In today’s era of content abundance, lecturers in higher education have an endless supply of crossmedia materials they can present to students as learning materials. This confronts lecturers with the challenge to select those materials in such a way that they match both course topics and proficiency …

Students in higher professionals education are prepared for high level professional practice. To be able to fulfill their future roles, their educational programmes provide them interaction with professional knowledge, theoretical knowledge and professional practice. These types of interactions are presumed …

To ensure the proper education of “future proof” professionals, it is important that higher education institutions make strong connections between research and teaching. The combination of the institutional logics of research and teaching within the Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs) suggests that …

‘Entrepreneurship for Society’ is a new minor program at Amsterdam UAS, the Netherlands. Using the concept of the ‘Doughnut Economy’ by Kate Raworth as theoretical baseline, focus is on social entrepreneurship (SE). The curriculum is designed to foster transdisciplinary collaboration between students …

Er is nu veel meer vrijheid in energieland dan pakweg 20 jaar geleden; je kunt je eigen provider kiezen, je kunt energie terugleveren aan het net, je kunt zelfs een eigen energiebedrijf oprichten. De laatste jaren zijn lokale energieinitiatieven een trend, niet alleen in Nederland maar ook in naburige …

The swift enhancement of technology has affected the business environment while higher education alone no longer plays a definitive role in the employment process. To meet the emerging requirements of employers, individuals, specifically students, need to develop more entrepreneurial tendencies. The …

developing a governance framework

Het Amsterdams Experiment rondom de Bijstand In 2017 voldeed de gemeente Amsterdam niet aan alle voorwaarden van het Ministerie van VWS om aan te sluiten bij het landelijke experiment rondom de bijstand ihkv de Participatiewet. Amsterdam besloot haar eigen experiment op te zetten. Amsterdam telt circa …