{"id":129180,"date":"2021-08-16T12:35:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T10:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=129180"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:47","slug":"more-students-allowed-on-campus-starting-from-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/08\/16\/more-students-allowed-on-campus-starting-from-september\/","title":{"rendered":"More students allowed on campus starting from September"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the upcoming academic year, students will be able to attend lectures and seminars without too many restrictions. The outgoing Cabinet announced last Friday that higher education institutions and VET colleges are allowed to open their doors, and that no social distancing rules will be imposed.<\/p>\n

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As a result, there will be many more in-person classes this academic year (which kicks off on 6 September) than in the past year and a half. However, not all restrictions will be relaxed. For instance, the maximum number of students allowed inside a lecture theatre will be 75, and students will be required to wear face masks outside the lecture theatres. The group size restriction will result in quite a few restrictions at departments that attract a lot of students. Yet they, too, will be able to offer their students in-person tutorials from September onwards.<\/p>\n

Easing coronavirus restrictions will never be free from risk, Prime Minister Mark Rutte admitted during the press conference he gave on 13 August. Nevertheless, restrictions will be eased for the education sector. \u201cWhy?\u201d, said Rutte. \u201cBecause more than a million young people have had most of their classes taught online for a year and a half now, and the impact has proven to be quite serious. We\u2019re seeing more students drop out, we\u2019re seeing people fall behind in their studies, and most of all we\u2019re seeing more mental and psychological health problems because people are receiving less face-to-face supervision and are having less social contact with their peers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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