UM reactie wetsvoorstel internationalisering in balans_ENG.pdf
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… Internationalisation in Balance bill: Maastricht University’s response to the internet consultation Maastricht University endorses the extensive response by the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) to the Internationalisation in Balance bill. As we have previously indicated, we are in favour of the three proposed types of caps … the law. A ministerial policy line, even if it offers the border regions room to manoeuvre, provides insufficient certainty in this respect. The law itself or, at a minimum, a governmental decree would provide adequately for the appropriate range of foreign-language study programmes in border regions. Here we are referring to both existing and new programmes, the latter of which are initiated by the university partly at the request of and in collaboration with diverse societal parties and local and … in and outside the region, not least to educators. The purpose of education at large is twofold: to train (or retrain), as efficiently as possible, as many local inhabitants as possible for the labour market of both today and tomorrow; and to tackle shortages and bottlenecks in key sectors by attracting international talent to our location in the heart of Europe while also guiding our own talent abroad. Limburg, with its international orientation, high-quality educational institutions and the …