De klassieke bibliotheek begint ouderwets te worden en moet zich vernieuwen. Daarbij zal ze zich moeten richten op de groep die het minst snel lid wordt van de Bibliotheek Utrecht en daardoor de ‘probleemgroep’ vormt, de leeftijdsgroep 18 tot 35. De missie van de bibliotheek is een laagdrempelige toegangspoort tot …

This paper will detail an ethnographic research that has been conducted into the practice of ‘Music for Life’, managed by Wigmore Hall in London. The aim is creating interactive music workshops for people with dementia and there carers as a group in residential care homes. Throughout one eight-week project …

Presentation on the research strand 'Healthy Ageing through Music and th Arts' of the research group 'Lifelong Learning in Music'. Presents the rationale behind the research strand as well as several individual projects.

Draft research proposal; 20 JAN 2013. Preliminary proposal for a 3 (max 4) year research project leading to a PhD. In preparation for the WION workshops on Advanced Purchasing Research and to be worked out in more detail as a PhD research proposal before MAY 2013. The research objective is to find out: …

The KPN group is a major international telecom and IT company in the Benelux. KPN introduced The New Way of Working (TNWW) in 2008 in its organisation. As a result of TNWW, employees at KPN can be found in different primary office locations, even though they have to work together. To make sure employees …

The Research Group International Cooperation investigates the acquisition of international competencies by internships or study abroad, the international competencies of lecturers, the needs and demands for international competencies of alumni and employers and which factors are important to attract …

In de praktijk van de bij De Borg, VOBC en Landelijk Kenniscentrum LVB aangesloten instellingen is een basis gelegd voor een gespecialiseerd behandelaanbod. In dit kader werken zij sinds 2008 in het consortium Coping LVB nauw samen met de universiteiten van Utrecht en Tilburg. De uitkomsten van dit …

De rol van de schoolleiders mag niet onderschat worden. Netwerkleren leidt, als het goed is, tot allerlei initiatieven van leraren. Een kenmerk van die initiatieven is dat ze nieuw zijn, en daardoor vaak afwijken van wat ‘normaal’ is. Dat is logisch, en in zekere zin ook de bedoeling. Als je de creativiteit …

This paper describes the approach used to identify elderly people’s needs and attitudes towards applying ambient sensor systems for monitoring daily activities in the home. As elderly are typically unfamiliar with such ambient technology, interactive tools for explicating sensor monitoring –an interactive …

More and more local bottom-up energy initiatives are emerging. Those involved encounter many barriers during the realization of their ideas. As the generation of renewable energy is mostly included, these local initiatives contribute to the targets set at regional, national & EU level. At the same time, …