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VeSte is the biggest party in the Student Council of Wageningen University. VeSte represents the active students that want to develop themselves within and besides their study program. Feel free to contact us about any student or university related topic via veste@wur.nl or come by our office (room 014) on the Ground Floor of the Forum building.

Ontwikkelingen Hoger Onderwijs in Den Haag

Submitted by Maria on Fri, 27/04/2012 - 12:22

Na maanden van onduidelijkheid en onzekerheid over de toekomst van de studiefinanciering in de masterfase, is er nu dan eindelijk duidelijkheid voor de studenten van aankomend jaar. Aankomend jaar zal de studiefinanciering in de masterfase behouden blijven. Hiermee is ook voor komend academisch jaar de FOS voor masterstudenten veilig gesteld. Het plan voor collegeldvrij besturen zal ook nog niet ingevoerd worden binnen korte termijn. Aan de langstudeerboete zal niets worden veranderd en dus niet afgeschaft worden.

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Masters Wageningen University rated as the best!

Submitted by Maria on Fri, 27/04/2012 - 12:14

The Keuzegids Masters 2012 (a guide for students looking for a suitable master programme) has ranked the programmes of Wageningen University as the best in the country. According to the guide, published on April 26, Wageningen University is the best mainstream university. It shares the first position with the Open University, which offers 'distance learning' programmes.

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Overheidsplannen hoger onderwijs uitgesteld?!

Submitted by Maria on Mon, 23/04/2012 - 16:33

Vandaag, 23 april 2012, zou er een debat plaatsvinden in de Tweede Kamer over het wetsvoorstel 'Studeren is Investeren' van staatsecretaris Halbe Zijlstra. In dit wetsvoorstel wordt afschaffing van de basisbeurs en inkorting van het OV reisrecht voorgesteld. Door het vallen van het kabinet is het debat over Hoger Onderwijs niet doorgegaan vandaag. Hoe het nu verder zal gaan met de overheidsplannen rond het Hoger Onderwijs is nog onbekend.

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Tuition fee International students

Submitted by Maria on Mon, 23/04/2012 - 16:25

From September 2011 the Student Council worked on the Price policy from Wageningen UR. In this document the policy from the university concerning the tuition fees for students is described. The Executive Boards has proposed to raise in the tuition fee for non-EU students from €10500 to €12020, which raised  some concerns for the Student Council.

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FOS in MSc phase

Submitted by rob on Mon, 12/03/2012 - 14:58

The legislative proposal for a social loaning system by the Secretary of State Halbe Zijlstra will be discussed in the Dutch parliament in short notice. This proposal implies that Dutch master students will not receive a study grant anymore, but they can loan this amount of money instead. The distribution of FOS (financial compensation for students) is linked to the amount of study grant a student receives.

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Tuition fee free board year (collegegeld vrije besturen)

Submitted by rob on Fri, 09/03/2012 - 17:53

Boris van der Ham (D66) and Anne-Wil Lucas handed in a legislative proposal in the Dutch parliament which would make it possible to unsubscribe for the University while being in a full-time board. This proposal will be discussed in parliament soon. VeSte is very much supporting such a legislation, so hopefully it will be implemented!

See also the article in collaboration with Sanne Mirck of VeSte in Resource (Dutch)

RSI and Working places

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 20/01/2012 - 15:41

RSI is an expanding problem among students. WorkPace is installed on all university computers to prevent you to get RSI. Still, a lot can be improved. We would like to see more ergonomic working places, also in the new buildings like Orion. Chairs and tables have to be adjustable to your posture.

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Studiefinanciering voor studenten in de masterfase afgeschaft

Submitted by rob on Thu, 19/01/2012 - 16:17

Utrecht, 19 januari 2012 – Vandaag verstuurde staatssecretaris Zijlstra het wetsvoorstel ‘Studeren is Investeren’ naar de Tweede Kamer. In dit wetsvoorstel verliezen studenten in de masterfase hun basisbeurs.

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Availability book in WUR-shops

Submitted by rob on Tue, 10/01/2012 - 12:34

Check if your books are already available in the WUR-shop, this can save you a lot of time! Check intranet. You can find it under the topic: "Books and lecture notes available in WURshop."

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