Summer thesis captivity camp

26 July 2018 | Category: Student life

While everyone was looking forward to the end of the semester and the beginning of the seven-week summer holidays, I was awaiting it with horror. For me, the end of the semester did not mean summer holidays, but just keeping on working on my thesis – just with less people…

Did you actually say Amsterdam? – A little anecdote

13 February 2018 | Category: Student life

The distance between Cologne, my hometown and Berlin is approximately 573 km. That’s about 6 hours in the care, nerve wrecking 4 to 14 hours in a train of the Deutsche Bahn or if you’re lucky (and an affluent student), one hour in a plane. Imagine someone in cologne saying…

Wageningen’s Trip Advisor

18 July 2017 | Category: Student life

Did you know that Wageningen is surrounded by extraordinary nature and the biggest national park of the Netherlands? Have you ever seen small sailing boats passing enormous tanks at the Rijn? If you negate at least one of the questions, you have to tie your hiking shoes or make your…

A smooth transition from University to career

working life
20 June 2017 | Category: Education

This Monday, Wageningen University and Research gained one more student supporting platform: The Student Career Service. Only a couple of days after the opening, the Career Service organised their first big event – the Career Day for the Masters in Development Studies. How did this first event go and what…

Wageningen; The teaching method

WUR teaching
19 January 2017 | Category: Education

In one of my last articles I stated five reasons why I would choose Wageningen for doing my Master again. One of the reasons I gave, is the teaching method. As promised, I now go into detail regarding WUR’s education in this article. So, gear yourself up for a little…