Covid-19 impact on students’ finance in Germany and the Netherlands

The group of young researchers Hedwig Bartels, Patrick Frühwein, Julia van de Kreeke and Pinar Sahin has performed this research for the EU Education Committee to show outcomes and give recommendations about the consequences of Covid-19 on students ́ finances in Germany and the Netherlands.
Recognition is given to Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences in Velp, Gelderland, the Netherlands, where all four researchers have received in-person and online education about qualitative and quantitative research in the past.
Further thanks are directed to the following persons:

• Monique Heger has supervised the group and has given feedback about content and ideas in coaching sessions.
• Pleun van Arensbergen has educated the group in lectures about quantitative research in the current study term and qualitative research in the same term of the previous study year.
• Reena Dhaliwal Bakker has offered her knowledge about professional English language and writing styles in coaching sessions.
• Ilse van Grevenhof has given in-person and online lectures about using the SPSS software to the researchers.

A further note of gratitude is directed to the 264 students who filled in the online survey, without which the research would not have been possible.

Covid-19 impact on students’ finance in Germany and the Netherlands