Aiming for increased accessibility and adaptability, higher educational institutes are making their curricula more flexible, offering students more freedom to choose what courses they want to take. Making a well-informed choice out of many possible elective courses is difficult, because it requires the …

Background: Recent studies suggest that ethnic minority students underperform in standardised assessments commonly used to evaluate their progress. This disparity seems to also hold for postgraduate medical students and GP trainees, and may affect the quality of primary health care, which requires an …

Purpose The aim of this study is to provide insights into how the purchasing function can increase the maturity of smart maintenance management (SMM) in construction clients by (1) assessing current SMM maturity and (2) developing an adapted service triad for purchasing's meaningful involvement in SMM. …

One of the key ways to tackle staff shortages is education, which requires collaboration between organisations. As internships are crucial in vocational training, educational and internship institutes need to agree on the terms of internships. The aim of this study is to answer the research question: …

Background: China faces a serious shortage of competent nurses who can address the healthcare needs of older people in an ageing society. Chinese higher education institutes face serious challenges when it comes to developing new curricula that are capable of educating sufficient numbers of competent …

Career opportunities play an important role in keeping teachers passionate and motivated in their profession. As such opportunities contribute to growth, challenge, variation and recognition, they can both attract high quality candidates to the profession and keep talented teacher in the profession for …

The affordances of Open Educational Resources (OER) have resulted in various initiatives around the world, but most of them cease to exist once the initial project funding stops. Communities might be a means to create sustainable practices, yet, such communities can only function if their members perceive …

This workshop offers the opportunity to play and experience the Industry 4.0 boardgame under expert supervision by one of the developers of the game. The game's main goals are to improve participants understanding of Industry 4.0 design principles. This workshop offers the opportunity to play and experience …

Webinar Learnstruments for competencies development in Industry 4.0. In this webinar, we will discuss the competencies that need to be developed for a successful application of I4.0 concepts within different organizations. Specifically, we will look at the role that gamification and the use of the Industry …

It is expected that collaboration is needed to organize education whereas an important part of their education in vocational training are internships. Educational institutes and internship institutes have to agree on the terms for internships. The aim of this study is to determine the research question: …