{"id":142155,"date":"2022-07-07T12:36:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T10:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=142155"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:21","slug":"exchange-students-are-willing-to-travel-abroad-by-train-provided-its-not-too-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/07\/07\/exchange-students-are-willing-to-travel-abroad-by-train-provided-its-not-too-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Exchange students are willing to travel abroad by train, provided it\u2019s not too expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three-quarters of exchange students are willing to travel to the place where they will be attending university by train, car or bus rather than by plane. Provided it is possible and affordable to do so, according to a study conducted by Nuffic.<\/p>\n

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Nuffic, an organisation dedicated to internationalisation in education, seeks to ensure that the environment does not suffer more than strictly necessary from student exchange programmes. It asked 109 former exchange students what Dutch tertiary education institutions could do to be more sustainable in this regard.<\/p>\n

Judging from the exploratory study<\/a>, 39 per cent of respondents found sustainable internationalisation important or very important, as opposed to 45 per cent who either did not care at all or only cared very little. When it came to modes of transport, 71 per cent of respondents opted to fly, whereas only 14 per cent took the train. Even when they travelled to universities within Europe, 63 per cent of respondents chose to fly.<\/p>\n\n\t

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