Offered in 2021-2022

All groups will be offered entirely online ór entirely on location.

Compact weekly workshops (every two months)

These short 1-hour workshops form a series. If you want to improve your study skills, we recommend that you take them all, preferably in the order below. You register separately for each workshop.

• Smart reading skills (1 hour)
• How to process the study material (1 hour)
• Smart planning: the basics (1 hour)
• Tips for exams (1 hour)

Occasional workshops

• Jumpstart your thesis (2 x 2,5 hours)
• Smart planning: extended (2 hours)
• Study skills: the Dutch approach (2 hours)
• Studying at home: a challenge? (1 hour)
• Study motivation (1 hour)
• Tackling the books (2,5 hours)

Information sessions

• Studying with a disability (1 hour)
• Studying with a residence permit? (1 hour)
• Dealing with money: the basics (1 hour)

If you have a question about the workshops and training study skills or the information sessions, you can send an e-mail to student counsellor A.M.Rekers@uva.nl.

Other information

Studying from home has an impact on your focus, relaxation and concentration. For questions about studying at home, you can therefore visit uva.nl/studying-at-home. Here you will find tips and information about whom you can contact at the UvA if you have any questions or concerns about continuing your studies.

Do it yourself?

Read our popular tipsheets: tips for studying successfully.

Groups and workshops in Dutch

We also offer groups and trainings in Dutch for students who are Dutch or who have sufficient command of the Dutch language.