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2 days, 3 hours ago

International students in Germany to exceed 4 lakh, housing remains a key issue

Studying abroad, which remains a dream for many Indian students, has seen a steep rise during the pre-Covid and post-Covid periods. Meanwhile, the total number of international students in Germany is expected to reach 400,000, reflecting a 7% increase, according to the German Academic Exchange Service. DAAD President Professor Dr Joybrato Mukherjee emphasised the growing appeal of German universities to …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Most homeless people in Amsterdam are EU citizens, study finds

NL Times

Between 80 and 90 percent of homeless individuals in Amsterdam are EU citizens, according to new research conducted by the city in collaboration with the municipal health service and the Regenboog Groep. In Amsterdam, it is estimated that 100 to 400 homeless EU citizens are eligible for shelter under the Wmo, significantly more than the city projected last summer. “We …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Most homeless people in big cities and Almere, fewest in Assen

NL Times

The number of homeless people differs strongly per region, Statistics Netherlands discovered when studying the number of people who slept in a shelter location last year. CBS studied the number of registered homeless people in 35 different regions for the first time in connection with the government’s goal for everyone to have a home by 2030. Compared to the number …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Amsterdam winter shelter opens amid growing need for homeless services

NL Times

The City of Amsterdam has once again opened its winter shelters for homeless individuals as part of a critical initiative to address growing demand for emergency housing. According to a spokesperson from the City of Amsterdam, the winter shelters are subject to a screening process, where individuals must demonstrate a certain connection to the city to access the services. The …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Netherlands student housing crisis worsening: Rent jumped 7%, availability scarcer

NL Times

The Netherlands’ student housing shortage is getting worse, according to third-quarter figures from Kamernet, a platform for student rooms. The supply of student rooms in the Netherlands dropped by 5.2 percent compared to a year earlier. The average price for a student room in the Netherlands increased by 7.2 percent from 609 euros last year to 653 euros in the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Student housing shortage mounts, government urged to intervene

Dutch News

The shortage of student rooms has reached 10,000 and what is available is too expensive for most students, according to Platform31, an institute which focuses on complex housing issues. “This system is ensuring that student housing companies can build studios, but that it is not cost effective to build cheaper student rooms,” Platform 31 housing expert Frank Dirks told the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Student housing shortage mounts, government urged to intervene

Dutch News

The shortage of student rooms has reached 10,000 and what is available is too expensive for most students, according to Platform31, an institute which focuses on complex housing issues. “This system is ensuring that student housing companies can build studios, but that it is not cost effective to build cheaper student rooms,” Platform 31 housing expert Frank Dirks told the …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Australia to limit foreign student enrolments in migration crackdown

Hindustan Times

By Renju Jose Australia to limit foreign student enrolments in migration crackdown SYDNEY, - Australia said on Tuesday it would limit the enrolment number of international students at 270,000 for 2025, as the government looks to rein in record migration that has contributed to a spike in home rental prices. The decision follows a raft of actions since last year …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

The trouble with university student accommodation and plans to build more of it

ABC

Does spending $500 a week for a room in a four-bedroom shared apartment sound like a good deal? But international students say building more student accommodation won't help much with housing pressure as concerns over their price and quality are already turning students away from the option. "It was basically all international students," Ms Zhang said. A University of Melbourne …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Group of Eight universities warn they are reliant on international student fees as government looks to cap enrolments

ABC

In short: International students make up the largest single source of income for many universities, excluding government grants. Group of Eight universities warn the federal government's proposed cap on international students may damage the sector. Australia's top eight universities say they are "reliant" on international student fees, warning the federal government's proposed caps on foreign enrolments could damage the sector. …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Amsterdam university cancels classes after violence erupted at a pro-Palestinian rally

Associated Press

THE HAGUE — The University of Amsterdam canceled classes Tuesday and shut buildings for two days after the latest pro-Palestinian demonstrations over the war in Gaza turned destructive. “They called in the police after people wouldn’t remove their face coverings but the police came in balaclavas,” political science professor Enzo Rossio told The Associated Press, describing Monday’s events. According to …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Inside Anthony Albanese's plan to help ease the housing crisis - and why he's cracking down on Aussie universities

Daily Mail

Labor is promising to halve immigration levels within a year and address the rental crisis by forcing universities to build more international student accommodation. A record 548,800 migrants on a net basis moved to Australia in the year to September and Treasurer Jim Chalmers has admitted the huge influx of international students has caused a severe housing shortage. Labor is …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

As pro-Palestinian encampments spread to European campuses, UK government seeks to head off unrest

Associated Press

CAMBRIDGE, England — About three dozen pro-Palestinian protesters crawled out of their tents Thursday morning at Cambridge University, grabbed coffee and tea and sat in a circle for the daily briefing. In case of trouble, one group member hovered along the adjacent King’s Parade wearing a neon yellow vest marked “Police Liaison.” But after the third night of the encampment, …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Foreign students 'unfairly blamed' for Australia's dire rental market, claims housing group

Daily Mail

International students are not competing directly with families in the rental market as they typically prefer inner-city apartments over standalone homes in the suburbs, new research suggests. The research from the Property Council offshoot also found international students made up a small four per cent slice of the total rental market. 'International students have been unfairly blamed for the rental …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Amsterdam schools struggling now that Covid support is over

NL Times

Now that Amsterdam schools no longer receive extra money to help kids catch up with delays sustained during the coronavirus pandemic, they are struggling to fill the hole in their budgets. “By hiring externally, we were able to guarantee continuity for students and create smaller classes,” Steven Tan of Akso Schools, which has 35 primary schools in the city, told …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

International students feeling more unwelcome in Netherlands, worried about future

NL Times

International students mostly love studying in the Netherlands. Still, they notice an increasingly negative sentiment towards them and worry about their future here, the Volkskrant reports after surveying 358 international students. The growing number of international students in Dutch higher education is increasingly a subject of discussion. The government developed a package of measures to give higher education institutions more …

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10 months ago

Waiting lists for student housing longer than a bachelor's degree takes

NL Times

The waiting times for student housing in the Netherlands are, on average, longer than it takes to complete a bachelor’s degree, NU.nl reports after speaking to student housing providers. Students in Amsterdam, Delft, and Leiden have to be registered with a student housing provider for nearly five years before they qualify for housing. Many student housing providers allocate a room …

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11 months ago

Why hundreds of Indian students are protesting at a Canada university in freezing temperatures

Firstpost

Nearly 132 students, mostly of Indian origin, took to the streets when they all failed in one subject of the IT graduation course at Algoma University in Brampton. The students also drew support from three other classes and are demanding an external probe for ‘unfair enrolment and grading practices’ Amid freezing temperatures in Canada, nearly 132 students, mostly of Indian …

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1 year ago

Large cities struggling to accommodate homeless people

NL Times

Large cities in the Netherlands are struggling to accommodate the increasing number of homeless people in need of shelter, Trouw reports after speaking to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Amersfoort, and Den Bosch. “But there are simply too many people and not enough shelter.” Waiting lists are growing for both acute shelters - usually dormitories and shared rooms - and …

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1 year, 2 months ago

How Canada’s housing crisis is making life difficult for Indian students

Firstpost

Amid a housing crisis, Indian students in Canada’s Ontario looking for rented places are forced to fend for themselves. While some are going door-to-door to seek shelter, others are living in cramped basements paying sky-high rents Many Indian students in Canada are facing the full force of the country’s housing crisis. Manan Gupta, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant, told India …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Canada: College offers housing amid Indian student protest

Live Mint

Canadian authorities intervened to offer assistance to Indian students who have been protesting against inflation and are experiencing a housing crisis. However, three days later, the college administration and students reached an agreement, with the latter promising to take their requests for inexpensive housing into account, according to Indian Express reports. The Montreal Youth Students’ Organization supported the protesting Indian …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Slightly more international students in 2022/2023 academic year

Dutch News

Last year there were 123,000 international students in Dutch higher education, an increase of 8,000 on the year before and representing 15% of the student population, reports the CBS. International master’s students often followed technical, industrial and building studies, while journalism, law and business studies were popular among both international and local students at university in general. Due to a …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Slightly more international students in 2022/2023 academic year

Dutch News

Last year there were 123,000 international students in Dutch higher education, an increase of 8,000 on the year before and representing 15% of the student population, reports the CBS. International master’s students often followed technical, industrial and building studies, while journalism, law and business studies were popular among both international and local students at university in general. Due to a …

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1 year, 3 months ago

International students queue for 7 hours to register in Amsterdam

NL Times

Hundreds of international students queued for up to seven hours on the Bos en Lommerplein on Wednesday to register with the municipality of Amsterdam. International students need to register with their municipality for a citizen service number within five days of arrival in the Netherlands. Amsterdam expects 8,000 new international students this year, a spokesperson for the municipality told Parool. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Housing shortages for university students will ‘worsen’ in some cities – charity

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Martin Blakey, chief executive of …

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1 year, 7 months ago

International students faced with housing and cost-of-living stress say they were misled about Australia

ABC

Since moving to Melbourne to study, Kiki Zhang has been losing sleep, losing hair and suffering chest pains. Key points: International students say they had no idea the cost-of-living and rental crisis was so severe Many say they are being exploited and forced to live in expensive and uncomfortable housing Stories of the realities of studying in Australia are making …

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1 year, 8 months ago

International students resorting to pitching tents in living rooms as rental shortage bites

ABC

When Zoe Jiang was at home in China, packing her bags to stay in Sydney, she did not think to bring an item that would prove essential — a tent. Key points: Thousands of international students flooded back into Australia in January to resume their studies Sydney's rental vacancy rate has plummeted, leading to a 35 per cent rise in …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Scammers circle international students amid university accommodation crisis

ABC

An estimated 5,000 international students heading to Perth to study this month have nowhere to stay, prompting desperate calls from universities for staff and alumni to offer beds in their own homes to accommodate them. "Obviously, that's a fluid situation, because for some students, they will decide if they can't get accommodation that they will actually go somewhere else," she …

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1 year, 10 months ago

"Worrisome" decrease in student housing supply as rents increase 10%

NL Times

The availability of affordable student housing is a growing problem in the Netherlands. The average rental price for rooms across the Netherlands increased by 10 percent between 2020 and 2022, and the available supply showed a “worrisome” decrease, rental site Kamernet said in its Rental Report 2022. “ “Students and young professionals are increasingly putting their dreams aside because there …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Student orgs. want temporary, not permanent limit on international students

NL Times

Student organizations want a temporary brake on the influx of international students, and not a permanent one, as Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf of Education argued for in parliament on Wednesday. “Not every lecturer can deliver the same quality lectures in English as in Dutch,” said LSVb chairman Joram van Velzen.” A shortage in student housing is another problem. The Randstad and …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Regions outside Randstad against limiting international students

NL Times

Regions outside the Randstad are very worried about plans to limit the number of international students. Educational institutions and businesses in Limburg, Zeeland, Twente, Groningen, and Friesland benefit greatly from international students and experience much less of the problems that occur in the Randstad, Trouw reports. Under increasing pressure from parliament, Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf is working on a bill to …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Hundreds can't return to Amsterdam student housing damaged in Christmas fire

NL Times

The 219 residents of a student housing complex on Slotermeerlaan in Amsterdam Nieuw-West will not be able to return home for up to two months. The electricity installation was severely damaged by a fire in the utility cupboard the day before Christmas. Housing corporation Woonzorg, the owner of the apartments, confirmed that it would likely be a minimum of six …

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2 years ago

Amsterdam families may soon find even greater shortages of adequate affordable housing

NL Times

Only about half of Amsterdam’s families with four or more people living under one roof reside in a social housing flat that provides enough space. Even more families living in affordable housing are expected to remain in spaces that are too cramped, said social housing corporation Rochdale. Compounding the issue is that families occupying larger social housing apartments often remain …

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2 years ago

Dutch universities still actively attracting international students

NL Times

Dutch universities and universities of applied sciences are still actively recruiting international students, despite concerns about their influx and the increased pressure on the housing market, De Telegraaf reports. Parliament recently voted in several motions to limit the number of international students coming to the Netherlands, including a ban on universities actively recruiting students from abroad. Over the summer, several …

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2 years, 1 month ago

International students frequently victims of bad landlords & discrimination, says union

NL Times

International students are still the victims of bias when searching for a home, and are often targeted by exploitative landlords, said the national student union LSVb on Tuesday. International students often paid 34 euros per square meter for a shared housing space, roughly 21 percent more than Dutch students. A one-room home cost international students 31 euros per square meter …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Landlords failing students whose rooms fall into disrepair, unsafe conditions

NL Times

Some landlords are taking advantage of the student housing shortage in the Netherlands and letting their homes fall into disrepair. Things like missing fire extinguishers or broken locks are taken for granted, NOS reports after surveying over 2,000 students. There are no working smoke detectors, the bathroom is full of mold because we can’t ventilate, and a leak has caused …

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2 years, 4 months ago

International students struggling in the Netherlands

NL Times

International students are struggling in the Netherlands, according to the Annual International Student Survey. Most international students don’t know that they are entitled to a loan and a student travel product if they work more than 56 hours per month, the survey found. “International students make up a quarter of the student population, but this survey remains the only structural …

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2 years, 4 months ago

More and more students search for housing outside of major student cities

NL Times

Students are increasingly looking for accommodations outside of the city where they study, due to the housing shortage. A spokesperson for Kamernet, a room rental website, told the NOS that there is a greater demand for housing in towns surrounding major student cities. Jolan de Bie, director of Kences knowledge center for student housing, said housing students far away from …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Young homeless people often can't find room in shelters

NL Times

Homeless shelters across the Netherlands often have to send young people away because they simply do not have enough space, NOS reports based on figures requested from dozens of reception centers across the country. Last year, the Netherlands counted 32,000 homeless people, including thousands of young people, according to Statistics Netherlands. The actual number is likely higher as the figures …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Renting out rooms simplified in Eindhoven to help students

NL Times

It became easier to rent out a room in Eindhoven from Wednesday. “In recent years, extra room rental was not allowed in certain parts of the city to prevent nuisance,” said Eindhoven alderman Mieke Verhees of housing. This should help new students find a room more easily.” The idea is that because the primary occupant also lives in the house, …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Some international students dropping out due to a lack of housing

NL Times

Utrecht University has already received notifications from several disappointed international students who will postpone their studies for a year because they cannot find accommodation. Student housing advisory center Kences said there will be a shortage of about 26,500 rooms for students in the upcoming academic year, said Kences director Jolan de Bie. The university reserves 1,250 rooms from housing providers …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Student housing shortage: Tens of thousands don't have rooms

NL Times

The housing shortage in student cities will be at least as dire as last year in the coming academic year, according to a preliminary estimate by the Knowledge Center for Student Housing. Then some 26,500 students didn’t have housing, Kences director Jolan de Bie said to AD. “We’re still calculating the definite figure, but it won’t be many thousands higher …

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2 years, 5 months ago

University of Amsterdam urging international students without housing not to come to NL

NL Times

Amsterdam is facing a severe housing shortage for students to the extent that the University of Amsterdam is urging international students not to come to the Dutch capital if they haven’t found housing. A spokesperson for the university told NL Times that an email was sent to international students on its housing waiting list telling them that they should reconsider …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Don’t come unless you have a place to live, universities warn international students

Dutch News

Several Dutch universities are warning international students not to come to the Netherlands unless they have organised somewhere to live before they arrive, the Volkskrant reported on Wednesday. Reduce numbers The Dutch universities association has campaigned since 2018 for new rules which they say would allow them to manage the flow of international students and the impact on course quality. …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Don’t come unless you have a place to live, universities warn international students

Dutch News

Several Dutch universities are warning international students not to come to the Netherlands unless they have organised somewhere to live before they arrive, the Volkskrant reported on Wednesday. Reduce numbers The Dutch universities association has campaigned since 2018 for new rules which they say would allow them to manage the flow of international students and the impact on course quality. …

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2 years, 6 months ago

International student increase has University of Amsterdam concerned

NL Times

The University of Amsterdam is worried about the rapidly increasing number of international students coming to the Dutch capital. In the past few years, the number of Dutch students at the UvA increased by six percent, while the number of international students tripled, according to the newspaper. That internationalization started about 15 years ago when the government and companies appealed …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Temporary housing for Ukrainians could eventually become student housing

NL Times

The office buildings and other vacant buildings that are now being converted into temporary housing for Ukrainian refugees can also be used for student housing in the future, according to student housing partner Kences. The organization said there is currently a shortage of 26,500 student housing units and that number will increase in the coming years. Both Kences and the …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Temporary refugee housing should be used for higher education students: Think tank

NL Times

The offices and other vacant buildings now being converted into temporary housing for Ukrainian refugees can also be used for student housing in the future, said think tank Kences. Both Kences and student union LSVb don't know of students who, for example, live in anti-squatting buildings and are being evicted because of the arrival of Ukrainian refugees. "I haven't heard …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Amsterdam sees explosive increase in domestic violence reports

NL Times

The number of domestic abuse cases in the Amsterdam region increased so much in the past months that victims can no longer find space in regular shelters. "The situation is sometimes so serious and unsafe, sometimes even life-threatening, that we now permanently rent several hotel rooms," said Jolanda Vader, manager of Blijf Groep, which has been sheltering victims for nearly …

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