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 A bit of instant messaging with friends or uploading photos to Facebook on the job? Not a problem, says the new generation of employees. According to research done by consultancy firm Accenture, they’re right, and employers have a lot to learn.
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 Following a week of protests in February and the ‘siege’ of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science last week, students keep crying for attention. This week, more student protests took place in various cities.
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 Foreign students and Dutch students appear not to mix a lot, according to research done by Maastricht University. One of the reasons is that foreign students don’t join student societies as often.
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 Schools that fall behind in adjusting their policy to disabled students could be closed down. A large majority of the Dutch parliament has voted in favour of this new law. Universities all over the Netherlands have been warned.
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 This week, Iranian students showed Saxion students and staff members how the Iranians celebrate New Year’s. They had organised an information stand and a lot of delicacies for everyone to try in the restaurant.
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 Rents for student housing have gone up by an average of 15 euros over the past year. With gas, water and electricity included, students are paying 356 euros a month for accommodation, according to Kamernet.nl.
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 So far this academic year, already more Saxion students have applied for European study and placements grants than the whole previous academic year. The popularity of these grants does come with a price: not all requests are granted. So far, only 60 % of all requests have been granted.
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 The Saxion expertise centre for health and technology welcomed a Vietnamese delegation from Hanoi, who will be our guests until March 18. The delegation consists of prominent staff members of the Ministry of Health, as well as a number of directors of schools in the field of healthcare.
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 Four Saxion students made it to the finals of the Miss Overijssel contest. They are Kim Schurink (21, Personeel & Arbeid Enschede), Maureen Onclin from Oldenzaal (22, Commerciële Economie Enschede), Kristel Paus from Weerselo (22, Saxion Next Deventer) and Carien Groeneveld from Enschede (Pabo Deventer).
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 The workshop ‘Train your brain and map your mind’ will be held in English for the first time. Now international students, too, can learn how to memorize better, learn faster, and try speed reading, or as the description of the course says “how can you achieve more with less effort and less anxiety?”
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