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Good Practices with Devices

Date:16 October 2020

Given the current circumstances, many work practices have changed: you are working more from home, giving lectures in a hybrid environment or entirely online, using different computers to work. Since many things are different now, it is important to...

Lucas Haitsma

A Day in the Life of an LLM Governance and Law in a Digital Society Student

Date:15 October 2020

Hi! My name is Lucas Haitsma, I am 23-years-old and half Dutch and half American. After pursuing my bachelor in International and European Law and then a first masters in Global Criminal Law, I am now pursuing a second masters in the area of Governance and...

Sinead Walsh

Ten ways to convince yourself you’re surviving and thriving in University

Date:13 October 2020
Author:Sinead Walsh

As the first block is drawing to a close and the first exam period is upon us, it’s time to put your head down and study. However, this is often easier said than done. The past few seven weeks may seem like a blur of deadlines and dinners, time may be...

12. Get a bike

Bucket List for First Years [and everyone else too]

Date:25 September 2020
Author:Sinead Walsh

Just started your studies? Then you should not miss the Bucket List for First Years. Arrange and rearrange your new bedroom? Probably check. Complain about the weather? Definitely check. How many can you check off? Disclaimer: also for non-first years

Titia

My first week living on campus

Date:17 September 2020

From parties to doing the dishes, I am going to tell you all about it!

Stand-up paddling

About the UCF Intro Week

Date:09 September 2020

Hello, my name is Julia Gorny, I am 18 years old and am from Germany. I am a freshly baked first-year student of Global Responsibility & Leadership and want to share my experiences of our introduction week with you!

Manon Eikelenboom

Fear for the changing environment: how to turn eco-anxiety into positive action?

Date:19 August 2020
Author:Erika Compatangelo
It’s a Sunday evening, tired from a day of cycling me and my partner decide to chill on the couch and watch a nature documentary. We have some snacks and the documentary provides the ultimate way to relax. However, after a while I start feeling tears burning in the corners of my eyes. Suddenly I feel this enormous sadness as I fear that these beautiful ecosystems and the animals living in them may soon disappear...
BuienAlarm tells you the up-to-date weather wherever you are!

Apps that will Save you Stress

Date:29 July 2020
Author:Sinead Walsh

Some apps are more useful in one country over another. I’ve put together a list of apps that only took me a few years to find after I moved to the Netherlands. I hope they’re helpful because I know they have been hugely beneficial for me at times. 

Bikes are a way of life 

Things I Wish I Knew Before Moving to NL

Date:28 July 2020
Author:Sinead Walsh

What practical matters should you consider when you move to another country for your studies? Sinead created a list of all the things she wished she knew before moving to the Netherlands: from health insurances to banking systems and travelling options....

So what will my year look like?

So what will my year look like in the Master's programme? The Academic Year Structure

Date:20 July 2020
Author:Sinead Walsh

Every country has its own education system and ways of doing things. When coming from abroad it can be difficult to adjust to doing things differently than you have done in whatever educational setting you were under in the past.