Do you want to enroll at Han Unviersity in February?

Do you have an undergraduate qualification in a business-related subject? Do you wish to increase your understanding of the challenging business world? If so, the Master of International Business (MIB) programme of Arnhem Business School is the best option for you.

The Master of International Business is a fully recognised 12-15 month full-time programme, consisting of two taught semesters and a dissertation. Students who successfully complete all courses on the programme will be awarded a (professional) Master’s degree of International Business (MIB). The programme starts at February and September in Arnhem. Study programme costs 9,000 euro.

Need more info? See  Arnhem Business School

• England: Complaints are 'mishandled'

Jessica Shepherd reports : A refusal to offer an 'unbiased' review of student complaints is causing concern. Some universities are mishandling student complaints about academics, the ombudsman for the sector has found.

The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education is concerned that too often institutions refuse to provide an independent and unbiased panel to hear a student's appeal. Some university appeals procedures also failed to provide students with the reasons why an appeal was unsuccessful.

Its head, Baroness Ruth Deech, said this was partly because students and their parents were more determined than ever to obtain value for money with the introduction of tuition fees. The ombudsman dealt with 350 eligible complaints in 2005, more than a third of which were upheld.

The highest number of complaints, making up 43% of the total, were from students who believed that they deserved higher marks for exams or for their degree or had been unfairly treated in an appeal on this issue. Read:  Eurogates.Forum

• The  Netherlands: Master Business Administration program in Amsterdam

An MBA is the key qualification for managers to advance their careers. However, what you learn when obtaining your MBA is as important as the qualification itself. An MBA must cover a wide range of subjects in a limited time. Some MBAs take the easy option and deliver the minimum. We do not. We believe our graduates should have a sound understanding of the subjects they have studied.

Our courses are stimulating and demanding and comply fully with the specification of an MBA as defined by EQUIS and AMBA. Our programme is designed to incorporate three main factors: rigour, relevance and reliability.

It is difficult to teach a multi-disciplinary course such as an MBA without each element becoming simplistic. This does you no good. Practicalities differ across industry, geography and time. You have to understand, and therefore be able to adapt to change, and, indeed, you need to understand change itself.  Read:  Eurogates.Forum

• Holland ranked 15th happiest country

Belgians are listed 28th in a new study ranking the world's populations in terms of happiness. The study indicated the Danish are the world's happiest people, followed by Switzerland and Austria, ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.  The University of Leicester study also revealed that three of Belgium's neighbours were ranked lower on the 'World Chart of Happiness'.

The UK was ranked 41st, Germany 35th and France 62nd. Luxembourg and the Netherlands scored better and were ranked 12th and 15th respectively. The US was ranked 23rd, Japan 90th, India 125th and Russia 167th. At the bottom of the 178 studied nations were the African countries Zimbabwe and Burundi.  Read:  Eurogates.Forum

• The Netherlands: Tilburg University stimulates student to learn languages

From August 2006, every student at Tilburg University will receive twelve language vouchers. Each voucher will be worth one ECTS credit. Using these vouchers, students can take an average of two language courses at the Language Centre during their studies. Students who want to take more language courses will have to pay for these.

Students can use a language voucher to take a language course at the Language Centre that isn't a compulsory part of the curriculum. However, the vouchers do not offer a guarantee of admission to language courses: full is full. Nonetheless, the system is meant to reduce the former waiting lists - about 150 students every semester - for language programmes.

"For some students, signing up for a language programme was free of obligation: students frequently didn't show up, as a result of which other students missed their chance." By introducing the vouchers, the Language Centre forces students to realise the consequences of their choices. "Now students will think twice before spending a voucher", says head of the Language Centre, Guust Meijers.   Read:  Eurogates.Forum

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