- student Student tipsThese tips will help you present like a pro!Presenting: for some, it’s the ultimate nightmare, for others it’s no big deal. Whether it gives you immediate anxiety or you have no problem with it at all, these tips will help you take your presentation to the next level!
- student Student tipsEngineering student? Here are the best YouTube channels to help you study!As a student you’ll have to do a lot of learning on your own, be it because you didn’t attend a lecture, or a professor explained the concept in a way you didn’t understand. In the Netherlands, a lot of emphasis is put on self-study, meaning you’re expected to learn individually, outside of lecture hours: lectures are meant to give you a place to start, but going in-depth is your own responsibility. Luckily, our forefathers on YouTube have paved us a path and given us priceless resources to study from, and I’ve compiled some of them just for you. So if you are an engineering student: keep on reading!
- student Student tipsStruggling with stress during your studies? Here's how to deal with it!Are you reading this article to learn how to never experience stress again? Then I have to disappoint you. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a stress-free life. Everyone experiences stress from time to time and that's okay. Balancing your studies, including all the exams and deadlines, a social life, sports, work and more, is challenging, and feeling stressed occasionally is completely normal. Fortunately, there are many ways to learn to deal with stress and sometimes even prevent it.
- student Study choiceTaking a gap year: yes or no? Here are the pros and cons!Are you about to finish high school? Then you face an important decision: will you continue studying straight away, or take a gap year? During such a year, you have time to develop yourself, recuperate and try new things after the hustle and bustle of exams. Yet a gap year is not for everyone. Is it the right choice for you? Here are the pros and cons!
- student Student tipsFailure at uni - and how to overcome itLife has its ups and downs, and it’s no different at university. It’s turbulent at times: exams eat you up, and then suddenly you’re free - unless you failed an exam and need to study for the resit. We’ve all failed before, from exams to personal goals and more. And while it does hurt, you’re not alone: Let me help you out with some tips to get through failure.
- student Career6 professions of the future: will you become a nanobot engineer?That the job market is changing drastically due to technological advances is no secret. The dystopian scenario that robots and artificial intelligence will take over all our jobs seems closer than ever. Fortunately, more and more new - perhaps still a little futuristic - professions are also emerging, which you may well end up practising as a graduate!
- student Personal developmentWhy and how you should learn to negotiate as a studentWhether you’re going to discuss your salary, close a deal with a client as an entrepreneur or simply want to bargain while on holiday: negotiation is a valuable skill. Why not work on it during your time as a student? In this article, student negotiator Richard will tell us all about why and how you can level up your negotiation skills before starting your professional career.
- student CareerPreparing for your future career? Here's how you do it!As students, we lead busy lives. Full days at uni, meeting up with friends, house evenings with roommates and a party or drink in between... And once you are in your master's degree, you will also have to start thinking more seriously about what exactly you want to do after your studies. This is certainly not easy, something I understand all too well as a master's student, but obviously important. So how do you best prepare for a career after your studies?
- student Personal developmentTop 6 21st-century skills you’ll learn during your time as a studentOur world is changing rapidly: by the time you graduate, the world may look very different! All the more important it is to not only earn your credits during your studies, but also to invest in yourself and your skills. Therefore, in this article, we discuss the 6 most important 21st-century skills you can start learning during your studies!