Student News
Do you want to do a comparative law research with students from Europe and the United States of America to GLOBAL FINANCE AND TAXATION, "Financial and Economic Crisis and the Role of Taxation" under the supervision of experienced teachers and professors, as part of your master thesis for Tax economics or Tax Law, then please visit www.wintercourse.com where information can be found concerning this international masterclass which takes place from 6 April 2011 until 15 April 15 2011 in Rome. For further information you can also visit www.uvt.nl/fit/onderwijs/wintercourse.
Applying for the selection procedure is possible by means of the electronic registration form, which can be found on
www.uvt.nl/fit/onderwijs/wintercourse/form.html.
The registration date will close on 17 September 2010.
From 8 until 12 November and from 15 until 19 November the fifth and sixth T-challenge is taking place, organised by Loket MKB from Tilburg University. During one week, 5 students with different study backgrounds will work full-time on a problem encountered by a regional entrepreneur. Do you want to be a part of one of these teams and put your knowledge at work while earning a fine compensation? Subscribe before 15 October at www.uvt.nl/tchallenge (in Dutch).
Loket MKB is looking for Student Researchers
Loket MKB is looking for enthusiastic student researchers who are searching for the perfect part-time job. Loket MKB performs and guides research for SME entrepreneurs in the region. For this we need student researchers who are pro-active, self-guiding, Dutch speaking and eager to put theoretical knowledge into practical solutions. Hence, are you interested in a challenging job with a good salary, visit www.uvt.nl/loketmkb/studenten and subscribe!
Student wins iPad in Hello World campaign
Tilburg University student Luuk van Laarhoven has won an Apple iPad as part of the marketing campaign 'Hello World' that aimed to create more interest amongst (inter)national students for the unique Master's programme IMSE, International Master in Service Engineering. IMSE is offered by TiSEM in cooperation with the University of Stuttgart (Germany) and the University of Crete (Greece) and is part of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship programme of the European Commission. Luuk was presented with the iPad by IMSE Programme Director Prof.dr. Willem-Jan van den Heuvel.
Luuk was so lucky as to guess the total number of people that joined the 'Hello World' campaign E-card, which consisted of Facebook profile pictures of all the participants. In total, 313 people joined the E-card, which set a new record and made it the largest e-card in the world.
Tilburg School of Economics and Management awards 15,000th Master's certificate
During the presentation of her Master's certificate of Finance on Monday 9 August, Eefke ter Sluis received a special surprise. Jenke ter Horst, Vice Dean of Education at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management, entered the room with a large bouquet and handed it to her. The Master's certificate Ter Sluis received turned out to the 15,000th certificate handed out by the School, calculated from March 1963.
The Dutch newspaper Volkskrant and the Germany Institute Amsterdam (DIA) award every other year a prize to a thesis about Germany or about the European Integration process and the role of Germany in this. Have your recently written a thesis on Germany? Submit your thesis and win Euro 1,500. Furthermore, you get the chance to work together with a Volkskrant correspondent for a week in Berlin or Brussels or at the editorial office in Amsterdam. More information (in Dutch).
Election UN Dutch Youth Representative
NJR and NCDO are looking for students who want to become the Dutch youth representative to the UN. This position will offer students an unique opportunity to gain experience and build an international network. The application deadline is 13 September. Visit the site for more information.
