Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP) gelden voor veel mensen in ontwikkelingslanden als belangrijke bron van voedsel, bouwmateriaal of kleding. Daarnaast kunnen NTFP’s een extra inkomen genereren voor de lokale gemeenschappen in bossen, zonder dat hiervoor bomen gekapt hoeven te worden. De souarinoot, het …

Aanleiding en doel Het instituut Marketing & Management is gestart met een nieuw niveau 5 deeltijd Associate Degree opleiding Commerciële Economie. Deze opleiding is bedoeld om een betere doorstroom te bieden van het mbo (niveau 4) naar het hbo (niveau 6). Deze stap wordt op dit moment door mbo-studenten …

In deze publicatie houden we een pleidooi voor socioprudentie in het sociaal werk. Wat is socioprudentie: Onder socioprudentie verstaan we de praktische wijsheid die de sociale professional ontwikkelt om ‘goed’ te handelen, en retrospectief om te kunnen toetsen of er goed gehandeld is. Deze toetsing/reflectie …

Many students graduating in higher education will achieve a managerial or professional position, with leadership qualities being highly important. The need to reflect on leadership as an important developmental goal in higher education is highlighted by pointing out that many curricula, especially in …

For delayed and long-term students, the education process is often a lonely journey. The main conclusion of this research is that learning should not be an individual process of the student connected to one lecturer, but rather a community where learning is a collective journey. The social interaction …

Blended learning is not a flash in the pan, it’s here to stay. At The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) the implementation of blended learning is not yet in an adult stage, but in a newly introduced educational framework (The Hague University of Applied Sciences, 2017) blended learning plays …

Higher education is tasked with preparing students for a culturally diverse and globalizing world. Additionally, western nations have an increasingly diverse student population and know the success of their students will depend in part on being able to navigate diversity. There is therefore good reason …

Industrial Design Engineering [Open] Innovation (IDE) is a 3-year, English taught, VWO entry-level, undergraduate programme at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS). The IDE curriculum focuses on the fuzzy front end of (open) innovation, sustainable development, and impact in the implementation …

The future of the business sector for students in higher education is uncertain. The reasons for this are technological developments, the effects of globalisation and the shifting of business models (Brynjolfsson & McAfee, 2014; Helbing, 2014). The consequences of digitalisation and robotisation are …