Artikelen van — July 2008

Het debat over het huidig functioneren en toekomstperspectieven van de Bachelor CIW pruttelt voort. Menig student, docent en anderzijds betrokkene wil het instituut CIW van een nieuw behangetje voorzien of van de grond af opnieuw opbouwen. Een zinvol debat is echter niet mogelijk zonder te weten op welke fundamenten de opleiding rust.

Paul van den Hoven (foto), die nauw bij de oprichting van CIW betrokken is geweest, weet dat wel. Hij legt uit wat CIW voor hem inhoudt en geeft inzicht in de grondbeginselen van waaruit de studie is ontstaan. ‘Bij CIW leer je geen pasklare oplossingen toe te passen.’ [Lees verder →]

A couple weeks back most of us shut down for a well deserved R and R summer session. The blog itself has been rather quiet as well. In the midst of my own first break since almost two years, I’ve decided to return briefly to this blog to promote the greatest opportunity one has during the course of your studies at Utrecht University: the study abroad program (see the website Bureau Buitenland)

In a few weeks time I’m going to head off to the University of California – San Diego to study there for a semester as part of the MA. During my BA Communication Studies I had to good fortune of exchanging to the University of Wisconsin – Madison. The credits I received were directed at the BA diploma I ended up getting from the UU. It serviced the requirement of the “profilering ruimte” and I received the credits by an application process through the Board of Examiners. It’s actually not as much hassle as it sounds. If you have a good idea of what courses you are going to be taking, you can apply beforehand for permission to guarantee that all credits are rewarded, saves stressing out when you get back.

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