One of the most important societal trends affecting our workplace and workforce in the following decade concerns the combination of a smaller number of younger workers relative to their older counterparts, and the current ‘early exit’ culture in Europe. Because of the staff shortages and possible knowledge …

In the fast-changing world of IT, relevant competencies are getting more important as these determine how successful you can function in practice. As a consequence, organizations are introducing competency frameworks like the European e-Competence Framework (e-CF, 2014) in their IT departments. However, …

Background Pre-hospital spinal immobilisation by emergency medical services (EMS) staff is currently the standard of care in cases of suspected spinal column injuries. There is, however, a lack of data on the characteristics of patients who received spinal immobilisation during the pre-hospital phase …

The use of data for adaptive, tailor-made education can be beneficial for students with learning difficulties. While evaluating the effects of a data-based decision-making (DBDM) intervention on student outcomes, considerable variation between intervention effects, ranging from high intervention effects …

This strategic sales report is realized by Thomas Vos, a student at the University of Applied Sciences in Leiden. On behalf of Metsens, a strategic sales report has been written in order to gain growth. Metsens’ target is to achieve a growth of 125% by conducting research aimed at the Metsens’ strategic …

This research was conducted on behalf of the education of ‘Management in Healthcare’ at the University of Applied Sciences Leiden. The study of ‘Management in Healthcare’ is an dual education that is intended for working healthcare professionals to a middle manager position in the healthcare and welfare …

According to several authors, such as Bunner-Sperdin and Peters (2009), Ogorman (2010) and Hokkeling and Mar (2012), hospitality can be defined as an interpersonal exchange, in which the host wants to give the best experience, whereby the physical, spiritual, emotional and social well-being of the patient …

Presentation during the session Preparing Academic Staff for the Internationalised Teaching and Learning Environment

Pre-conference workshop

The project ‘Exergaming for active healthy ageing and rehabilitation’ (EXACT) aims to develop a new generation exergames for the elderly to help them stay active in general and as an exercise tool in rehabilitation settings in particular. This is important because the elderly population is outgrowing …