Providing informal care can be quite challenging. There are various people at VU Amsterdam who can help you find a way to effectively combine caregiving with your studies.
Are you taking care of a relative who is suffering from a physical or mental condition? Then you can request a confidential meeting with the academic advisor for your study programme. The academic advisor can help you come up with strategies to manage your studies as effectively as possible. The student psychologist can help you if you are concerned about the mental pressures that can come with being an informal caregiver.
If you to need more time to complete your degree programme due to your caregiving duties and you receive Dutch study financing from DUO, the student counsellor can discuss with you the possibility of requesting an extension of DUO’s graduation deadli