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… the structural failures of slum ecologies and how they affect people; and also how citizens nevertheless find myriad modes of making the city their home. Fundamentally, this course departs from the question what it takes to live and survive in a city when one is very poor, marginalized, silenced, made invisible, patronized, or otherwise rendered peripheral. We take such qualifications to be effects of not only how cities are organized and governed 'from above', but also of specific ways of … themes related to Globalization and Development. The chosen themes are connected with the preceding courses in period I and II. They have a global and structural dimension as well as cultural, local and personal features. The topics students work on should have a present-day importance and can be approached from a more abstract and theoretical, as well as an empirical and/or historical perspectives. Students will work on a paper and discuss work in progress with fellow students and tutors in the various seminars/tutorials in the course. They will present their …

… of French and/or German and/or Dutch. You can find prerequisites in the course description on the website. Students are to choose two courses of 6 credits each or one double course (12 credits) per period, with the exception of the third period when just one course is taken. For more courses permission needs to be asked before the registration deadline. Permission will only be granted if very special reasons apply. Mind, if you take an extra course, you will have to deal with a studyload that is above average! Bachelor's students take courses from the bachelor's …

… The mental well-being of university students in the Netherlands The fourth measurement by the Caring Universities consortium SUMMARY Between November 2022 and January 2023, Caring Universities (CU) sent an online questionnaire about psychological problems to 208.796 students from seven universities (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Leiden University, Utrecht University, Maastricht University, University of Amsterdam, Inholland University of Applied … still seems to be struggling with mental problems. Also, psychological complaints are different between demographic groups. For example, female students, students identifying as other genders, bachelor students and international students have more psychological complaints (regarding depression, anxiety, stress and insomnia) compared to male, master level and Dutch students respectively. Moreover, we see an 8% - 28.6% decline in the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. A limitation … are often reported (30.4%) and for some students these feelings are very severe (4.7%). Most students did not receive help in the past year (71.3%). Of those students, more than half do feel that they need it. They experience the following barriers when seeking help: wanting to solve their problems on their own (60.5%), not knowing where to look for help (45.8%) or finding help too expensive (45.4%). According to students, the strongest sources of stress are their academic progress (55.2%) and …