Purpose Honours programs prepare talented students to become future excellent professionals . However, competences defining an excellent professional have not been elucidated yet. We investigated how professionals characterize an excellent communication professional, aiming to develop a competence profile …

Professional higher education is expected to educate large numbers of students to become innovative professionals within a time frame of three or four years. A mission impossible? Not necessarily, according to Henriëtta Joosten who is a philosopher as well as a teacher. She uses the experimental, liberating, …

The ideology of inclusive education signifies that every child should be able to attend a regular school, unless there are insoluble barriers which make this impossible. This principle is voiced in treaties such as the Salamanca Statement and the No Child Left Behind Act. Accordingly, many countries …

Honours in a networked society. Presentatie, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Afsluiting leergang "A road to Excellence", Groningen, 19 juni 2014. Leergang voor honoursdocenten.

Clusters are the magic answer to regional economic development. Firms in clusters are more innovative; cluster policy dominates EU policy; ‘top-sectors’ and excellence are the choice of national policy makers; clusters are ‘in’. But, clusters are complex, clusters are ‘messy’; there is no clear logic …

Bringing excellence profiles into an honours curriculum. Presentation International Honors Conference Evoking Professional Excellence in Higher Education, Rotterdam, oktober 2013.

International learning community with the label of honours professional. Presentatie, Honours Conference, Hogeschool van Rotterdam. Rotterdam, 3 oktober.

De samenleving verandert voortdurend en steeds sneller: megatrends zijn onder meer verstedelijking, klimaatverandering, wateropgave, duurzaamheid, veranderende werkvormen, demografie én ICT. De opvattingen over de gebouwde omgeving en de stad veranderen daardoor ook. Trefwoorden zijn de toenemende complexiteit …