around the world to be approached by the British publishing house Macmillan to review the 2020 edition of the book, and the only Dutch national.

New Timetables, Online Courses in Moodle, Office365 and Teams and Video in Stream - Life at Wittenborg Continues Online - Wittenborg Equips Students and Staff to Keep Education Going amid Global Coronavirus Crisis

https://www.wittenborg.eu/new-timetables-online-courses-moodle-office365-and-teams-video-stream-life-wittenborg-continues.htm

Business as usual, online working and learning and social distancing

https://www.wittenborg.eu/all-hands-deck-wittenborg-ensures-continued-education-its-1000-students.htm

Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences will continue offering its programmes online until  at least 17 May, which is the end of block 6, and is already making preparations to deliver the last block of the academic year online (block 7). The university has taken extensive, pro-active measures to make sure the education schedule is not disrupted, and that both students and staff are fully informed and equipped to continue as normally as possible in an abnormal global situation created by the coronavirus COVID-19.

Netherlands Puts Temporary Halt on Collection of New Student Visas from Embassies in Fight Against Corona - Embassies Closed until at least 6 April

https://www.wittenborg.eu/dutch-embassies-worldwide-suspend-collection-student-visas-until-least-6-april.htm

The Dutch government has suspended the collection of all long-stay visas (MVVs), needed by international students who wish to study in the Netherlands, until at least 6 April. It has also put a hold on short-stay visas, "forced by COVID-19" to temporarily close all its consular desks of embassies and consular generals, as explained on the IND website.

Wittenborg Well-Prepared to Ensure No Lessons Missed

https://www.wittenborg.eu/chinese-student-survives-isolation-deventer-thanks-kindness-others.htm

When Chinese student Lee Cui came back to the Netherlands in January after a visit to his hometown, Wuhan, he didn't think twice about quarantining himself for two weeks in his room in Deventer.

Bachelor's Students Given Behind-the-Scenes Look at Fintech to Understand Impact of Technology on Value Chain of Financial Companies

https://www.wittenborg.eu/going-high-tec-high-impact-week-munich.htm

The theme of the March 2020 Project Week at New European College (NEC) - Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences' partner institute in Munich, Germany - was "High Tech". Bachelor's students spent a week looking into how technology impacts the value chain of companies in the financial sector. To bring this theme to life, NEC welcomed a series of guest speakers who could present in-depth on the various aspects of financial technology.

https://www.wittenborg.eu/corona-covid-19-virus-update-13032020.htm

This is an important message to all students and staff at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences regarding the delivery of education in the coming period, as a result of the COVID-19 virus situation in the Netherlands.

The Coronavirus (or COVID-19) outbreak crisis around the world is continuing. The WHO has named the outbreak a pandemic (global epidemic).

Students and Staff are kindly requested to please read this document fully and carefully before raising questions. Please take your time – it’s a lot of information. There is a specific section below for Bachelor and for Master students.

Thanks for your continuing support in this difficult time,

Peter Birdsall
President of Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences