Author: Boudewijn Otten

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Why did you come to study at Hanze? part I

Around 1,400 students from abroad came to study at Hanze University this year. Over a thousand of them showed up …

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Please to meet you, internationals #3

Hanze University welcomed over a thousand new students from abroad. What do they expect of their stay in Groningen? Today’s …

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Please to meet you, internationals #2

These days students from all over the world are visiting Hanze University for the first time. Who are they and …

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Please to meet you, internationals #1

Today and tomorrow students from all over the world are visiting Hanze University for the first time. Who are they …

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Homeless in a weird city

‘They tried to scam me, for sure’, Ignacy (19) says. ‘The woman I had contact with on Facebook, was unable …

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Emergency couchsurfing in Groningen

‘They are not only students, that surprised me too. Regular Groningers also participate. Even in surrounding villages people want to …

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Desperately in need of rooms

Providing accommodation to about three thousand students from abroad, that is the challenge Groningen faces the upcoming weeks. For the …

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Students and depression: Why am I not happy?

Stress, pressure to perform, burn-out, depression and suicide. In April 2018, mental issues among students were all over the news. …

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Latest arrivals at Hanze

February 1 and 2 … foreign students showed up at Hanze to meet their friends to be. Most of them …

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‘Jazz has no borders, no chains’

‘In the next two years it’s all about integrating traditional Korean music in European jazz. Yes, I must narrow down …

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Students of Groningen: ‘Great architecture’

Lizzie Packer (20) Bloomington, Illinois, USA ‘What I want to learn in Groningen is to feel comfortable in a multilingual …

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Students of Groningen: ‘Dutch love sauce’

Alvarro Navarro Sitillos (23), Madrid, Spain ‘My main object is to work in a northern country. My intention is to …