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Dear Esperians,

My name is Wouter Kroon and I will be Esperia’s Student Support this academic year. I am a third year Esperian and I am here if you have any kind of question! Think about housing in Groningen, living on your own, learning to study, the ongoings at a university, finding a job, documentation and administration from the (Dutch) authorities, insurances, healthcare, etc. You name it!
You can contact me by sending an email to studentsupport@svesperia.nl, or ask a board member for my phone number! Please note that I am not a trained professional, but just a student like you and I try to help as best I can based on my own personal experiences.

A small disclaimer: the Student Support is an advisory body and, therefore, is not responsible and cannot be held accountable for any consequences that might arise from your issue.

The University of Groningen offers a lot of useful information on their website about things you need to arrange when studying in the Netherlands and life in Groningen in general.

If you have any question regarding the study programme of ELC you can contact the following people: 

The website of the municipality of Groningen provides you with some general information about housing. 

Linked below are some website on which you can find offers for student rooms:

International Housing Websites:

 Find information about housing allowances on the website of the government of The Netherlands here.

Have your administration in order with these useful links:

Other things that are good to know:

Meet Wake Up Student Psychology & Coaching.
Student life could be fun but challenging at the same time. The Student Psychologists (NIP®) at Wake
Up Student offer psychological guidance and coaching for students aimed at common challenges:
✔ Psychological complaints
✔ Study choice to career guidance
✔ Effective study habits
✔ Balancing study and daily student life
Make an appointment for personal psychological guidance and coaching via www.wakeupstudent.nl or
send an e-mail to info@wakeupstudent.nl. As a member of your association, you are entitled to a
free first consultation. Contact us and we’ll set you up for a free first consultation within a week with
one of our Student Psychologists!

Digital Detox (part 2): How to make this New Year’s resolution come true!

New Year’s Eve is the time when you think: this year I’m going to decrease the time I spend on my phone. And yet… on January 2, you’re already on TikTok watching someone quietly copy study notes. This happens because when we become addicted to something, our relationship with it becomes cloudy. You think you’re choosing, but most of the time your thumb chooses for you.

Changing this behavior is made difficult because your phone is everywhere: during class, on the train, next to your bed, on the toilet.. It is the easiest escape. Cal Newport, the author of Digital Minimalism, says that you can only make conscious choices if you stop for a moment. Not because technology is bad, but because otherwise you get stuck in reflexes. That’s why a digital detox helps: you create distance so that you feel what you actually want again, instead of what you do automatically (read more about this “autopilot” in our first blog about Digital Detox).

 
Click the link to read more; 
 

The Student Service Centre (SSC) is the center of expertise in the field of student counseling at the University of Groningen. The SSC employs student deans, psychologists and trainers to help students with their studies in various areas. Among other things, the SSC offers RUG students support with:

Study skills
Study delay
Psychological complaints
Studying with a disability
Financial matters
Laws and regulations

For more information, check their website.

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