{"id":98350,"date":"2019-05-01T17:15:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T15:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=98350"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:18","slug":"students-taking-on-fewer-extracurricular-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/05\/01\/students-taking-on-fewer-extracurricular-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Students taking on fewer extracurricular activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of hours that students in the Netherlands spend on extracurricular activities has decreased dramatically since 2005. This is borne out by a survey conducted by the career website Magnet.me<\/a> in partnership with the National Chamber of Associations (LKvV).<\/p>\n

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The 2019 LKvV board.<\/span><\/p>

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Students who started their studies 14 years ago still devoted over 600 hours per year on average to volunteer or board work, according to data published on the website. In the case of the generation that has just graduated (and started in 2013, in other words), this total has dropped to a third of the 2005 tally: around 200 hours. And more and more students aren\u2019t taking on any extracurricular obligations whatsoever. We can also observe a decline when the scope is limited to students who do<\/em> engage in extracurricular activities: the number of hours invested has dropped from 800 to 558.<\/p>\n

Most students who started after 2013 have not yet rounded off their programme, meaning we\u2019ll have to wait for the full story on their activities.<\/p>\n