We are a small group of 3rd year students, from the International Bachelor in Psychology, about to graduate in summer with one university project to complete left. Leiden University has excluded us from this BA project because of a shortage of space in the course. That means that our graduation will forcedly be postponed and we students will have to pay for an extra semester of University, if not more.
Some of us do not have the financial ability to pay this amount, others just don't want to or have other plans after graduation. This is a problem affecting us all, as students should not be forced to attend university for an extra semester only because the system cannot guarantee enough capacity in a class. Students should not have to waste time on trying to receive the education that they have paid and enrolled for and therefore are entitled to. The majority of students get to finish their degree on time, while doing their theses on subjects of their preferences, while a small portion that was just unlucky because of technical and administrative problems during registration, will either end up in undesired projects, or worse and most likely, into no projects at all.
Leiden University takes pride in their international environment, and yet they do nothing to accommodate their students' needs but ,rather, they put us through unnecessary stress and anxiety than we already have due to final exams, and other life circumstances as young adults living in a foreign country by ourselves.
Every effort to build communication with the University has failed so far, as we keep being ignored and the administrators keep delaying giving us a final solution. With this petition we are trying to put pressure on Leiden University to provide us with the very basics and fundamentals, which are:
- Enough capacity in all the compulsory courses for anyone who desires to follow them and meets the criteria.
- Respect towards the students' needs and preferences.
Alexandropoulou Maria
Kustermann Christoph
Timmerman Pieter
*Reportedly, there are about 20 students on the waiting list for the BA project and we have requested their contact details in order to exert our right to protest as a group, however the administrator of the course has denied this request due to privacy reasons.
Updates
January 27, 2020
I honestly never expected five hundred people to care about this. You all are the ones who turned this into a real conversation instead of just one student's frustration.
Reached 500 supporters
January 25, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
January 24, 2020
January 24, 2020
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many of you have stepped up to support us. Getting near one hundred names is something I never thought possible when we first started this. If you can help us cross that mark today it would really show the university that we are not going anywhere.
January 23, 2020
Seeing nearly five hundred of you gather behind this has been completely overwhelming and I am truly stunned by the response. This momentum belongs entirely to you because I never imagined we would get this far on our own. Please find just one more person to join us today so we can reach that mark and show the university exactly how many of us are affected by this.
107 Comments
Supporting you all the way. Leiden University have a habit of doing this to Psychology students, forcing them into financial crisis due to poor administration.
It is unacceptable that Leiden University cannot offer a project to the student in the promised time frame. It is financially heavy, even impossible for some students, and is already causing negative implications for the future career plans students have after university.
As a former international student of Leiden University, I perfectly know what you are talking about. LU claims to be international friendly, but the truth is that international students are discriminated. I wish you good luck and strongly hope that you will find a solution to your problem.
Students that put effort, commitment, money should not be forced to extend their studies, because lack of space. This also prevents them from taking new opportunities in the labour market or PhD carreer.
I also haven’t been added to the project bachelor whilst I have done everything correctly and on time to be admitted. Thank you for this petition, this is inadmissible!
This is outrageous. Ambition comes after capability.
As an international student went through some administration troubles, hope things work out for you guys!
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We are a small group of 3rd year students, from the International Bachelor in Psychology, about to graduate in summer with one university project to complete left. Leiden University has excluded us from this BA project because of a shortage of space in the course. That means that our graduation will forcedly be postponed and we students will have to pay for an extra semester of University, if not more.
Some of us do not have the financial ability to pay this amount, others just don't want to or have other plans after graduation. This is a problem affecting us all, as students should not be forced to attend university for an extra semester only because the system cannot guarantee enough capacity in a class. Students should not have to waste time on trying to receive the education that they have paid and enrolled for and therefore are entitled to. The majority of students get to finish their degree on time, while doing their theses on subjects of their preferences, while a small portion that was just unlucky because of technical and administrative problems during registration, will either end up in undesired projects, or worse and most likely, into no projects at all.
Leiden University takes pride in their international environment, and yet they do nothing to accommodate their students' needs but ,rather, they put us through unnecessary stress and anxiety than we already have due to final exams, and other life circumstances as young adults living in a foreign country by ourselves.
Every effort to build communication with the University has failed so far, as we keep being ignored and the administrators keep delaying giving us a final solution. With this petition we are trying to put pressure on Leiden University to provide us with the very basics and fundamentals, which are:
- Enough capacity in all the compulsory courses for anyone who desires to follow them and meets the criteria.
- Respect towards the students' needs and preferences.
Alexandropoulou Maria
Kustermann Christoph
Timmerman Pieter
*Reportedly, there are about 20 students on the waiting list for the BA project and we have requested their contact details in order to exert our right to protest as a group, however the administrator of the course has denied this request due to privacy reasons.
Updates
January 27, 2020
I honestly never expected five hundred people to care about this. You all are the ones who turned this into a real conversation instead of just one student's frustration.
Reached 500 supporters
January 25, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
January 24, 2020
January 24, 2020
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many of you have stepped up to support us. Getting near one hundred names is something I never thought possible when we first started this. If you can help us cross that mark today it would really show the university that we are not going anywhere.
January 23, 2020
Seeing nearly five hundred of you gather behind this has been completely overwhelming and I am truly stunned by the response. This momentum belongs entirely to you because I never imagined we would get this far on our own. Please find just one more person to join us today so we can reach that mark and show the university exactly how many of us are affected by this.
107 Comments
This is ridiculous. The university should be able to provide the adequate educational support for the amount of students that they themselves allow to be part of the bachelor. I had a similar problem when signing up for my bachelor project. Good luck!
Supporting you all the way. Leiden University have a habit of doing this to Psychology students, forcing them into financial crisis due to poor administration.
It is unacceptable that Leiden University cannot offer a project to the student in the promised time frame. It is financially heavy, even impossible for some students, and is already causing negative implications for the future career plans students have after university.
As a former international student of Leiden University, I perfectly know what you are talking about. LU claims to be international friendly, but the truth is that international students are discriminated. I wish you good luck and strongly hope that you will find a solution to your problem.
Students that put effort, commitment, money should not be forced to extend their studies, because lack of space. This also prevents them from taking new opportunities in the labour market or PhD carreer.
I also haven’t been added to the project bachelor whilst I have done everything correctly and on time to be admitted. Thank you for this petition, this is inadmissible!
This is outrageous. Ambition comes after capability.
As an international student went through some administration troubles, hope things work out for you guys!
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This is ridiculous. The university should be able to provide the adequate educational support for the amount of students that they themselves allow to be part of the bachelor. I had a similar problem when signing up for my bachelor project. Good luck!