{"id":130399,"date":"2021-09-16T14:19:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=130399"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:24:03","slug":"polak-building-closure-causes-headaches-for-schedulers-students-and-business-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/09\/16\/polak-building-closure-causes-headaches-for-schedulers-students-and-business-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Polak building closure causes headaches for schedulers, students and business owners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students are desperately looking for available study spaces now that the Polak building is closed. The business owners in the building are waiting for an update from the university. And the employees preparing the timetables feel the work pressure mounting. Everyone is hoping the Polak building can reopen soon.<\/p>\n

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Stella Verbrugge, the head of Student Administration, can\u2019t say just how much extra work the closure of the Polak building has created for the timetabling office. It\u2019s been busy there for quite some time now. It was a major job converting the timetables from an online schedule to a hybrid schedule. And the maximum group size of 75 people also created a lot of additional work. 20 percent of the timetable had to be changed to accommodate that requirement. There has been a \u2018significant increase in work pressure\u2019 with both the Tinbergen<\/a> and Polak<\/a> buildings closed. \u201cThat\u2019s just how it is, but I do feel sorry for them\u201d, says Verbrugge.<\/p>\n\n\t

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