Lars Review of Saxion Hogescholen
The education is pretty average. It's neither insa...
The education is pretty average. It's neither insanely poor, nor outstandingly up-to-date. By itself, some programs would deserve 2,5/5 stars.
I cannot agree with others who state that the architecture of the buildings is "beautiful". It's just ugly concrete and poorly planned. The campus is spread over the city. Students and teachers sometimes have to go from one building to the next in short amount of times and since it's the Netherlands there is a very good chance that there will be rain. Food choices are quite broad at the cafeteria but it's nothing special. I've had better at other universities.
What did strike me the most was the bureaucratic terror regime that is brought upon students AND teachers by the sheer incompetence of the administrative personal. While some are okay, others are uncooperative, unmotivated, pushy and even malevolently using the bureaucratic system against students and teachers.
Finally, I'd like to point out that this campus, and thus by extension also the administration, seems very concerned with their public image. Indeed, many organisations and expositions are held around themes as "inequality" (understand inequality of outcome), "injustice" and the wage and post-modern concept of "social justice". I wonder where all the money, money that serves to propagate the ideological agenda of previously said people.
The place seems to be run, or at least infiltrated, by too many extreme left ideologues advancing their own agenda.This is of course the last thing you want in an "university" (saxion is not a university but a college at best, university is not a protected term) since it should be a place where seeking the truth should be the priority of teachers and students alike.
If you want an average education, you might want to consider this place. This may depend on which department organizes the curriculum. If you aspire to excellency, you will have to find some better place.
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