Abstract (165) European policy makers consider higher education essential for the development of high-level employable professionals but who is responsible for ensuring that Europe has the professionals that it needs. In this article, we examine how policy from three European countries – the Netherlands, …

Opening keynote for the national Finnish Open Science Autumn Conference; 7-8 December 2020

Hoofdstuk in het Liber Amoricum bij het afscheid van Huib de Jong als voorzitter van het college van bestuur van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam op 8 oktober 2020.

Maak onderscheid tussen practici en academici die - al naargelang hun focus op beroep of discipline - kunnen promoveren aan hogeschool of universiteit, betoogde Didi Griffioen eind 2019 in Th&ma. Nee, zegt Hans Daale, Nederlandse hogescholen moeten 'professioneel promoveren' inbedden in de universitaire …

New universities on the European mainland were mostly teaching oriented until the start of this century. Current national and local management intends to better connect research and teaching through the increase of lecturers' research capacity, often defined through their master's degrees or PhDs. However, …

Integrating professional research into higher education is supposed to intellectually benefit students. However, the literature suggests that students in different academic disciplines experience differing research opportunities. Previous studies have shown how junior students of natural sciences have …

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 …

Most higher education alumni work in professional fields, making higher education responsible for the provision of high-quality professionalism throughout society. However, higher education does not yet fulfil its role as a provider of methodologies for the renewal of professionalism. In this lecture, …

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 …