The scope of policies within universities and professional practices is becoming increasingly global and more and more networks of professionals and researchers are conducting collaborative programmes and research projects. Translating these collaborations into flourishing practices is often more challenging …

In het instellingsplan 2009-2012 van de Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU), heeft de HKU expliciet verwoord dat ze meer aandacht wil besteden aan de kansen die alumni de organisatie bieden, maar ook die de organisatie alumni kan bieden. In het kader van deze doelstelling is het zaak dat elke faculteit …

Educational programs in general have to be able to adequately adapt and implement changes when required. Generally, due to either changing demands from the working field or when the quality of the program needs to be amended, the study program needs to be further optimized. The central theme of this …

HRM stond en staat onvermijdelijk in het teken van een adequate personeelsvoorziening. Deel I van de bundel (Arbeidsmarkt en personeelsvoorziening)gaat erop in. De personeelsvoorziening is er, gegeven de arbeidsmarkt met z'n tendens naar vergrijzing aan de ene, en z'n tendens naar ontgroening aan de …

Hoe rekbaar, en soms verwarrend het begrip bron is, wordt duidelijk bij het lezen van de verschillende artikelen en essays in dit Cahier. Het is ook dit keer een rijk geschakeerd gezelschap van alumni, docenten en studenten dat de bladzijden vult en vormgeeft.

Saxion is part of the Dutch system of universities for higher vocational training and applied sciences. In this paper a case study is presented to gain more insight in spin offs of these types of universities, and their effect on the regional economy. For this purpose a database of 152 spin offs has …

Entrepreneurship stands high on the political European agenda. Its meaning is twofold: entrepreneurship as a career opportunity, or as a competency. Following the statement made in Europe, national governments have defined an urgent need to stimulate entrepreneurial talent and motivate students to become …

This thesis explores the subject of alumni relations with the aim of demonstrating how alumni relations can be of benefit to universities. It also goes into the difficulties that could present themselves with alumni relations both in the shorter and the longer term. This is supported by the testimony …

The musical landscape in Europe shows a complex picture. Societal change leads to change in the careers of artists. We see an increasing number of unstable jobs in the music profession. It no longer offers many opportunities for full-time, long-term contract work, but is often more project-based, calling …

The type of communication made possible through web logs and whether it has an added value besides the ordinary communication tools such as e-mail, telephone and websites are the main questions in this report. By means of the Habermas theory, the integration of the ideal speech situation into a weblog …