University of Groningen Student Blog

SmartCat is everyone’s best friend when it comes to finding good academic sources for your assignments and essays. But do you know all its useful tools? In today’s blog, Hylke talks about everything you need to know.

The first week of the academic year is very exciting yet sometimes hectic, especially if you're a new student. Everything is new and unfamiliar while you try to find your way around. To honour this experience, here are some relatable moments in the first week as a new student!

The start of the new academic year is almost here! This is the perfect time to think about what you want to achieve or do differently in the coming year. In order to give you some inspiration, Hylke has listed some of her resolutions of the previous years. She also gives some tips on how to keep them so you can have your best academic year yet!

Want to make a good impression with the Dutch? In today’s blog, we list 5 essential Dutch sentences that you have to learn by heart if you want to score some points. Moreover, they give you a little bit of background into Dutch culture, which is always handy to know.

Summer is a time where people often either spend a lot of money on fun activities, or use the time to make and save up money. Are you planning on doing the latter? In this blog, we talk about 6 alternative ways in which you can earn money as a student during summer.

Would you love to read more, but don’t know where to start? This blog is for you! Hylke has thought of some tips and book(stagram/tok) recommendations that can help you become an avid book reader.

Housing scams are more common among students in Groningen than you can imagine, especially with the housing shortage . In this blog we will help you from losing your money and mental peace and also save you the hassle of browsing through multiple websites.

Now that summer is in full swing, you see people barbecuing in parks, on roof terraces - literally everywhere. Rightly so, because let’s be honest, barbecue is the ultimate summer evening meal. In this blog, I’ll show you that organising a fully vega(n) barbecue is very easy and might even be tastier.

Don’t know what to do with all your spare time now that it’s summer? Pick up a new hobby or revive an old one! It’s the perfect time to do so. In order to help you along, Hylke has thought of 5 hobbies you can do this summer.

For most of you, summer is finally here! The transition from studying all day to having plenty of free time can be weird. That’s why, in this blog, we talk about how you can start your summer in the best way possible.