To help students reach their full potential, additional challenges beyond the standard curriculum may be necessary for some. In Dutch secondary vocational education, education for talented students is organized in two prevalent ways: through participation in honors programs that foster community building …

Bij de minor+ Silicon Venturing Rotterdam (SVR) richten studenten een student innovation company op naast het ziekenhuis. Deze venture wordt gecoacht door docenten van de hogeschool, in nauw overleg met een contactpersoon van het ziekenhuis. De minor+ biedt de studenten alle ruimte om zich te ontwikkelen …

In the Silicon Venturing Rotterdam Innovation Lab (SVR), the students set up a student innovation company alongside the hospital. This venture is coached by RUAS tutors in close consultation with the contact person at the hospital. The “free” and challenging setup of the Innovation Lab offers the students …

In redesigning its curriculum and learning environment, the HU Business School focuses on improving student engagement. In its turn, this should improve the academic success rates. Moreover, challenging honours students in regular courses is also an aim of the redesign. With this in mind, we developed …

Paper presentation at the European Council of High Ability, Vienna, Austria. 2-5 March 2016.

Poster presentation at Hanze Research Day 26 January 2016 The poster presents a case study on the development and implementation of an undergraduate honours course for critical global citizenship, Society 2.0, in the Netherlands. Two teachers, two students and a researcher developed this course using …

Poster presentation at Hanze Research Day 26 January 2016

Purpose Honours programs prepare talented students to become future excellent professionals . However, competences defining an excellent professional have not been elucidated yet. We investigated how professionals characterize an excellent communication professional, aiming to develop a competence profile …

Bringing excellence profiles into an honours curriculum. Presentation International Honors Conference Evoking Professional Excellence in Higher Education, Rotterdam, oktober 2013.