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Module: Welcome to Wittenborg Online (Wittenborg Online)
Glossary: FAQ Studying @ Wittenborg
Question: (Last edited: Monday, 26 June 2023, 9:25 AM)Do I have to pay for the TB test? | ||
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Answer: As of August 1, 2023, expatriates and immigrants will pay for their first tuberculosis screening done with an X-ray. The costs are indexed annually. For 2023, the cost of a first screening photo will be €51.06. These costs can only be paid by debit card. | ||
Question: (Last edited: Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 3:57 PM)How is my paper graded in regard to the AI usage? | ||
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Answer: Assignments with AI similarity of up to 3% will be checked by examiners to investigate if there is any attempt of Academic Misconduct. If none is found, the assignments will be assessed as per the standard procedure. In cases where examiners/moderators have doubts on the originality of the work, they may request students to:
Take note that WUAS is not discouraging the use of AI tools (such as ChatGPT) for learning purposes. Nonetheless, misuse of such tools will be considered Academic Misconduct. | ||
Question: (Last edited: Wednesday, 28 June 2023, 3:59 PM)How can I check the AI percentage in Type 2 exam submission? | ||
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Answer: For the time being only the examiners can see the AI similarity percentage via Turnitin, which we think Turnitin may make available to students in the future; yet it is their decision. | ||
Question: (Last edited: Monday, 3 July 2023, 11:04 AM)What is MEEs? | ||
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Answer: Starting from the academic year 2022-2023, all
new students starting their programmes at Wittenborg will not only follow
normal assessments that lead to European Credits, but will also be required to
complete a Multidisciplinary (phase) Exit Exams (MEEs) at the
end of each learning phase. This means that for bachelor’s students, there will
be an MEE at the end of phase 1, phase 2 and phase 3. For Master’s students,
the MEE is at the end of semester 2. The MEEs are compulsory and must be
completed in order to graduate. Why MEE? The rationale of having the MEE is to monitor and evaluate the progress of WUAS students from a more comprehensive and in-depth perspective. This new assessment will enable students to better evaluate their educational progress as well as the development of competencies required to become business administrators and managers. A good performance will make graduates stand out in the eyes of employers. It is an assessment that students must pass to complete a course and be promoted to the next phase. It is a way to maintain graduation standards, assurance of learning and quality of retained knowledge and skills. This exam is important as it can ensure that WUAS students meet educational standards. In return, it can also influence educational policy at WUAS | ||
Question: (Last edited: Monday, 3 July 2023, 11:06 AM)Is the MEEs compulsory? Who should sit for the MEEs? | ||
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Answer: This MEE is COMPULSORY for
all students who started the programme in September 2022, depending on their
eligibility Basic Requirements For bachelor’s students: · There is a total of 3 compulsory MEEs: Phase 1 MEE, Phase 2 MEE and Phase 3 MEE. · Students are NOT ALLOWED to start any Phase 3 modules unless they have at least completed the Phase 1 MEE. · Students are NOT ALLOWED to submit their Graduation Assignment/Final project (GA/FP) unless they have completed both the Phase 1 MEE and Phase 2 MEE. For master’s students: · There is only 1 compulsory Master MEE to be taken at the end of Semester 2. · Students are NOT ALLOWED to submit their GA/FP before completing the Master MEE | ||
Question: (Last edited: Monday, 3 July 2023, 11:09 AM)How do I know if I am eligible to take the MEEs? | ||
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Answer: Students are eligible to take the MEEs if they: o started their programmes at Wittenborg in block 1 or block 2 for the academic year 2022-2023 and o have completed and passed at least 80% of the modules in phase 1. (i.e. out of the 19 modules, students must have completed and passed at least 15 modules). Students who are not eligible yet may take the exams during the next opportunity.o Bachelor students who started their programmes earlier than September 2022 may also opt to take this exam if they have completed at least 80% of the modules in Phase 1. o Master students who wish to take this exam must have completed and passed all their modules except for GA/FP. | ||
Question: (Last edited: Monday, 3 July 2023, 11:10 AM)When is the MEEs? How can I register for the MEEs? | ||
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Answer: The MEEs are offered twice a year, during the Summer MEEs (in July) and Winter MEEs (in February. For registration, you can go to the MEEs Moodle online area or wait for announcement from the Exam department. | ||
Question: (Last edited: Tuesday, 5 September 2023, 9:57 AM)Doctor's Appointment: How can I make an appointment with the Doctor? | ||
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Answer: Students who are living in Apeldoorn and seeking a doctor's appointment need to first send an email to frontdesk@wittenborg.eu. If you live in any other city, then you need to contact the clinic (Huisarts) nearest to your postal code and arrange the appointment by yourself. You will be requested to fill in a password encrypted form and send it to the Front Desk. Please remember to mention the following details in your form:
For emergency appointments, please go to https://www.wittenborg-online.com/mod/glossary/showentry.php?eid=486 for further instructions. Note: We will share only your limited and relevant personal information with the General Practitioner in accordance with their requirements for making an appointment. In the event of you having objections to sharing of your personal information, you can choose to call any General Practitioner and make an appointment on your own. If you live in Amsterdam, you need to register with a home doctor (GP) as soon as you are settled and make an appointment by yourself when you need medical help. To search for a local doctor: Or simply search "huisarts" on Google Maps. | ||
Question: (Last edited: Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 2:42 PM)School Calendar: How are the blocks named at Wittenborg? | ||
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Answer: Previously, Wittenborg labelled its blocks using numbers 1 to 8. From Block SEP 2023 onwards, Wittenborg adopts the year calendar as the school calendar. The corresponding names of the blocks in numbers will be replaced by the name of the month in which the block starts, as follows: | ||
Question: (Last edited: Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 2:45 PM)Sharing room: do you offer single room or do I have to share my room? | ||
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Answer: Wittenborg Housing department provides living student housing service in Apeldoorn. Most of the bedrooms are single bedrooms, though you may have to share a large bedroom with another student, depending on the accommodation available and your budget. Usually younger student, just graduated from high school, is advised to take a shared room. | ||
Question: (Last edited: Monday, 18 September 2023, 1:52 PM)How are the Project Weeks graded? | ||
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Answer: If you successfully attend and pass a project week, you should see the grade in Osiris as 1. Similarly if you pass 2 project weeks, you will see a grade of 2. If you attended 3 project weeks and you do not see it graded as 3 then that means that you failed your third project week. You should also refer to the comments given by the Project Week supervisor in your report submitted in the TurnitIn area as they give you a clarity if you have been passed or failed. Please note that you are not given a grade but rather a count of how many project weeks you have passed. | ||
Question: (Last edited: Monday, 18 September 2023, 5:01 PM)Student Confidential Advisor | ||
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Answer: Student Confidential Advisor: Jacqueline Horstman (External of Wittenborg) If you encounter the following challenges and difficulties and would like to speak to an external person about them:
How does the confidential advisor system work:
Contact information: Jacqueline Horstman, jacqueline@mekander.nl; 0575-547455 | ||
Question: (Last edited: Friday, 20 October 2023, 3:09 PM)What is Summer School? Who can participate in Summer School? | ||
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Answer: Please follow this link to get more information about summer school at Wittenborg. | ||
Question: (Last edited: Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 2:27 PM)Plagiarism/Turnitin Similarity Score: Does Turnitin show percentage of similarity and plagiarism? | ||
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Answer: When a paper is submitted via Turnitin, an overall percentage of similarity or originality score (with colour code) is shown (see picture below). The similarity score is just a percentage of text in the student’s paper that matches sources in the Turnitin database. Turnitin highlights the text in the student’s paper that is similar to or matches against another source. The picture below shows a Turnitin Originality Report in the Document Viewer window. On the right of the image, you will see a numbered list of matched sources. Each of these is allocated a colour and number and these correspond to the number and colour in the student’s text. Highlighted text may indicate plagiarism and it will be checked by the module teacher. Take note that a high percentage does not mean there is definite plagiarism. There may be cases where the high percentage is due to appendices which are necessary for submission for example the financial statement of a company which is the case study of the assignment. High similarity percentage may occur if a student copies too much text (exact words and sentences) from another source(s) without paraphrasing. This is called direct copying or verbatim type of plagiarism. See the red highlighted text numbered 1 in the picture. High similarity percentage may also occur if there is poor paraphrasing of text from another source(s) by student – see the pink highlighted text numbered 2. Both these high percentages are grounds for further investigation by the teacher on the student’s paper. Likewise, a low similarity percentage does not mean there is no plagiarism. It is best that you check your paper thoroughly after submission to ensure that there are not many highlighted text.
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Question: (Last edited: Tuesday, 2 January 2024, 4:23 PM)Student Counsellor | ||
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Answer: The student counsellor is your point of contact for confidential heart-to-heart conversations, advice and information on the following challenges and difficulties:
How does the student counsellor system work?
Contact information: Rens Platteel-de Clercq, rens@platteel.nl, 06-45268720 | ||
Question: (Last edited: Tuesday, 9 January 2024, 3:11 PM)Bank Statement: what are the requirements? | ||
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Answer: What are bank statement requirements if: - I am a new student applying for a visa; - I am a new student who transferred from another type of EU-Residence Permit (RP). (e.g. transfer from other EU countries to the Netherlands, from another university within the Netherlands, from a zoekjaar RP to a student RP, etc.) A signed and stamped bank statement on headed paper with a minimum amount of EUR 15,000,00 (must be dated after we inform you that we have received your payment) is required. For visa reasons, you will need to make sure that the deposit is free from restrictions or conditions; therefore, a statement such as “the account owner can withdraw the full amount in this bank account at any time” should be included in this letter. If the account type is either savings or current, then the above said clause should not be mentioned in the bank statement. The account will be in your or in your sponsor’s name. If the latter, here is the extra required information and documents:
For the company sponsor, we need proof that the sponsor is authorised to grant the amount to the student - the proof can be obtained from the bank itself/local Chamber of Commerce (1.17). For Dutch sponsors also, these documents should be filled out respectively, along with the other required documents. Please check this site for more information: https://ind.nl/en/pages/sufficient-means-of-support-as-a-student.aspx. Kindly note that the balance outstanding payment always must be added on top of the bank statement required amount. Additionally, a Payment Plan is also should be made for that balance outstanding payment with the Finance/Registry Department before issuing a bank statement. What are bank statement requirements if: - I am a current student requesting the RP extension. Please provide us with a copy of your or your sponsor's bank statement, which shows you have, or your sponsor has enough money to support your education. The balance must show in your or your sponsor's bank account at least (no. of months X EUR 1250) = EUR XXX. Your bank statement must be dated at least one day after your last payment to us. (How to know how many months are needed? Count from the RP expiry date till the last day of your expected graduation block. Please always round it up to full months. General Year Planning is available https://www.wittenborg.eu/downloads.htm.)
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Question: (Last edited: Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 11:42 AM)How to upload a video and submit on moodle | ||
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Answer: Please follow the instruction about how to upload videos and submit them on Moodle: -Share the video to public Click on the share button on the top of the right side and choose share option:
Choose the gear icon next to copy link And choose the first option: -After that copy the link of your video and paste it in a word file. | ||
Question: (Last edited: Monday, 22 January 2024, 10:03 AM)Group Contribution Statement | ||
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Answer: This statement of contribution is for a group assignment which is part of the assessment requirements of any module that has a group assignment. | ||
Question: (Last edited: Monday, 22 January 2024, 10:54 AM)Retake: When can I retake my failed exams? | ||
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Answer: Bachelor EEG Part 5 EXAM WEEKS AND RETAKES Note: Re-take exam weeks offer exams from the 3 blocks up to and including the immediately preceding block. i.e. (Retake-Weeks winter) are offered for blocks May, Sep and Oct and while (Retake Weeks-summer) are offered for blocks Dec, Feb and Apr. The exception to this is Phase 3 students, who have failed the exam in block 3 can retake the exam at the regular exam in block May (never in Retake Weeks Summer) and who have failed the exam in block May can retake the exam at the regular block in block Dec (never in Retake Weeks Winter). Master (incl. Pre-master) EEG Part 5 EXAM WEEKS AND RETAKES Note: Retake exam weeks offer exams from the 3 blocks up to and including the immediately preceding block. i.e. (Retake Weeks-Winter) are offered for blocks May, Sep and Oct and while (Retake Weeks-Summer) are offered for blocks Dec, Feb & Apr. The exception to this is who have failed the exam in block Dec can retake the exam at the regular exam in block May (never in Retake Weeks-Summer) and who have failed the exam in block May can retake the exam at the regular block in block Dec (never in retake Weeks-Winter). Retakes can only be done when a student has attempted the normal exam (1st attempt). | ||
Question: (Last edited: Monday, 22 January 2024, 11:50 AM)Leave of Absence/Study Freeze: Can I take a leave of absence from my studies? | ||
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Answer: Students can receive an exemption from the obligation to study upon application for a leave of absence for one lesson block, or a maximum of two consecutive lesson blocks. A leave of absence request must be submitted at least before the start of the Project Week (W3) prior to the lesson block for which the leave of absence is taken. For example, if the student wants to take a leave of absence in Block Oct, he/she has to send the request before Week 3 of Block Sep. Please contact the Registrar Office at registrar@wittenborg.eu. As part of the application for a leave of absence, student will be required to demonstrate the grounds for the request. Student will not lose his/her place to study at WUAS during the leave of absence period and may subsequently continue the study at the end of the leave period. During the leave of absence, the student remains a registered student at WUAS, and the study visa (if applicable), remains valid during this period. Additionally, as the registration is continuous, the student remains eligible for any DUO study finance/loan during the leave of absence period. For this reason, there is neither a freeze of payment obligations nor refund of the tuition fees. In case the period exceeds two lesson blocks, Wittenborg will initiate the deregistration process. If student requires a study visa to study in the Netherlands, this means that the study visa will become invalid and the student no longer has the right to stay in the Netherlands based on study at WUAS. If the student wants to restart his/her study, the student has to inform the Registrar Office and he/she will be informed of the formal procedure that needs to be taken. For more information on leave of absence, please refer to the EEG Part 12c. | ||