{"id":1338,"date":"2016-12-14T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T12:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/?p=63426\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:06","slug":"universiteiten-balen-van-dure-cursussen-voor-selectie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/12\/14\/universiteiten-balen-van-dure-cursussen-voor-selectie\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities decry expensive preparatory courses for improving selection chances"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223105\/commerciele-cursus.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139099\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223105\/commerciele-cursus.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139099 695w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/05\/09223105\/commerciele-cursus-300x172.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139099 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><span>Een banner van \u00e9\u00e9n van de commerci\u00eble cursusbureaus.<\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>More and more pupils are taking expensive preparatory courses to improve their selection chances for university programmes such as medicine. Minister Jet Bussemaker and universities themselves have expressed concern that this will further widen the gap between rich and poor. Erasmus MC is even offering a free course to counter this trend.<\/p>\n<p>The costs for a commercially offered course can vary from 45 to 425 euros. It\u2019s like doping, said one participant to the Netherlands Broadcasting Authority NOS.<\/p>\n<p>Educational institutions <u>s<\/u>hould offer these kinds of course themselves, added Bussemaker. There\u2019s also room for improvement in career counselling at secondary schools. That will ultimately make the courses offered on a commercial basis unnecessary.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free preparatory day<\/h3><p>Erasmus MC\u2019s Medicine programme even offers a free preparatory day focusing on the selection process, in the hope that young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods will have the same chance of being selected as children of affluent parents. Anyone registering for the programme in Medicine will receive an invitation for this preparatory day.<\/p>\n<p>The Inspectorate of Education sounded the alarm in the spring of this year: children of less educated people are less likely to go on to study than children with highly educated parents. The Senior Chief Inspector was said to be shocked by these findings.<\/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 md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square image:object-cover md:image:size-36 shrink-0\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/hop_logo.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770042323\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/hop_logo.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1770042323 410w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/campusplein-VU-Vrije-Universiteit-Amsterdam-Yvonne-Compier.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1768477891\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/campusplein-VU-Vrije-Universiteit-Amsterdam-Yvonne-Compier.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1768477891 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/campusplein-VU-Vrije-Universiteit-Amsterdam-Yvonne-Compier-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1768477891 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/campusplein-VU-Vrije-Universiteit-Amsterdam-Yvonne-Compier-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1768477891 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/campusplein-VU-Vrije-Universiteit-Amsterdam-Yvonne-Compier-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1768477891 300w, 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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\tIn court\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<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-mocha hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex 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\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"720\" 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