Beware Finland

2 October 2017 | Category: Student life

By Liam Jenkins When I first arrived to Finland, I was shocked by all the little things that make spanish people nervous abroad. Landing in Helsinki during an August afternoon and fog and rain being all you could see out of the miniscule windows on the plane springs to mind,…

My experience as European Workshop project manager.

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18 September 2017 | Category: Education, Student life

Fasten your seat belts, we are going to Malta. By Francisco Xosé Presas Basalo   The European Workshop Environmental Sciences and Management is a consultancy training provided by Wageningen University. On it, an interdisciplinary and multicultural group of 30 students undertake a real consultancy project for a client in another…

The land of cycles and oranges

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18 August 2017 | Category: Student life

  Pale skies and chilly nights Little nuggets of clear blue sky The world on this side is funny enough, As time seems to be passing by The roads run in wrong direction But men seem to be on the right With cheerful souls and happy thoughts They seem to…

Things to do in Wageningen

Wageningen market
11 August 2017 | Category: Student life

When I first discovered Wageningen, I must admit I was a little turned off by the small size of the town. I am from Sydney, the largest city in Australia, a city constantly bustling with noise and new places to explore both on land and sea. A place that has…

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…

Why I Chose Wageningen and you should too!

Why to choose Wageningen?
29 June 2017 | Category: Student life

In February 2017 I left sunny Australia and took a 24-hour flight to the Netherlands. I remember landing at Schipol Airport at 6 am, absolutely exhausted and freezing as the temperature was around 5 degrees. After what felt like a long train ride, in the dark as the sun hadn’t…

A smooth transition from University to career

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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…

Studying in the Netherlands: my experience

29 May 2017 | Category: Student life

by Julia Winkeler, student Plant Science from Delaware   I started studying for my Master’s degree in Plant Science at Wageningen University & Research this past February. I feel very grateful to be able to study at the number 1 university in the Netherlands as well as the world’s top-ranked…

E-Kidnapped!

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A famous American physicist and philosopher Michio Kaku once said that “Science is a double-edged sword”. On one hand, it obliterates all the ills of the world by making it a comfortable place to live in and on the other it wreaks havoc when it is placed in hands of…

Four reasons why you must be an AID mentor

AID mentoring
28 April 2017 | Category: Student life

When I think back to my Wageningen days, the Annual Introduction Days (AID) period is among those vivid memories that I will cherish forever. Let’s be honest, some of you will agree that the AID week is an awesome time. Instead, most of you will agree that the AID week is…

Life Science Today

life science today
10 April 2017 | Category: Education

In the world which involves space travel to completely automated cars, nature and biology seems to be in the background. Technological news about advances in the natural world seem to be sparse and inconsequential. But such is not the case. Life science is evolving at a great pace that might…

The Wageningen Experience

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11 March 2017 | Category: Student life

By Eduardo Kaleb Zamora Garcia   At some point of the year 2013, while I was working on a telecommunication company, I realised I was not yet ready for the long-term life of a full-time employee and I was actually longing for the experience of studying a postgraduate programme abroad….

The global De-globalization

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1 March 2017 | Category: Student life

As we march forward into an exciting world of new generation science, technology, economic advancements with breath-taking pace, we seem to be lagging on one quotient that has always aided humanity in the past. SOCIETY. As technology advances and internet takes over lifestyle, we seem to have lost touch with…

Handling ‘morriña’; from Spain to Wageningen.

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13 February 2017 | Category: Student life

by Francisco Xosé Presas Basalo Many questions arise when you are considering moving to study in Wageningen. In this blog entry, I tell some of my experiences in the Netherlands. Some anecdotes are so general that all Southern European students will feel identified, while others are so specific that only…

Goat it!

A visit to a goat farm in Bennekom I come from a very agriculture-rich province in India, where we see many cattle, buffalo, sheep, and goat farms. Goats are primarily kept for their meat in India. It is usually a climate-dependant business and shifts sites from one place to another…

What to do besides your study: The Zoo

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23 January 2017 | Category: Student life

Christmas holidays at Wageningen provide a great opportunity for students to explore new places, especially international folks like me. This Christmas, I had a chance to visit Belgium with my fiancée. Unlike other tourists, we have an odd sense of exploring. We prefer zoos over monuments. After touring Brussels and…

Wageningen; The teaching method

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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…