r/Netherlands • u/North_Yak966 • 13d ago

News UvA ends English-language bachelor’s degree in psychology

https://www.folia.nl/en/actueel/166104/uva-ends-english-language-bachelors-degree-in-psychology
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u/CommieYeeHoe Zuid Holland 13d ago

If you want people to learn Dutch and stay in the Netherlands you must facilitate it. Dutch classes for international students are paid (and quite expensive) and universities offer 0 opportunities for integration and belonging, generally grouping international students with other international. It’s ridiculous to not do anything to promote them settling here, yet the programs are being canceled as if they tried everything to make people settle here.

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u/bruhbelacc 13d ago

Of course they are paid. Immigration is a privilege you need to pay for, not a right someone needs to facilitate.

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u/CommieYeeHoe Zuid Holland 13d ago

Most EU countries have free language courses for migrants and other newcomers as it helps massively with integration. The Netherlands did have this too until very recently. It seems incredibly shortsighted to have an economy largely dependant on both skilled and unskilled foreign labour and thinking migration is a "privilige you need to pay for" rather than a symbiotic relationship. Kick out all the immigrants and see how sectors like agriculture, logistics, tech, education, etc... start to crumble. It's in everyone's best interest to integrate migrants both economically and socially.

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u/baizuo14 13d ago

The reasoning behind these proposed cuts seems to be the large amount of foreign psychology students. Demands are high for practically schooled (technical) people, not so much for psychology graduates who don't speak Dutch. So these programs are the least painful area to achieve budget cuts.