The Princess of Orange today at the pitch day of social initiatives for the fifth Growth Program of the Oranje Fonds and last week with her "colleagues" in the garden of the Orange Fund in Utrecht.
The Princess fills part of her gap year with an internship at the Oranje Fonds and volunteer work at other organizations. The gap year of the Princess of Orange is private. She therefore hopes that she can do this work in peace and seclusion.
"The Princess of Orange will start in September with the bachelor's degree in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (PPLE) at the University of Amsterdam.
The study has an application and selection procedure, which the Princess of Orange went through in its entirety last year.
She will live in Amsterdam in September.
The Princess's study time is considered private."
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Sounds like an inetersting degree.
Query why the Princess chose to study in Amsterdam and not further afield? This would have been a good opportunity to spend some time away.
The first time the heir is not studying in Leiden. But Amsterdam has changed so much these last decades and is now flooded with students who have well-to-do parents, as they are the only ones who can afford to rent a room.
The tuition fees are apparently double the normal fee. The study seems to be a bit of everything (and thus nothing?), which considering her future can actually be a perfect fit. The study is part of the Law faculty.
Quite a shock to go through the twitter comments & the number of nutters there. Talking about conspiracy theories & the WEF. I hope she will be able to enjoy her time in the city.
Quite a shock to go through the twitter comments & the number of nutters there. Talking about conspiracy theories & the WEF. I hope she will be able to enjoy her time in the city.
It would be a honour for the Senate of the Corps when the Princess of Orange would become the Rector, Quaestors or Assessor. But I doubt; there is a risk that -for an example- initialisation rites going terribly wrong.
The Senate is the general executive of some 35 fraternities and some 30 clubs, varying from a Students' Equestrian Club to a Students' Shooting Club. Violence or abuse in one fraternity or club will possibly hit the Senate in the face. At the other hand: having a seat in the Senate of the Corps will immensely help the Princess in networking, improvisation and practical responsibility.
In addition to focusing on the acquisition of academic knowledge and skills, the PPLE study programme also aims to foster students' personal learning and development. We tailored a course that revolves around topics that ultimately determine the quality of life, yet are not normally addressed in university. In a series of interactive workshops topics such as self-worth, decision making, but also more interpersonal topics such as friendship, death, and sexuality are covered.
Was any of the princes (van Amsburg of van Vollenhoven) in the previous generation a member of the Senate of their respective Corps?
She is already further afield than many would expect as she did not choose Leiden University. The Netherlannds has many high-ranking universities and friendships formed during university years (at the student unions - she will most likely join the 'corps' of Amsterdam - which is where the elite gather) are often for life, so it makes a lot of sense that she stays in the Netherlands. She would do herself a disservice if she would exclude herself from all of this.
In the past it has been suggested that she might do a Master's degree abroad but her Bachelor study was always expected to be in the Netherlands. People would probably have frowned upon a choice to study abroad - as if the Dutch universities aren't good enough....
Honestly I find that rather provincial. No one frowned upon the Duchess of Brabant or her cousins when they all chose to go to university in England. And I am pretty sure Belgium also has great universities ( In my field, for example, KUL has an excellent reputation).