‘We are not criminal trash’

Photo text: Windesheim student Guus Kraus: “My sister once was rejected after a job interview because she was living on the trailer camp. Student Guus lives in a trailer camp What is it like to live on a trailer park complex? Windesheim stu ...

Repealing the binding study recommendation will not happen

‘Not the right means against dropping out’ The proposal to abolish the binding study recommendation has been rejected by the Central Participation Council. It is unclear whether the Education and Examination Regulations can be adjusted in a ...

Spanish Nina has butterfly disease

Nina (with the cap) and her caretakers Elise (second to the right) and Dina (left): “All the moments with her were beautiful.” Nursing students took care of her voluntarily The exchange student Nina Roma (27) suffers from a rare skin diseas ...

‘We also want an enormous W’

Windesheim acquires a new ‘communication concept’ The university of applied sciences requires a new strategic branding direction. For the last couple of months lots of work has been put into a new ‘concept.’ Communication manager Jeroen Kra ...

Council: ‘Don’t abolish binding recommendation’

The council works hard to keep the ‘binding advice’ The Executive Board wants an arrangement where not a single student will be sent away. Cor Niks, chairman of the Central Participation Council (CPC), thinks that plan is unwise. Cor Niks h ...

Shooter Bob aims at the Olympics

Photo: The image of shooting for sport isn’t very positive. In the Netherlands we are a bit afraid of weapons, says student Bob. ‘You have to be a bit arrogant’ First year student Bob Linders is an active participant in airgun shooting. Rec ...

Binding study recommendation has had his longest time

Student makes ‘education agreement ’ The BSA (binding study recommendation) will be abolished. No student will be sent away based on having ‘too little credits’ anymore. That is the core of a proposal that the Executive Board has presented ...

Extra teachers for coaching

Executive board wants flexible testing fast Windesheim will receive 16 million euros extra annually to improve the quality of education. The money will mostly be spend on the coaching of students. The Executive board has presented a preposi ...

“Finally: I’m becoming a man”

Nica does not feel comfortable in his body. Soon he will start the process to officially become a man. Student Nica (18) is transgender For years he has known: I am a girl, but I don’t feel like a girl. That is why, a year ago, Nica Brüggem ...

Teachers College attracts national interest

The Education Council of the Netherlands recently called for a ‘decompartmentalization’ of the study programmes. Starting the upcoming year the minister Van Engelshoven of OCW (Ministry of Education, Culture and Science) will come to Windes ...

Additional hours Participation Council

Doubling will cost Windesheim 90,000 euro annually. Participation Council (PC) members will from now on have 8 hours per week for their tasks instead of 4. The compensation the council members receive increases because the Participation Cou ...

‘Now I have to fight the trauma’

Hilde Houweling was only sixteen years old when she started to develop Anorexia Nervosa. A battle that lasted for many years. The now 22 year old student slowly starts to live a normal life again. But how do you do that after having an eati ...

Hospitals bankrupt, but internships saved

‘That shows the value of relationship management’ Because of the sudden bankruptcy of the Slotervaart hospital and the hospitals of the MC Group, eighteen Windesheim students lost their internship place. Thanks to rapid action the majority ...

Matching Day replaces Studychoice Check

Obligatory participation in Studychoice Check will be abolished See whether you have a connection with a study programme, that is the goal of the new Matching Days. These start in a few months, so the preparations are quite the task for the ...

‘Zwolle: I love it’

On the picture: An ordinary house party at Daria Luna’s place (in the middle) Every year at Windesheim there are a few hundreds of foreign students. Who are they, how are they being taken care of and what do they think of living in Zwolle? ...

Rookie in Zwolle’s politics

Picture: Margriet Boersma is a member of the city council of Zwolle and is an intern at the House of Representatives  Student Margriet is the youngest local councillor Margriet Boersma, student at Windesheims study programme Business Admini ...

Director’s nomination causes irritation

‘We didn’t feel as if we were being taken seriously’ The decision was out in the open before the Central Participation Council was being informed. Thereupon the CMR asked the supervisory board to judge the course of events. A reconstruction ...

Consultation hours for students with financial problems

A first time cross-over project of the study programs Law and Social Work Because: ‘There needs to be a safe place to talk about financial problems.’ As of November 13th, two students, one from each study program, can be found in the XT-lob ...

Recognized in real life because of Instagram

Almost 300.000 people follow Windesheim student, Joel de Vries’s Instagram pages @kapotdroog and @heelhilarisch. Comical memes, ‘tag someone who’, embarrassing blunders and other hilarious posts are unavoidable on Joel`s Instagram accounts ...