For decades, Scandinavian culture effectively prohibited the development of special provisions for talented students in higher education. However, in recent years, a cultural shift has gradually made more room for excellence and talent development in the national discourses. This paper analyzes the climate …

Poster presentation International Honours Conference, Utrecht. July 14th 2016

Standing out or fitting in: Understanding how honors students behave in collaboration with regular students. Paper at The Higher Education Conference, Amsterdam, July 14th 2016.

Sinds de val van Lehman Brothers in 2008 zijn studenten niet meer zeker van een baan na het behalen van een hbo-diploma. Vroeger stonden de werkgevers in de rij voor de net afgestudeerde bachelorstudenten, maar tegenwoordig is alleen een diploma niet meer genoeg. Young professionals moeten het verschil …

Honors in Europe: getting to work.Utrecht Honours Conference 2016: Honours Futures, Utrecht, June 2-3. Set up: Presentation of brochure ‘Honors in Europe: getting to work’ by authors. Discussion on three topics, starting by an example. Goal: facilitating exchange of good practices and lessons learned …

Poster presentation at Honours Conference 2016: Honours Futures, Utrecht, June 2-3.

Discussions during International Honours Congress Utrecht, Utrecht. 2-3 June 2016. In this session we focused on honours students’ needs for autonomy. What do students want, expect and need from their teachers and what are the teachers’ views concerning this subject. The aim of this session is that both …

Honours futures. Keynote at Honours Conference 2016: Honours Futures, Utrecht, June 2-3. Talent development and networking: vision for a European future.

The Hanze University Groningen offers more than 60 different honours programmes for students who want to do more than the regular programme offers them. In these programmes, students are guided to become an excellent professional. Competencies defining an excellent professional were assessed in a previous …

A research-based honours course for global citizenship.Workshop at the Honors Faculty Institute in Groningen, on May 31st 2016.