This article revolves around whether and how a dual higher vocation education training (HVET) program strengthens work-related capabilities of refugees, how former students look back on the program and look ahead to employment opportunities. Although it is assumed that further education promotes integration …

Background To gain insight into the role of plantar intrinsic foot muscles in fall-related gait parameters in older adults, it is fundamental to assess foot muscles separately. Ultrasonography is considered a promising instrument to quantify the strength capacity of individual muscles by assessing their …

Background The plantar intrinsic foot muscles (PIFMs) have a role in dynamic functions, such as balance and propulsion, which are vital to walking. These muscles atrophy in older adults and therefore this population, which is at high risk to falling, may benefit from strengthening these muscles in order …

Digital innovation in education – as in any other sector – is not only about developing and implementing novel ideas, but also about having these ideas effectively used as well as widely accepted and adopted, so that many students can benefit from innovations improving education. Effectiveness, transferability …

Educational innovations often tend to fail, mainly because teachers and school principals do not feel involved or are not allowed to have a say. Angela de Jong's dissertation shows the importance of school principals and teachers leading 'collaborative innovation' together. Collaborative innovation requires …

In dit artikel pleiten wij voor een meer op skills gerichte re-integratiebereik. Omdat de 'klassieke' re-integratie - so snel mogelijk terug naar het 'oude' beroep bij de eigen werkgever- minder kansrijk lijkt als de vraag naar arbeid in dat oude beroep sterk verandert, afneemt of zelfs verdwijnt.

De kassenbouwer KUBO levert totaalprojecten. In opdracht van klanten worden standaardkassen of maatwerk gepland, berekend en gebouwd. Het innovatieve product van KUBO, de zogeheten Ultra-Clima® kas, is een semi-hermetisch gesloten kas waar alle lucht wordt aangevoerd, voorbewerkt en gecontroleerd. Op …

This full paper works towards merging ‘frugality’ and ‘design thinking’ into a simplified framework for a workshop routine as a stepping stone for SMEs in developed countries to create and capture value of frugal innovations. Innovations which are born out of the notion that we can do more with less, …