University College Student Representatives of the Netherlands (UCSRN)

The UCSRN – University College Student Representatives of the Netherlands – is the national student representative body for the 4500+ students from 10 University Colleges across the Netherlands and was founded in medio 2015. The UCSRN is a platform for collaboration and co-operation between the different student associations and academic councils of all the University College(UC) in the Netherlands: UCUtrecht, AmsterdamUC, ErasmusUC, LeidenUC, UCMaastricht, UCRoosevelt, UCTilburg, UCTwente, UCGroningen and UCFryslan. Mainly, we stimulate interaction by organizing events for UC students. In the past, the UCSRN has hosted "Dean's Debate" - in which all deans of University Colleges participated, conferences, seminars and fairs. Besides the organizing of events, the UCSRN has also been responsible for the annual UCSRN Tournament, in which students from all UCs compete in sports, arts and more to get a chance at winning the UCSRN Trophy. Additionally, we organise the UCSRN Spotlight. Here, students got a platform to show their talents and connect like-minded people. As an educational association, the UCSRN also strives to formally represent the voice of University College students, which we hope will be achieved by setting up a lobby towards educational institutions. Furthermore, the UCSRN aims to stimulate the exchange of ideas and experiences among students representatives. The complete UCSRN structure consists of 6 different bodies: the Executive Board (EB), the Academic Committee (AC) , the Social Committee (SC), the Advisory Body (AB), the Independent Body (IB) and the General Assembly (GA). The SC and AC Board consists out of 1 representative of every University College: one from the UC's association and one from its student council respectively. The EB consists out of a Chair, a Secretary, a Treasurer, an Academic Committee Chair and a Social Committee Chair.