You have a complaint.
Your complaint may have to do with:
• Our VU-NT2 service: you are dissatisfied with the quality of the service provided, for example a lesson, course, masterclass, training course, product or assessment.
• A VU-NT2 employee’s conduct or acts: you are dissatisfied with how you were treated by a teacher, a course administration employee or another VU employee.
What should you do?
If you have a complaint about our services, please talk to your teacher, the course administration, or the NT2 Academy, NT2 Professional or NT2 Expert coordinator first. If you’re unable to resolve the issue, then you can submit a formal complaint using the complaints form (see below). Does your complaint involve intimidating or aggressive behaviour from VU employees or fellow students, are you being discriminated against or have you experienced sexual harassment, and have you been unable to resolve the situation with help from the coordinator? Then please fill in the complaints form and send it directly to one of our VU confidential counsellors.
Complaints form
You can request a digital complaints form by sending an e-mail to the VU-NT2 course administration: vu-nt2@vu.nl. Always include your full name and contact information or we will not be able to process your complaint.
The procedure is as follows:
• You will receive a confirmation of your complaint within two working days by e-mail. Your complaint will be registered.
• Your complaint will be handled confidentially by the independent complaints committee.
• If you have a complaint related to an assessment, it is only possible to review the procedure that was followed. It is not possible to lodge a complaint against the
substantive assessment.
• Within two weeks of receipt, you will receive an e-mail including a substantive assessment of the complaint and a proposal for a solution, or a decision rejecting the complaint. If the two-week deadline is not feasible, you will be informed in a timely manner. Complaints should take no more than six weeks to process.
• The decision made by the complaints committee is binding.
• If you are a participant in a civic integration programme and your complaint has not been handled satisfactorily then please contact the Blik op Werk complaints hotline directly. If the complaint has still not been settled satisfactorily please contact the Arbitration Board for Civic Integration at Blik op Werk.