{"id":176962,"date":"2025-03-20T13:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=176962"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:44","slug":"erasmus-mc-is-more-than-just-medicine-and-that-should-be-reflected-in-the-council-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/03\/20\/erasmus-mc-is-more-than-just-medicine-and-that-should-be-reflected-in-the-council-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Erasmus MC is more than just Medicine \u2013 and that should be reflected in the council too"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years, only medical students were part of the Joint Assembly, the faculty council of the Erasmus MC. Students from Clinical Technology, for example, have never been part of the council. Only two Nanobiology students have been elected so far. Tessa Hartog (21) is one of them. She hopes that next year, all Erasmus MC programmes will be represented in the council. Her message: “Put yourself forward.”<\/p>\n

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Run for election, is the advice of Tessa Hartog (21). Student participation is educational, interesting, and important.<\/span><\/p>

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Participation counwhat now? Participation councils are not always well known, yet every faculty has one \u2013 and all these councils make decisions that affect both students and staff. In the coming weeks, elections will be held for many faculty councils.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n

The regulations had to be adjusted, but in 2023-2024, Bastiaan van Dijk became the first Nanobiology student to join the student faction of the Joint Assembly (Gemeeschappelijke Vergadering<\/em> or GV) at the Erasmus MC. In his search for Nanobiology students interested in student representation, he found Tessa, who was then active in the Student Council in Delft. Students in Clinical Technology and Nanobiology take courses in both Delft and Rotterdam. Now, Tessa hopes to bring all Erasmus MC programmes into the GV at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\t

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\u201cStudent participation isn\u2019t exactly seen as hip by most students \u2013 I know that\u2019s how many people feel about it\u201d, she says. \u201cBut I really enjoy it. The discussions, the input we have \u2013 you learn so much about the Erasmus MC. No one realises just how many decisions the board makes.\u201d Tessa finds that her perspective sometimes differs from her fellow council members. \u201cI don\u2019t know if that\u2019s because I study Nanobiology or simply because I\u2019m a different person. But I often find myself saying: \u2018Why is that normal? It\u2019s different in Delft.\u2019 For example, in Delft, study delays are much more common than in Medicine because students tend to be involved in more extracurricular activities. Since students in Delft can decide when to take certain courses, they are more likely to fall behind in their studies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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