Currently More than 250 Business Schools Worldwide hold AMBA Accreditation

Prof. Dr. Ronald Tuninga, Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences' Vice-President of Academic Affairs, will chair AMBA accreditation visits to several UK business schools in the coming weeks.

Wittenborg Vice President of Academic Affairs will Chair various AMBA Visits to UK Business Schools in the coming weeks

The Association of MBAs (AMBA) is the most important accreditation body for the accreditation of MBA programmes at business schools around the globe. Tuninga is the Chair of the Faculty of Assessors at AMBA.

Accreditation visits involve meetings with business school management, professional staff, academic faculty members, students, alumni and employers. The AMBA accreditation process takes a holistic view of the MBA programme through ...

City of Apeldoorn presents the 'People's Vote' prize at Apeldoorn Business Awards 2018 with announcement that it aims to become the No1 'SME City' in Netherlands

The Apeldoorn Business Awards evening 2018 were held yesterday at a packed out Orphuis Theatre in Apeldoorn. 7 companies were rewarded with the prize, and all runners up were praised for their business, their entrepreneurship and their leadership. Wittenborg was represented by a team of colleagues there to support jury member Maggie Feng (CEO).

Winners included the company behind Apeldoorn's own annual Dragonboat festival, which has grown enormously, as well as local beer brewery De Vlijt. Social entrepreneurs 'Youngster' was awarded and other winners included a traditional bakery, a refrigerator manufacturer and a charity that supports cancer ...

Balancing International Classrooms in the Netherlands

Stakeholders in the Dutch higher education sector met in The Hague on Wednesday (10 October) for a seminar on the future of international students in the Netherlands.
Heated debates on the admission and selection of international students have been raging in the Netherlands in recent months. Participants will be asked to ponder questions such as how you balance an international classroom within the current policies and laws governing universities and universities of applied sciences.
“It has been five years since the Dutch government implemented its Modern Migration policy. Is it time for a discussion on how well this policy works in practice? What considerations should be made in this respect?” the invite to the seminar read.
The themes that were discussed included regulations contained within the Code of Conduct itself...

"Dutch Universities Do Well Because of their International Outlook"

Dutch universities have once again scored well in one of the most influential ranking lists in the world, the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings - with 12 of its 13 universities in the top 200.

After the UK and Germany,  the Netherlands has the highest number of  universities in the top 200 in Europe. Delft University of Technology (TU) did the best among the Dutch institutions and is ranked 58th. It is followed by Wageningen University and Research (59) and the University of Amsterdam (62) which did the best among the Dutch universities in the 2018 ranking.

The top 10 is dominated by British and American universities with the University of Oxford and Cambridge taking top honours, followed by Stanford University in the US.

Nuffic, the Dutch agency promoting internationalisation in higher...

"AACSB is One of the Most Important Accreditation Organisations for Business Schools"

On September 25 and 26, a seminar on AACSB standards and processes took place at the University of Mannheim in Germany. In the seminar, participants from business schools and universities in more than 10 countries in Europe and the Middle East exchanged their views and understanding of the AACSB accreditation process. The seminar was co-presented by Prof Ron Tuninga, Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences, and Tim Mescon, Executive Vice-President of AACSB.

Wittenborg obtained AACSB membership last year with an eye on eventually gaining accreditation for its IBA and MBA programmes with this prestigious organisation.  It is the mission of AACSB to “foster engagement, accelerate innovation and amplify impact ...

"Reform has Made China Move More Towards Internationalisation. That is the Right Direction"

An interview with Wittenborg CEO, Maggie Feng, on what has changed for Chinese students coming to Europe in the 40+ years since China first introduced reforms which allowed private study abroad, has been widely published in the Chinese press. (For the CHINESE click here)

The interview with Feng was posted on at least seven online media platforms on Tuesday. China is one of the top 3 sources for international students at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences.

“A private college in the Netherlands with a history of more than 30 years is headed by a Chinese woman,” the article kicks off. Wittenborg was founded in 1987 in Deventer.  

It then narrates Feng’s journey starting in 2002 when she came to the Netherlands as a young exchange student from Beijing University of Technology. After meeting her husband, Peter ...

What You Can and Cannot Do Under Holland's "Tolerant" Drug Policy

The Netherlands is known for being more tolerant then most countries when it comes to the use of soft drugs like marijuana, but internationals who come here should not make the mistake of interpreting this as a free-for-all.

Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences has just reiterated its commitment to ensuring that the use of alcohol and drugs do not have an adverse effect on the working and social conditions of students, staff and visitors.

Moreover, Wittenborg has a very clear policy – spelled out in Part 11 of the EEG (Education & Examination Guide) – which prohibits the use of drugs on university premises.

In short, it reads that the violation of Dutch or European law pertaining to drugs will under no circumstances be tolerated. This ...