Student from CHN University tells: Meet Dr. Covey

Meet Dr. Covey Dear friends! So, did you miss me? You can not even imagine how I did. I was just so busy with study. But I will do it now so you will be up-to-date how is with my study. As you can notice my news are called Meet Dr. Covey. And does anybody of you know who is he? I think if you do you would be really willing to meet him in reality. So for those who had never heard a word of Stephen Covey I give some introduction. Dr Covey is an internationally respected leadership authority, family expert teacher and organizational expert. He is the author of the book "The 7 habits of highly effective people" which was sold in more than 15 million copies. And we are studying it in my MAILTS program ( MA in International Leisure and Tourism Studies ) in CHN after which we will be given a certificate of attending the course of becoming a highly effective person. But what is so interesting about this book? Why it became a best seller? The answer is very simple. This management book teaches you how to become a leader. The leader of your own life, the creator of your destiny. It suggests you 7 habits, 7 lessons in personal change. And they will make you highly effective person if you apply them to your life. It seems so easy and so simple. All the habits can be arranged in 3 groups. First one is called Private Victory and it brings you to the level of Independency. The second emphasizes on Public Victory and the third is the highest achievement in a human development by Covey. It is the level of Interdependency. So now you may guess the reason why I really wanted to meet this person. And it happened so that he was coming to our school, to CHN! He was going to present his new book The 8 habit from effectiveness to greatness and to answer all our questions. I sent 4 questions by email for Dr Covey and I was interested if he would choose any of it. And can you imagine my surprise when during his presentation he answered all my questions. They were: Did you develop all of the 7 habits in you? And Do you think the vast development of the world may arouse new habits? Found it interesting? Just go to the link and find out more about Stephen Covey.

Saxion Universities: European Master Real Estate Management

This one calendar-year full-time course is offered to a group of international students, among which a number of Dutch students. The programme consists of studying one Term in Deventer and one Term in London. Students who successfully complete their studies obtain the MSc title in Real Estate Management awarded by the University of Greenwich. Students attend a wide variety of lectures, given by academic staff of various Dutch and English universities or by experts working in the Real Estate business. After completing the Masters course, graduates will be experts in Real Estate Management, at levels of strategic management. They will be qualified to work as e.g. housing advisors or real estate managers. You will follow classes in an international setting; students from several parts of the world, lectures from the Netherlands and abroad and the possibility of following classes in the UK. Entry Requirements The student must demonstrate that they have the ability, motivation and determination to successfully complete the course; The student must be admissible to Higher Education through a diploma of secondary education/high school diploma with good results such as for Dutch students VWO, HAVO or MBO and for foreign students diplomaswhich are equivalent to e.g. the German Abitur (algemeine Hochschulreife), the British GCE A-levels or (I) GCSE grades A, B or C, the French Baccalaureat or the American High School (top stream or plus 1 year’s college); A Bachelors degree in the field of Building Management, Real Estate Management, Architecture, Facility Management or directly related discipline. The student must have sufficient English language skills for the specific course. For Both Bachelor and Master Courses the entry requirement is an IELTS of 6.0 or an equivalent in another language test (TOEFL 550, etc.). The students’ qualifications will be assessed by the Admission Officer of the specific Course on the basis of provided Diplomas, Curriculum Vitae, a letter of motivation and if necessary an Intake Interview. Career prospects After completing the Masters course, graduates will be experts in Real Estate Management, at levels of strategic management. They will be qualified for employment in a wide range of organizations, active in the world of Real Estate-, Building- and Hospitality Management, as e.g. housing advisors or real estate managers, where they ensure that people can work, relax and live comfortably. Costs Tuition fee: € 8650 Total-package fee: € 13650 Saxion universities

University of Twente high in worldwide ranking

UT earned a high score in a worldwide raking of universities that was recently compiled by the Spanish research institute CSIC. The list ranks more than 4,000 universities and schools of professional education. UT came in at number 148 and is therefore the fourth most highly ranked Dutch university after Utrecht, Universiteit van Amsterdam and Groningen. Delft and Eindhoven are the fifth and sixth best ranked Dutch universities. Leiden is the seventh. The universities of Twente, Delft and Eindhoven belong to the top 10 % of the 500 universities on the list: UT comes in at number 42, Delft at 47 and Eindhoven at number 50. The "Webometrics Ranking of World Universities" was compiled by the Cybermetrics Lab of the largest research institute in Spain, CSIC (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas). The Webometrics ranking places heavy emphasis on the web presence of individual institutes’ research and researchers.//University of Twente

Mandatory reporting for extra study costs

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science must make it mandatory for universities to inform students about extra study costs, according to the Socialist Party (SP). Students supposedly spend an average of 750 euros extra per year on books and excursions. Last September, Renske Leijten, a member of the SP, called on students to fill in their extra study costs on a website run by her party. The request was answered by 566 people: 257 students in higher professional education (HBO's), 244 university students and 65 students in senior secondary vocational education (MBO's). The HBO students had to pay the most with an average of 825 euros on top of their 1,500 euros tuition fee. University students spend on average 686 euros on extra study costs and MBO students pay on average an amount of 611 euros. The main concern of the SP is that higher education institutions make students pay for things that they should pay for themselves. Some respondents said that they had to buy a laptop while the faculty's IT facilities were being dismantled. This happened at the higher professional education institutions of the Hogeschool Utrecht and the Hogeschool Zuyd. The highest extra costs are for books and syllabuses: HBO students spend an average of 600 euros on books and nearly 90 euros on syllabuses. University students pay 560 euros for books and 170 euros for syllabuses. There were other remarkable expenses: a hotel management student was said to have spent 1,000 euros on excursions. A medical student from Rotterdam had to buy his own material at a cost of more than 1,000 euros. A building and architecture student at the TU Delft spent that amount on material he needed to make scale models. Some students, on the other hand, don't even spend ten euros per year on extra study material. `This is just a random check,' said Leijten. `But from the student reactions, most feel that the incremental extra study costs are unclear, especially for higher professional and university educational programs.' The SP thinks the institutions should be obligated to mention the extra costs. `As far as I'm concerned, the Netherlands and Flemish Accreditation Organization need to check whether the numbers are correct when it accredits a study program, and find out if faculties are warned when the costs are higher than mentioned.' High school students can find the extra costs for a future study program at the website, Studiekeuze123, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. Costs are mentioned in the chapter about kerncijfers per opleiding (core figures per study program) at the back of the menu. This data comes from the national student survey.//Twente University

'Tilburg best small Dutch university'

In the 'professors ranking list' Tilburg University ranks best among the small Dutch universities. Universiteit Utrecht has the best overall score. Students, however, are most satisfied with the Vrije Universiteit (VU) in Amsterdam. These are some of the outcomes of the Elsevier weekly annual higher education survey, which was published last week. For the ranking list, 1700 professors and teachers were asked to give their judgments on bachelor's programmes, a number of master's programmes, teachers, and scientific publications. Within the overall list, a distinction is made between classical, small, and technical universities. According to the Elsevier rankings, the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) is the best technical university. In their judgements on economics, econometrics, and law, the Dutch professors show a preference for Tilburg University. Not one study programme at Tilburg University holds first place. There are, however, second positions for business studies, economics, international business, Dutch law and sociology. Public administration takes third place, and psychology fifth place. Philosophy has to settle for seventh place.//Univers

TU Delft 17th in world top 50 of universities of technology

Delft University of Technology is 17th in the 'Top 50 of universities of technology'. TU Delft is the only Dutch university in this top 50. The ranking of technology universities is part of the 'The Times Higher Education Supplement' (THES). THES is an important global ranking of the 200 best universities in the world. In the overall list Delft occupies the 63rd position, thereby moving up from the 86th position of last year.//TU Delft

Saxion Universities: Bachelor in Business Information Systems

The BIS courses focus on the modelling of business processes and designing and developing the supporting information systems whether for the Internet or otherwise.Starting point to develop information services is interaction with the user. Interaction design is concerned with designing interactive products to support the way people communicate and interact in their everyday and working lives. Graduates are well-trained information professionals in the analysis and design of business processes and information systems. They will be able to participate in complex projects for developing (internet-enabled) information systems. They will be able to play key roles in these projects and develop into project managers. Careers are typically international with good opportunities. Course Fee for Non- EU € 5,200 Course Fee for EU students € 1,565 Total Package Fee € 10,200 Saxion University: Bachelor in Business Information Systems

Night train connects Tilburg to main cities

For students who want to go out in Amsterdam, it will soon be easier to get back to Tilburg the same night. The province of North Brabant will be connected to the night trains of the Dutch Railways Network in December. Every hour on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights between 00.30 and 5.30 a.m., trains will go back and forth between Eindhoven and Utrecht (with stops in Tilburg, Breda, and Dordrecht) and between Eindhoven and Utrecht, with a stop in Den Bosch. In addition, a shuttle between Den Bosch and Tilburg will be put into service. The Brabant night trains will be connected by other night lines in the Randstad (short for the four largest Dutch cities Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht), making it easy, for instance, to change to Amsterdam from Utrecht at night. The first night lines from Tilburg will start running from Thursday night 13 December. The province of North Brabant will pay an annual contribution of €1.1 million for the night line network. The municipalities of Tilburg, Den Bosch, Breda, and Eindhoven will each contribute another €100,000 per year.//Univers

Master programmes of Tilburg University

Tilburg University offers various Research Master's programmes (M.Phil degrees) for ambitious students. Most programmes (MA and MSc) take one year to complete. Others may take 2 years full time (MPhil) or part time (MBA). Our PhD programmes take 4 years to complete. For a complete overview of our Research Master's Programmes, please visit www.tilburguniversity.nl/prospectivestudents/masters/research If you would like to know what undergraduate degree you need to be admitted to one of these Graduate programmes, please click here.--> For an overview of all graduate programmes(also master programmes in dutch), please click here. --> Faculty of Economics and Business Administration MSc Accounting MSc Economics MSc Economics and Finance of Aging Waiver available MSc Financial Management MSc Information Management MSc International Business MSc International Economics and Finance MSc Investment Analysis MSc Logistics and Operations Management MSc Marketing Management MSc Marketing Research MSc Mathematical Economics and Econometric Methods MSc Operations Research and Management Science MSc Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Sciences MSc Strategic Management MPhil in Business MPhil in Economics PhD in Business PhD in Economics Faculty of Law LLM International and European Public Law MA European and International Taxation --> LLM International Business Law LLM International and European Labour Law LLM Law and Technology MPhil Research Master in Law MSc Research in Public Administration and Organizational Science Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences MA European Urban Cultures (UK accredited) MSc Leisure Studies MSc Organisation Studies MSc Human Resource Studies MPhil Social and Behavioural Sciences International Master in Social Policy Analysis Faculty of Humanities MPhil Language and Communication MPhil Philosophy MPhil Theology (Department of Religious Studies and Theology and Faculty of Catholic Theology and in cooperation with Utrecht University) MA Human Aspects of Information Technology (starts September 2007) TiasNimbas Business School (executive programmes)The executive programmes of TiasNimbas Business School are aimed at post-experience students. Most of the programmes are part-time. International Executive MBA (part time) MBA for Young Professionals (part time) Executive Master in Finance (part time) Executive Master in Information Management (part time)

CHN student tells: "Visiting by Ballorig and Aeolus" (story#9)

HALLO, my friends! In some of my last news I noticed the site visit. Site visits, or the field trips, are a part of our studying program. It is a visit to the company or organisation somehow connected with the learning topic. Our site visit was to Ballorig and Aeolus. It’s an adventure discovery center for kids aged 3 to 12 years close to Leeuwarden. We had a very informative and really fascinating tour around its buildings, interviews with an employer student on an internship and the manager – graduate from CHN Leisure Management. The center consists of 2 buildings for kids of different age and skills. Aeolus is the unique center in this area that is specialized in learning and experimenting. And Ballorig is a net of centers that can be found in Netherlands, Germany and Denmark as well. We started our excursion with Aeolus. There are three issues that Aeolus tries to teach kids about. They are: water, wind and energy. We have been in the experimental room where you can experience very interesting and unusual things, like blowing machine that prevents ball from falling, talking dishes, that let you hear the voice of a person from some meters even whispering, hypnotising machines and so on. It might be interesting not only for kids of different age but also for grownups. There we visited a special photo room that keeps your shadow on the wall for some time even after you leave. We discovered very funny holograms, such as gun towards you and following you when you move or a lady that is taken under the prison by hologram and begging you to help her watching you. Ballorig is designated mostly for small kids under 6 years. There are different playgrounds, small racing car fields, excavator you can try to get a ball with, canteens and restaurants. Besides indoors activities you can also enjoy outside entertainment. Outdoors there is a train that will show you the history of Friesland on the way, lighthouses representing 7 islands of Netherlands and so on. I really enjoyed our field trip. I was climbing, jumping in the kids playground, laying with the balloons around, tried to work on the excavator, participating in various activities. It was really fun! And the next day we applied our knowledge and observation received during the site visit to the theory we studied at CHN University. It was very interesting and useful because the topics we discussed were leisure, play and experience. Dag!

Saxion Universities: MSc Urban and Regional Planning

Planning is an important issue anywhere, any day. The Middle Ages already knew crowded cities. The metropoles of the world today face many town planning challenges. Rural areas are endangered by deforestation, poverty or desertification. Governments like to control housing facilities. Citizens may have different needs. International conferences focus on sustainable development, environmentalists require safe and clean industrial sites. Your job Dealing with these processes is the job of a city planner or a rural developer, a town developer or an all round planner. Do you long to transform your ideas and images into practical advice? Are you already employed as a planner and given the oppurtunity to study abroad? Do you want to become part of our network of students that plan in the world and advice their governments anywhere? Do you have to work in a top-down approach or bottum-up? Do you want to broaden your view? Think you may need GIS in you future career? Essential planning Are you interested in European scale policies and plan? Ever wondered how the Dutch plan new housing when each time conflicts with agricultural or recreational or industrial areas occur? Do you want to see yourself how we live in a large river delta, the majority of towns built near water. Planning is essential to us. The Netherlands became one of the most densely populated countries in the world. We plan very carefully where to build houses, railroads, highways, industrial districts, offices and agricultural areas. Regional developments lead to conflicts if not guided properly.The conservation and developing of nature areas involves difficult choices.MSc Urban and Regional Planning and Development

20 Scholarships for Delft Master's Program in Raw Materials Technology

The European Commission has selected the MSc programme 'Erasmus Mundus Minerals and Environmental Programme' (EMMEP) to bear the Erasmus Mundus label.This quality label is awarded to a limited number of European 'top joint Master’s programmes'. Six European universities cooperate in the joint Master’s programme. Partners in the programme in addition to TU Delft (secretary) are RTWH Aachen, the University of Exeter, Helsinki University of Technology, the University of Miskolc, and Wroclaw University of Technology. In total, the commission has selected a total of 23 Master's programmes from the 174 proposals. TU Delft is the only Dutch university selected during the selection round to have a technical programmes. The programme consists of three specialisations and offers a unique curriculum in the area of raw-material extraction in combination with environmental aspects. After finishing the Master's programme, the student receives two Master's degrees. In receiving the Erasmus Mundus label, the programme will receive approximately 20 scholarships from the EU for talented students from outside the EU. The total value of the scholarships for the period of five years is more than 4 million euros. Students who take part in the programme will choose a specialisation and follow a core curriculum in Helsinki, Delft or in Wroclaw and then move on to another partner school. In Delft, the emphasis is on extracting and processing the raw materials. Hans de Ruiter, who works in the Applied Earth Sciences programme of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG) at TU Delft, is the course director for this programme. "The programme trains students for work as managers in the international mineral industry. Each year, the programme starts with 45 to 50 students. The participation and contribution of the business community is essential. This was officially established in 1999 in 'The Federation of European Mineral Programs (FEMP)'." The Erasmus Mundus programme is intended to help make European higher education more attractive for students from outside the EU.

CHN University: Being a chair at a seminar (student story#8)

Hallo! On my last seminar I was a chair. It is a very responsible and important role. And it is also a good possibility to develop your leadership and organizational abilities. During the lecture we decided who is going to be summary writer, context writer and a blackboard writer. We divided texts to summarize. And I informed everybody about the statements they all need to write and send me. Everything seemed to be well-organized. Our group is already a well-joined team. We have all the e-mails of each other. If any of us has a question about studying or anything else we just write e-mails to each other. And very soon you will have answer or idea about almost from all the students. I made an e-mail account for our group where we can upload pictures and made photo albums. And I sent the name and password to everybody. When I realized that I would be a chair person on the seminar I started to work in this direction. I sent the e-mails to everybody what I need from them to prepare for the seminar. I asked them to sent me summaries, context and statements. As soon as I got the statements I sent them back to everybody so they can be better prepared for the discussion. All the summaries, context and statements were sent to me on time. And the one thing I need to do is to read all the texts for the discussion myself carefully and to set up a plan for the seminar. During the night before the seminar I slept for only one hour. Till 7 o’clock in the morning I was doing my chair’s obligations. I was studying all the texts. After I received all the information I was waiting from my fellow students I started to work on it. I divided statements into 3 groups so then can be chosen from any topic we are discussing. I counted the time for summaries and context. I wrote a plan for the seminar. All these things I was doing till 7 AM. Then I was so tired and exhausted that I decided to relax for a couple minutes. I didn’t set up any alarm. I just closed my eyes and laid down. It was already 8.00 when I woke up! My classes should have started at 8 30. And I still didn’t send all the information to my email I was going to print in the school and distribute among the students and teachers. I didn’t have any time left for the breakfast. And it usually takes me about 15 min to get from my home to school by bike and find the room at school. So I was almost late! But I did a good job! That was the phrase I received from my tutors after the seminar. I tried to make everybody participate. Even the students that were rather shy and silent were forced to answer my questions. We were so busy discussing our field-trip and summaries (though one summary writer didn’t come) that there were no time left for statements. It was my success. I am really proud of it! Dag!