Prospective International Students More Worried about Money and Job Prospects than Covid19

https://www.wittenborg.eu/survey-pandemic-has-not-thwarted-demand-international-education.htm

The demand for international education has not been thwarted by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study has found - most students are still fully committed to seeing through their plans to study abroad. 

Times Higher Education (THE) reports that 60% of high-schoolers say the pandemic has not altered their study abroad intentions, according to a survey done by Singapore educational technology firm Cialfo.  And while 32 per cent say the crisis has made them “more hesitant” to study abroad, 8 per cent are more determined than ever.

The figures come from the first of what Cialfo says will be an annual report on student recruitment based on the perceptions of 14- to 18-year-olds on the company’s student database. It says almost 3,800 students from more than 100 countries completed the online survey in April and May.

July and August Busiest Time for Recruitment Team at Wittenborg

https://www.wittenborg.eu/admissions-wittenborg-recovering-pre-pandemic-levels-optimism-among-prospective-students-grows.htm

With an expectation that the worst of the global COVID-19 pandemic might be waning within a few months – thanks in large part to a growing list of highly effective vaccines – university applicants this summer are much more optimistic about their study prospects for the coming academic year compared to last summer.

July and August are the busiest time of the year for the admissions department at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences as international and domestic students rush to secure an offer before the start of the new academic year by the end of August. However, as Wittenborg has a so-called carousel entry system for all its bachelor and master programmes, students still often defer to a start date later in the year.

Enjoying Apeldoorn’s centre

Apeldoorn has several restaurants, pubs and cafés with terraces where you can sit and enjoy the sun and a nice meal. Take note of the following places:

Wittenborg Partner, the University of Brighton, Hosts Conference on Need for Inclusivity

https://www.wittenborg.eu/decolonising-university-curricula.htm

Senior lecturer Bert Meeuwsen represented Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences at the recently held Education and Student Experience Conference hosted over two days by the University of Brighton in the UK. Meeuwsen said he was especially inspired by the second day's programme, which centred around inclusivity and decolonising university curricula. In fact, he is a contributor to a forthcoming book on the subject.

According to Emily Hancock from the University  of Amsterdam, in June last year over 268,000 people petitioned the UK government to make teaching and learning about Britain’s role in colonisation and slavery compulsory in the UK school curriculum. "Westminster’s response stated that schools already have ‘opportunities’ to do so. The petition was part of a wider debate about how history should be taught in schools, and the role of ‘decolonised’ curricula following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and the resulting Black Lives Matters anti-racism protests."

Update on COVID situation in Germany for Wittenborg Students and Prospective Students in Munich

https://www.wittenborg.eu/wittenborgs-munich-campus-director-encourages-students-get-vaccinated.htm

The Campus Director of the New European College, Wittenborg's partner institute in Munich, has encouraged students and staff to get vaccinated in the institution's latest newsletter before it closed for the summer holiday, telling them "there's real light at the end of the tunnel". 

Sascha Liebhardt said Germany’s COVID numbers are at an all-time low. "Thanks to scientific advances and the available vaccines, we are slowly but steadily returning to normality. Although prudence is still the name of the game, we are seeing many of the restrictions of the last 18 months being lifted," according to Liebhardt.  A link to the current numbers in Germany can be found here.

Monthly Admissions Live Q&A an ongoing success

https://www.wittenborg.eu/wittenborgs-july-admissions-live-qa.htm

Wittenborg's Admissions Live Q&A of the month took place last week and, as usual, several prospective students from different countries worldwide joined the session. It was an opportunity to get to know more about Wittenborg’s study programmes and the process of becoming a student in the Netherlands.

The session, led by Admissions Administrator Mykhailo Huba, started with an introduction about Wittenborg, its locations and programmes. In between the different topics, participants posed their questions and also at the end of the session there was still time to get further clarifications.

Among the participants was a prospective student from Moldova, who aims to pursue his dream of following higher education despite being over 35 years old. His enquiry was about following a bachelor’s programme as a mature student. Fortunately, Wittenborg does not have any age limit for study programmes and everyone who complies with the entry requirements, such as proof of English level, will be welcome to join.

Partnership with ITM College in Bad Vöslau Bears Fruit

Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences had its first graduates from Austria this semester – stemming from its partnership with the International Tourism Management College (ITM) in Bad Vöslau, near Vienna, Austria. Here it offers its Bachelor of Business administration programme, with specialisation in Hospitality Management, to students from ITM, who studied online.

ITM was the first college in Austria to introduce English as the language of instruction. The college is accredited and approved by the Austrian Ministry of Education.

The graduates celebrated along with about 100 fellow graduates from Wittenborg's Dutch and Munich campuses during the 2021 Summer Graduation Ceremony last Friday, which was once again a hybrid affair. Most students attended in person, observing COVID-19 regulations, while others followed proceedings online.

Faculty Members Meet for Reflections on Teaching & Learning

https://www.wittenborg.eu/wittenborg-teachers-creativity-innovativeness-revealed-during-pedagogy-strategies-meeting.htm

As Wittenborg’s academic school year came to a close this week, its faculty members came together for an informal teachers pedagogy strategies meeting. The main aim of the meeting is to gather teachers' reflections and to have open discussions on teaching and learning, one year into the pandemic. The event was held on Wednesday, 7 July, via hybrid mode at its Spoorstraat campus and MS Teams. The meeting was attended by lecturers from all of its four campuses, in Apeldoorn, Amsterdam, Munich (Germany) and Bad Voslau (Austria).

The meeting served to provide a platform for teachers to share and discuss innovative and effective teaching pedagogies that have worked well in both online and physical lessons. Topics discussed also revolved around strategies to increase student engagement in class and retention of current digital tools, as well as incorporating new ones.

Much Joy as Wittenborg Celebrates at 2021 Summer Graduation Ceremony

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Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences celebrated its 2021 Summer Graduation Ceremony on Friday - hopeful that it will be the last one constricted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Graduates were praised by management and lecturers alike for their tenacity and perseverance in obtaining their degrees despite the difficult circumstances brought about by the pandemic.

For the first time in the institution's history, due to the number of graduates, the hybrid ceremony took place in two phases with the morning session reserved for master's students and the afternoon session for those graduating with a bachelor's degree, as well as members of staff who completed a Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning.