{"id":158558,"date":"2023-09-07T14:46:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T12:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=158558"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:57","slug":"dijkgraaf-praises-internationalisation-during-opening-new-academic-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/09\/07\/dijkgraaf-praises-internationalisation-during-opening-new-academic-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Dijkgraaf praises internationalisation during opening new academic year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outgoing Minister of Education Robbert Dijkgraaf (D66) has used the start of the new academic year to defend internationalisation. \u201cWe should see it as a huge compliment that so many people want to study and teach in the Netherlands.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The executive board of Erasmus University with minister of Education Robbert Dijkgraaf.<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cThere\u2019s nothing wrong with your ears. Today, in this music theatre in Enschede, I\u2019m singing internationalisation\u2019s praises\u201d, outgoing Minister Dijkgraaf said on Monday in a speech at the University of Twente. \u201cWe should see it as a huge compliment that so many people want to study and teach in the Netherlands. We are one of the top academic destinations. This says a lot about the quality of education in the Netherlands. And we really need that international talent, particularly for our strategic growth sectors, such as technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the past few months, internationalisation of higher education has met with a lot of criticism and scepticism. Dijkgraaf is aware of the \u2018drawbacks\u2019. Examples he mentions are the overcrowded lecture halls, teacher shortages and lack of student rooms.<\/p>\n\n\t

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