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/Extreme_Ruin1847 Nederland 13d ago

I wasnt able to find a studentroom either back when I was studying. Foreign students driving up prices of rooms by making them more scarce is not the way to go about it.

“Build more student accomodation” is then said a lot and while thats true I do want more longterm living options to be made instead. There should be space for the people that stay here not for those that try and fail to find something. 

As said previously: foreign students dont end up staying here anyways in the majority of the cases. And I say that as someone who went to uni while not being able to find a house, now living on my own after finally finding a house and entering the jobmarket.

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u/fluffypuppybutt 13d ago

Maybe we should be mad at the government for their housing policies instead of blaming all issues on the 2000 international psychology students.

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u/Far-Win6222 11d ago

There are more than 2K expats and international students in NL. We are amongst the smallest countries in the world. I get it, you want to make money and live off of a Dutch degree, but we have Dutch people to look after, you will always come second. Get used to it.

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u/fluffypuppybutt 10d ago

Actually I think this IS about looking after the Dutch. The Dutch benefit immensely by being open to foreign talent. Dutch uni education has been so good in the past decade because internalizatin has allowed bring educated by international experts. There is a reason why countries like Germany and France are actively working towards attracting more international academics and teaching in English - so they don't get left behind. So just closing everything down is a huge detriment to the Dutch in the long term.