diff --git a/frontend/components/StudentSidebar.tsx b/frontend/components/StudentSidebar.tsx
index 501de44ec..329c18660 100644
--- a/frontend/components/StudentSidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/StudentSidebar.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ type StudentsSidebarProps = {
   setError: (error: string) => void;
   refresh: [boolean, boolean];
   setRefresh: (refresh: [boolean, boolean]) => void;
+  setStudentBase: (studentBase: StudentBase) => void;
+  studentBase: StudentBase;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ async function searchStudent(
   // Fallback for no status selected
   if (!getStatusFilterList(studentSearchParameters)) {
     const newState = { ...state };
-    newState.page = state.page + 1;
+    newState.page = 0;
     newState.hasMoreItems = false;
     newState.loading = false;
     setState(newState);
@@ -143,6 +145,8 @@ const StudentSidebar: React.FC<StudentsSidebarProps> = ({
   setError,
   refresh,
   setRefresh,
+  setStudentBase,
+  studentBase,
 }: StudentsSidebarProps) => {
   const router = useRouter();
   const [showFilter, setShowFilter] = useState(true);
@@ -238,7 +242,7 @@ const StudentSidebar: React.FC<StudentsSidebarProps> = ({
       state.pageSize = prevPageSize;
       setRefresh([false, refresh[1]]);
     }
-  }, [refresh[0]]);
+  }, [refresh]);
 
   /**
    * Call to refresh students list from page 0 with current filters applied
@@ -601,7 +605,12 @@ const StudentSidebar: React.FC<StudentsSidebarProps> = ({
           <FlatList
             list={students}
             renderItem={(student: StudentBase) => (
-              <StudentTile key={student.id} student={student} />
+              <StudentTile
+                key={student.id}
+                student={student}
+                setStudentBase={setStudentBase}
+                studentBase={studentBase}
+              />
             )}
             renderWhenEmpty={showBlank} // let user know if initial data is loading or there is no data to show
             hasMoreItems={state.hasMoreItems}
diff --git a/frontend/components/student/StudentHolder.tsx b/frontend/components/student/StudentHolder.tsx
index 3254cdc5f..9ed402fc9 100644
--- a/frontend/components/student/StudentHolder.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/student/StudentHolder.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
 import { ItemTypes, Student, StudentBase } from '../../lib/types';
 import { useDrop } from 'react-dnd';
 import StudentView from './StudentView';
 
 type StudentHolderProp = {
   setRefresh: (refresh: [boolean, boolean]) => void;
+  studentBase: StudentBase;
+  setStudentBase: (studentBase: StudentBase) => void;
 };
 
 const StudentHolder: React.FC<StudentHolderProp> = ({
   setRefresh,
+  studentBase,
+  setStudentBase,
 }: StudentHolderProp) => {
-  const [studentBase, setStudentBase] = useState({} as StudentBase);
   /**
    * This catches the dropped studentTile
    * The studentTile passes its student as the DragObject to this function on drop
@@ -41,7 +43,11 @@ const StudentHolder: React.FC<StudentHolderProp> = ({
       {/* hold the student information, only load this if an actual studentBase object exists */}
       {/* studentBase.id is used to check if this is an actual object or just an empty dummy */}
       {studentBase.id && (
-        <StudentView studentInput={studentBase} setRefresh={setRefresh} />
+        <StudentView
+          studentInput={studentBase}
+          setRefresh={setRefresh}
+          setOriginalStudentBase={setStudentBase}
+        />
       )}
     </section>
   );
diff --git a/frontend/components/student/StudentView.tsx b/frontend/components/student/StudentView.tsx
index 331f9cdc6..1f336c6e3 100644
--- a/frontend/components/student/StudentView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/student/StudentView.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const x_mark = <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faXmark} />;
 type StudentViewProp = {
   studentInput: StudentBase;
   setRefresh: (refresh: [boolean, boolean]) => void;
+  setOriginalStudentBase: (originalStudentBase: StudentBase) => void;
 };
 
 type StatusSuggestionProp = {
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@ async function setStudentSuggestion(
     )
     .then(() => {
       reloadStudent(studentId, setStudentBase, signal, setError, router);
-      setRefresh([true, true]);
     })
     .catch((err) => {
       parseError(err, setError, signal, router);
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ async function getEntireStudent(
 const StudentView: React.FC<StudentViewProp> = ({
   studentInput,
   setRefresh,
+  setOriginalStudentBase,
 }: StudentViewProp) => {
   const [user] = useUser();
   // Needed to reload student when a suggestion is done or status is changed
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ const StudentView: React.FC<StudentViewProp> = ({
     const signal = controller.signal;
     // This is a safety check, not really needed right now but it avoids accidents
     if (studentBase.id !== undefined) {
+      setOriginalStudentBase(studentBase);
       setStatus({ value: '', label: studentBase.status } as {
         value: string;
         label: string;
diff --git a/frontend/components/students/StudentTile.tsx b/frontend/components/students/StudentTile.tsx
index 4b0747110..c09e96631 100644
--- a/frontend/components/students/StudentTile.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/students/StudentTile.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ const tilde_mark = <Icon icon="mdi:tilde" />;
  */
 type StudentProp = {
   student: StudentBase;
+  setStudentBase: (studentBase: StudentBase) => void;
+  studentBase: StudentBase;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -82,14 +84,22 @@ async function getEntireStudent(
 /**
  * This creates the tiles show in the StudentSidebar
  * @param student - The student whose information should be shown
+ * @param setStudentBase - callback to set studentBase object from dragndrop
+ * @param studentBase - object
  */
-const StudentTile: React.FC<StudentProp> = ({ student }: StudentProp) => {
+const StudentTile: React.FC<StudentProp> = ({
+  student,
+  setStudentBase,
+  studentBase,
+}: StudentProp) => {
   // Need to set a project with all keys present to avoid the render code throwing undefined errors
   const [myStudent, setMyStudent]: [Student, (myStudent: Student) => void] =
     useState(convertStudentBase(student) as Student); // using different names to avoid confusion
 
-  const [myStudentBase]: [StudentBase, (myStudentBase: StudentBase) => void] =
-    useState(student as StudentBase);
+  const [myStudentBase, setMyStudentBase]: [
+    StudentBase,
+    (myStudentBase: StudentBase) => void
+  ] = useState(student as StudentBase);
 
   // TODO find a place to actually show this error
   const [, setError]: [string, (error: string) => void] = useState('');
@@ -97,6 +107,12 @@ const StudentTile: React.FC<StudentProp> = ({ student }: StudentProp) => {
   useAxiosAuth();
   let controller = new AbortController();
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (studentBase.id == student.id) {
+      setMyStudentBase(studentBase);
+    }
+  }, [studentBase, student]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     controller.abort();
     controller = new AbortController();
@@ -111,16 +127,23 @@ const StudentTile: React.FC<StudentProp> = ({ student }: StudentProp) => {
     };
   }, [myStudentBase]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const newSuggestionCount = {} as statusSuggestionStatusToNumberDict;
+    myStudent.statusSuggestions.forEach((suggestion) => {
+      newSuggestionCount[suggestion.status] =
+        newSuggestionCount[suggestion.status] + 1 || 1;
+    });
+    setSuggestionCounts(newSuggestionCount);
+  }, [myStudent]);
+
   /**
    * This counts the different status suggestions to create the pie chart
    * The dict is empty without default values so when using suggestionCounts
    * you should add '|| 0' to avoid getting an undefined error
    */
-  const suggestionCounts = {} as statusSuggestionStatusToNumberDict;
-  myStudent.statusSuggestions.forEach((suggestion) => {
-    suggestionCounts[suggestion.status] =
-      suggestionCounts[suggestion.status] + 1 || 1;
-  });
+  const [suggestionCounts, setSuggestionCounts] = useState(
+    {} as statusSuggestionStatusToNumberDict
+  );
 
   /**
    * This hook allows dragging the StudentTile
@@ -139,7 +162,7 @@ const StudentTile: React.FC<StudentProp> = ({ student }: StudentProp) => {
 
   return (
     // TODO add a chevron dropdown to show possible roles, student coach, ...
-    <div ref={drag} key={student.id}>
+    <div ref={drag} key={student.id} onClick={() => setStudentBase(student)}>
       <div
         className={`my-4 mx-1 flex flex-row justify-between p-2 opacity-100 shadow-sm shadow-gray-500`}
       >
diff --git a/frontend/pages/[editionName]/projects.tsx b/frontend/pages/[editionName]/projects.tsx
index de49b9e83..c4c786ffa 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/[editionName]/projects.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/[editionName]/projects.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import { Icon } from '@iconify/react';
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import { faMagnifyingGlass } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { ProjectBase, ProjectData, UserRole } from '../../lib/types';
+import {
+  ProjectBase,
+  ProjectData,
+  StudentBase,
+  UserRole,
+} from '../../lib/types';
 import { axiosAuthenticated } from '../../lib/axios';
 import Endpoints from '../../lib/endpoints';
 import useAxiosAuth from '../../hooks/useAxiosAuth';
@@ -250,6 +255,8 @@ const Projects: NextPage = () => {
                 setError={setError}
                 refresh={refreshStudents}
                 setRefresh={setRefreshStudents}
+                setStudentBase={() => null}
+                studentBase={{} as StudentBase}
               />
             </section>
 
diff --git a/frontend/pages/[editionName]/students.tsx b/frontend/pages/[editionName]/students.tsx
index 1de24d17a..adcbcd4a4 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/[editionName]/students.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/[editionName]/students.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Header from '../../components/Header';
 import StudentSidebar from '../../components/StudentSidebar';
 import { Icon } from '@iconify/react';
 import { useState } from 'react';
-import { UserRole } from '../../lib/types';
+import { StudentBase, UserRole } from '../../lib/types';
 import { HTML5Backend } from 'react-dnd-html5-backend';
 import { DndProvider } from 'react-dnd';
 import useAxiosAuth from '../../hooks/useAxiosAuth';
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const arrow_in = <Icon icon="bi:arrow-left-circle" />;
 const Students: NextPage = () => {
   // Used to hide / show the students sidebar on screen width below 768px
   const [showSidebar, setShowSidebar] = useState(false);
+  const [studentBase, setStudentBase] = useState({} as StudentBase);
   const [refreshStudents, setRefreshStudents] = useState([false, true] as [
     boolean,
     boolean
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ const Students: NextPage = () => {
                 setError={setError}
                 refresh={refreshStudents}
                 setRefresh={setRefreshStudents}
+                setStudentBase={setStudentBase}
+                studentBase={studentBase}
               />
             </section>
 
@@ -78,7 +81,11 @@ const Students: NextPage = () => {
 
               {/* This contains the actual student info */}
               <div>
-                <StudentHolder setRefresh={setRefreshStudents} />
+                <StudentHolder
+                  setRefresh={setRefreshStudents}
+                  studentBase={studentBase}
+                  setStudentBase={setStudentBase}
+                />
               </div>
             </section>
           </main>