Als onderdeel van het Smart Industry-programma heeft SMITZH (Smart Manufacturing Industriële toepassing in Zuid-Holland) als doel om mkb-bedrijven in de Zuid-Hollandse maakindustrie te ondersteunen bij het voorbereiden en implementeren van smart manufacturing. In het SMITZH-programma heeft het Kenniscentrum …

Ton van Kollenburg is lector Slimme Circulaire Systemen bij het Kenniscentrum Business Innovation van Hogeschool Rotterdam. Daarnaast is hij lector Impactvolle Waarde Ketens bij Avans Hogeschool, mede-eigenaar van Protean Management Solutions, voorzitter van het lectorenplatform Circulaire Economie en …

Artikel over hoe op Avans Hogeschool professionals van morgen leren om op een laagdrempelige manier ondernemers en bestuurders te verrassen en te inspireren. Dit bij het nemen van verantwoordelijkheid voor veranderingen, waarmee organisaties en bedrijven geconfronteerd worden. Dit vanuit de noodzaak …

Vitaal leiderschap is een leiderschapsstijl waarbij de vitaliteit en positieve gezondheid van de werknemers wordt bevorderd en behouden. Ondernemer en leidinggevende dienen ervoor te waken dat medewerkers op de juiste plek zitten en plezier hebben en houden in hun werk. Dat is gemakkelijker gezegd dan …

In September 2009 the department of Engineering of Fontys University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands has started a pilot honours program for excellent engineering students called PRogram OUstanding Development (PROUD). Aim of this program is to give those engineering students, who have the ambition, …

We found out that 25 % of our students came to study at the Electrical & Electronic Engineering department (E&E) because they were active (as a hobby) in music. Because of this the E&E department offers their students to work in video and audio themes in all projects of their education. From our inquiries …

Innovation seems to be the most important element of activities of companies to stay vital in a very competitive international market. Innovation is the process of developing products or services in an organisation for a market. Especially small and medium-sized companies, for which it is difficult to …

It has become a topic at Dutch educational institutes to feel not only responsible for improvement of theoretical and practical skills, but also of 'competences' in a wider sense. The curriculum of the Fontys University of Applied Sciences (32.000 students) and especially the Electrical and Electronic …

It has become a topic at Dutch educational institutes to feel not only responsible for improvement of theoretical and practical skills, but also of 'competences' in a broader sense. The curriculum of the Electrical and Electronic (E&E) Department has been changed enormously in the past decade. Fewer …

The paper summarizes two models for engineering education, as discussed in earlier papers. The first model (Corporate Curriculum) aims to bring Industry into the school, while the second model (I3) intends to bring the school into Industry. The contribution of the presented models to the Bologna Declaration …