Talent scouting at the Prince Claus Conservatoire takes place extramurally in youth orchestras, for example the Haydn Youth Orchestra, conducted by one of our faculty members, and in teachers’ private studios. Faculty members also teach master classes throughout Europe and function as jury members for …

On October 9, 8 local and regional partnerships introduced themselves at the start meeting of the Prevention Program Make space for health. Goal: getting to know each other and making agreements for collaboration and knowledge sharing in a learning network.

Youyou et al. showed that from 70 likes the algorithm could predict the personality better than friends, from 150 likes better than family members and from 300 likes even better than the test person himself. However, the machine learning algorithm does not know the person better than the colleagues, …

A study on the most appropriate teaching method to get underperforming learners to the required level in the subject mathematics in Grade 3 of the Dambuza Primary School in Port Alfred.

The aim of the research is to help the Maasai to restore the ecosystem in order to get more feed for their livestock, but also for wildlife. This has become an issue mainly because of the droughts, erosion, dividing of land and overgrazing. These circumstances are different comparing with the past. The …

In this colomn it is argued that investing in education, healthcare and construction is investing in local economy and society. At least, if education perceives "get ready for a smart world" (the credo of Saxion University) as more than an uncritical adaptation to the latest products of the high-tech …

Politics defines many aspects of people’s lives, even when most of them are not directly involved in political processes and have no chance to do so. Born 2500 years ago in Athens, for broader public democracy became the way to influence their societies’ lives: discussions that were previously held behind …

The current Western Economy can be described as an experience economy which is focused on creating unique experiences for consumers. When emotional value is added to the experience of a product or service, consumers are willing to pay a higher price for these types of experiences than for products without …

Background: Athletes are frequently at risk of getting injured. Codarts University signals many injuries among their dance students. It is important to understand the factors that could influence injuries. Nutrition and more specifically protein is one of these factors. The effects of animal-based and …

OrangeGames wants to create a slot machine mini game in their most popular game Governor of Poker 3 (GOP3). In the past however OrangeGames has made a slot machine game called "Poker Slots", which due to certain design choices was really unsuccessful, as almost no players returned to play it. That is …