Extra Opportunities

Extra opportunities for honours students

• Summer schools

  Netherlands-Asia Honours Summer School (NAHSS)

  This summer school gives you the chance to gain knowledge on China and includes a trip to Singapore, to do a consultancy project, lectures and a summer school in the Netherlands. For more information, visit the NAHSS website.

  NWIB Summer school 2022: two weeks in Rome or Athens

  During this summer school you research urban heritage in Athens or Rome, together with other students and in collaboration with Nederlandse Wetenschappelijke Instituten in het Buitenland (NWIB). 

  Want to know more? Read more about the NWIB Zomerschool here (available to Dutch speaking students only).

  VU Amsterdam Summer School

  VU Amsterdam Summer school offers courses that are interactive and small-scale. As an honours student, it is possible to participate in this summer school and earn study credits that count towards the interdepartmental part of your Honours Programme. Please send an e-mail to honours@vu.nl, to request participation in VU Amsterdam Summer School and to request for the credits to count towards your Honours Programme. Please be aware that the VU Amsterdam Summer School is not free of charge.

  Read more about VU Amsterdam Summer School here.

  Roche Continents

  Roche Continents brings together 60 students from European universities to challenge the boundaries of their thinking around science, art and innovation. Read more about Roche Continents here.

• Jobs, internships, scholarships and other opportunities

  Whenever we become aware of an opportunity for honours students (e.g. a job or internship), we inform you through an announcement on Canvas (VU Honours Community Canvas page).

  Usually, the Amsterdam Honours Student Council and Extensus also provide such opportunities on their social media, so keep an eye on those! You can find the social media links on their webpages (Extensus and AHSC).

• Having a say in the VU Honours Programme

  Do you know of ways to improve the VU Honours Programme? Do you want to play a more formal role and work on the quality of our programme? Your feedback matters! There are several opportunities you can explore:

  Join the Honours Evaluation Committee

  The Honours Evaluation Committee consists of students and lecturers and evaluates the results of the interdepartmental honours course evaluations. They then advise the VU Honours Committee, which decides whether an honours course is continued (in an adjusted form) or discontinued. Do you want to become a member of the Evaluation Committee? Send an e-mail to honours@vu.nl!

  Join the Sounding Board

  The Sounding Board consists of honours students and provides feedback on the diversity of the choice of interdepartmental courses, the level of challenge and the nature of the courses. The board meets up twice or three times a year, looks at initial course proposals and gathers new ideas on the thematic diversity, assessment methods being used and the opportunities being offered for personal development. Do you want to join the Sounding Board? Send an e-mail to honours@vu.nl!

  Become a Student Representative

  Each faculty has their own Faculty Honours Student Representative. They are responsible for keeping in touch with honours students and the honours coordinator of their faculty, but also work on promoting the Honours Programme and preserving its quality by forming a bridge between students and policy makers.

  Does this sound like you? Then become a representative! New FHSR's are recruited every year. Read more about it here.

  Annual survey AHSC

  The AHSC hosts an annual survey through which you can provide feedback. 

  Get in touch

  Do you want to give input, think along with or otherwise provide feedback about the quality of the Honours Programme? Great! You can always send an e-mail to the Amsterdam Honours Student Council (AHSC; honoursstudentcouncil@gmail.com) to express your opinion or address concerns.