Engineering students have to learn to create robust solutions in professional contexts where new technologies emerge constantly and sometimes disrupt entire industries. The question rises if universities design curricula that enable engineering students to acquire these cognitive skills. The Cynefin …

The term “Internationalization at Home” and its definition were first introduced in 2001 (Crowther et al 2001). Since then, strongly related and overlapping concepts and definitions have emerged, notably Internationalization of the Curriculum and Campus Internationalization, which have led to confusion …

Author supplied: Within the Netherlands the interest for sustainability is slowly growing. However, most organizations are still lagging behind in implementing sustainability as part of their strategy and in developing performance indicators to track their progress; not only in profit organizations …

This paper presents the results of a business – university collaborative research project on defining lower management competencies in the year 2025. The purpose of the research was to help a large local airport to define and understand what competencies lower management will need in order to function …

Studenten en bedrijfsleven roepen het hoger onderwijs op duurzaamheid prominent in het curriculum op te nemen. Dit artikel is een verkenning van de raakvlakken tussen economie en duurzaamheid met als doel thema’s te benoemen die in het curriculum van de opleidingen bedrijfseconomie en accountancy aan …

The ever increasing technological developments and greater demands from our society for qualitative better, safer, sustainable products, processes and systems are pushing the boundaries of what is possible from an engineer’s perspective. Besides the (local) grand challenges in energy, sustainability, …

Universities are deeply involved in stimulating their students in entrepreneurship where they focus on designing programs based on existing knowledge form pedagogics and didactical concepts. Although the Total Entrepreneurial Activity is increasing, the results are not satisfying in all cases. The question …

Duurzaamheid speelt een steeds belangrijkere rol in onze hedendaagse samenleving. De Hogeschool Utrecht wil duurzaamheid dan ook integreren in de curricula van alle opleidingen. Dit artikel beschrijft hoe het Instituut voor ICT van de Hogeschool Utrecht een begin daarmee gemaakt heeft in het opleidingsprofiel …

Aflatoun is an NGO based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, founded by Jeroo Billimoria. The aim of the foundation is to provide social and financial education globally to children from the age of 3 and to young adults. The Aflatoun Curricula is currently present in 101 countries with over 2 million children …

Avans University of Applied Sciences is redrafting its courses and curricula in view of sustainability. For chemical engineering in particular that implies a focus on 'green' and bio-based processes, products and energy. Avans is situated in the Southwest region of the Netherlands and specifically in …