Integrating professional research into higher education is supposed to intellectually benefit students. However, the literature suggests that students in different academic disciplines experience differing research opportunities. Previous studies have shown how junior students of natural sciences have …

New universities on the European mainland were mostly teaching oriented until the start of this century. Current national and local management intends to better connect research and teaching through the increase of lecturers' research capacity, often defined through their master's degrees or PhDs. However, …

Most higher education alumni work in professional fields, making higher education responsible for the provision of high-quality professionalism throughout society. However, higher education does not yet fulfil its role as a provider of methodologies for the renewal of professionalism. In this lecture, …

In today’s era of content abundance, lecturers in higher education have an endless supply of crossmedia materials they can present to students as learning materials. This confronts lecturers with the challenge to select those materials in such a way that they match both course topics and proficiency …

To ensure the proper education of “future proof” professionals, it is important that higher education institutions make strong connections between research and teaching. The combination of the institutional logics of research and teaching within the Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs) suggests that …

Students in higher professionals education are prepared for high level professional practice. To be able to fulfill their future roles, their educational programmes provide them interaction with professional knowledge, theoretical knowledge and professional practice. These types of interactions are presumed …

Onderzoekscompetenties helpen professionals functioneren in de hedendaagse kennismaatschappij. Docenten spelen een centrale rol in het overbrengen van deze competenties, doordat zij in direct contact staan met de student. Het hbo zoekt daarom steeds meer de verbinding tussen onderwijs en onderzoek in …

Congresbezoek is een manier om (vak-)kennis en vaardigheden te actualiseren en te netwerken. We weten nog weinig over verschillen in hoe junioren en senioren zich professionaliseren door congresbezoek. Dit onderzoek biedt inzicht in leerdoelen en –ervaringen van de verschillende leden van een onderzoeksteam …