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Adjusting To The Dutch Academic System: The Way To An Easier Life
By Hannah Wheeler, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands When preparing to go to the Netherlands, I didn’t think much about how the dutch academic system would be different. My mind was preoccupied with thoughts about housing, friends and Covid. Now that I’ve been studying in the Netherlands for 8 months I wanted to share some tips to help deal with the different academic style.
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Academic Culture in Finland
Amber Musgrove-Benford (University of Helsinki, Finland) Unsurprisingly, university systems – the lectures, examination formats et cetera – differ throughout the world, and Finland is no exception. It was one thing I immediately noticed and found myself having to adapt to at the beginning of my first Semester in Helsinki.
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