{"id":121574,"date":"2021-01-13T16:22:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T15:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=121574"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:19","slug":"expensive-mobile-app-for-student-welfare-rejected-by-university-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/01\/13\/expensive-mobile-app-for-student-welfare-rejected-by-university-council\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Expensive&#8217; mobile app for student welfare rejected by University Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There will be no EUR app for student mental health for the time being. The plan to improve student welfare with this app was rejected by the University Council. The council wants the university to spend less money on producing an app and more on smaller projects that can improve student welfare within a shorter timescale.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/24111236\/mental_health-elzeline-kooy-1600x1200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139170\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/24111236\/mental_health-elzeline-kooy-1600x1200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139170 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/24111236\/mental_health-elzeline-kooy-300x225.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139170 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/24111236\/mental_health-elzeline-kooy-875x656.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139170 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/24111236\/mental_health-elzeline-kooy-1280x960.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139170 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/24111236\/mental_health-elzeline-kooy-150x113.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139170 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/24111236\/mental_health-elzeline-kooy-225x169.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139170 225w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/04\/24111236\/mental_health-elzeline-kooy.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139170 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elzelinekooy.nl\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Elzeline Kooy<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read more<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/13145335\/Foto-Armand-Goze\u0301-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139232\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/13145335\/Foto-Armand-Goze\u0301-1.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139232 1024w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/13145335\/Foto-Armand-Goze\u0301-1-300x277.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139232 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/13145335\/Foto-Armand-Goze\u0301-1-875x807.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139232 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/13145335\/Foto-Armand-Goze\u0301-1-150x138.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139232 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/01\/13145335\/Foto-Armand-Goze\u0301-1-225x208.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139232 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/01\/13\/dont-spend-so-much-money-on-a-welfare-app-but-reduce-performance-pressure\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\t&#8216;Don&#8217;t spend so much money on a welfare app, but reduce performance pressure&#8217;\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2021-01-13\">13 January 2021<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMental health\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>According to its <em>Action Plan Student Wellbeing<\/em>, the Executive Board was planning to spend 3.1 million euro. The most important priorities in the plan are the digital and physical student living room, an <em>e-mental health app<\/em> and support for students from employees and lecturers.<\/p>\n<p>The university wanted to develop an app itself, as it could not find a comparable product on the market. According to the Action Plan, they were seeking \u2018A coherent digital platform with a clear focus on improving the welfare of students and young professionals, together with in-depth evidence-based interventions to resolve psychosocial problems.\u2019 In practice, the app uses algorithms to offer support at levels varying from general advice and online coaching to referrals to professional help.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Algorithms<\/h2><p>According to the plan, the app will cost 1.1 million euro between 2020 and 2024. This includes payment to two university lecturers and three PhD students (1.4 FTE), which amounts to approximately 480,000 euro. The production costs amount to 625,000 euro. Partly because of the medical data involved, the app must be entirely GDPR-proof, which is one of the reasons for the high development costs. The intention is also that the app contributes to the scientific field of digital and other behavioural changes and mental health in young adults.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the University Council were not satisfied with this proposal. According to them, insufficient research has been conducted regarding student acceptance of the app, and the student members of the council did not think that they would use such an app.\u00a0 The council also considered the development costs to be extremely expensive. In an opinion piece, council member Armand Goz\u00e9 wrote that the university should focus more on lowering the \u2018extreme performance culture\u2019 and less on expensive projects such as an app.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student living room<\/h2><p>Other parts of the Action Plan, such as the student living room and improving and centralising existing support, were supported by the council. The student living room is a continuation of the living room opened previously in Tinbergen building, in which multiple student organisations are already involved. According to the project description, the living room is a \u2018non-commercial and freely accessible place on campus where students can relax, meet other students and where interesting activities and workshops are organised, enabling students to learn how they can maintain and improve their mental health\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is to relocate the living room, which has currently lost its physical space due to lockdown, from Tinbergen building to the ground floor of a new campus building in 2023.\u00a0 The project will mainly focus on organising online events until the coronavirus crisis ends.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/28\/bestrijding-antisemitisme-steile-leercurve-voor-onderwijsbestuurders\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tCombating antisemitism: \u2018Steep learning curve\u2019 for education administrators\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-28\">28 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in 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class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/28\/bestrijding-antisemitisme-steile-leercurve-voor-onderwijsbestuurders\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tCombating antisemitism: \u2018Steep learning curve\u2019 for education administrators\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-28\">28 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] 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hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLetschert: hundreds of millions more for higher education\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-24\">24 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tNieuws\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white 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