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Counsellors in Leeuwarden

As a student, you can confidentially approach a student counsellor with any matters related to your studies, study path, personal questions and problems.

Study support

Open days

  • Online Open Day

    19 March

  • Online Open Day

    4 June

Counsellors in Leeuwarden

Student krijgt studentbegeleiding van een studentendecaan in mediatheek

Open days

As a student, you can confidentially approach a student counsellor with any matters related to your studies, study path, personal questions and problems.

Study support

Student counsellors can help you

Many things will change when you become a student: you may live in lodgings, you will make new friends, you will have to study independently; in short, you will have to personally arrange your life to an ever greater extent. This will generally work out fine, but sometimes you could use a little help.

How does it work

How does it work

A student counsellor provides information, advice, and guidance. This is done in a one-on-one conversation. As a confidential advisor, the student counsellor has a duty of confidentiality.

Subjects and questions

Subjects and questions

You can receive information, advice, guidance, or a second opinion on questions and problems related to the following topics:

  • Arranging (exam) provisions due to a disability/support need
  • Reporting any special circumstances in case of binding study advice
  • In case of doubt about study choice, lack of motivation, possible change of study, or study delay
  • Reporting illness, a disability, and other personal circumstances
  • Information about student financing, laws and regulations, education and examination regulations, complaints, BSA

In any case, go to the dean for:

  • Reporting special circumstances causing study delay
  • Applications for financial support for students
  • Advice on referrals for psychosocial problems
  • Advice on education in case of illness and disability
Make an appointment

Make an appointment

Student counsellors


The student counsellors in Leeuwarden are Tjitske Keidel, Tine de Jong und Patrick Vandermeiren (see contact details).

Make an appointment?


Students preferably make an appointment via the service point. Students can also contact one of the student counsellors directly.

Walk-in consulting hours


You can find us in F1.13, and on Mondays, you can drop by without an appointment between 12:00-13:00.

Contact details

Contact details

Tjitske Keidel

058 2846422
(available on Monday)
tjitske.keidel@hvhl.nl

Tine de Jong

058 284 64 08
(available on Tuesday and Wednesday)
tine.dejong@hvhl.nl

Patrick Vandermeiren

058 2846299
(available on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
patrick.vandermeiren@hvhl.nl

All about Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences

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Study in Leeuwarden

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