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In een artikel in ‘Public Service Review’ schetsen Justina Erculj en Marco Snoek de uitdagingen ten aanzien van lerarenkwaliteit en lerarenopleidingen in Europa. Daarbij vragen ze aandacht voor inductie van leraren (begeleiding van beginnende leraren), onderzoek als strategie voor professionele ontwikkeling, en voor kwaliteit van lerarenopleiders.
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Since 2016, the European Honors Council stimulates talent development programs at European Higher Education Institutions, which help talented young people to reach their full potential, so they can positively contribute to the solving of societal problems. This is a challenging process, but we are convinced that international collaboration and exchange is essential for talent development in a globalized society. The EHC has grown to a membership of over 200.We present two examples of international activities in which the EHC is involved: 1. Publishing the Journal of the European Honors Council. This journal (in open access) publishes notes on good practices and papers on research, all meant to exchange experiences and insights internationally. Working with an editorial board involving five countries, at the time of writing the Journal is in the process of publishing its third issue.2. Taking part in the CoTalent project, in which nine institutions from six European countries work together to develop tools that help teachers to stimulate talented students in higher education. Based on experiences from these two examples, we open the floor for a discussion with participants aiming to find innovative ways to foster international collaboration and exchange. All EHC Board members and Journal of the EHC Editorial Board members present at the conference will participate in this session.
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Steeds meer mode- en textielontwerpers willen bijdragen aan de transitie naar een circulair mode- en textielsysteem, maar bezitten vaak niet de juiste kennis en/of hebben onvoldoende ervaring met maak- of ontwerpmethoden die gericht zijn op circulariteit. Daarnaast wordt er in de mode- en textielsector vaak uitgegaan van een beperkte definitie van circulariteit. Waar circulariteit in deze sector doorgaans gaat over de 9-R methodiek (reuse, repair, recycling, etc.), zetten we in dit project artistiek en ontwerpend onderzoek in om circulariteit vanuit een holistisch perspectief te benaderen met speciale aandacht voor de sociaal-culturele, esthetische en systemische facetten van circulariteit. Op vele plekken in de keten is er sprake van onzichtbaar arbeid, en er is steeds meer vraag naar een sterker begrip (transparantie) van het mode- en textielsysteem en de verschillende actoren daarbinnen. De intransparantie en onzichtbaarheid van diverse actoren in het mode- en textielsysteem staat de transitie naar een circulair modesysteem, met minder vervuilende maak-en consumptie praktijken, in de weg. In dit project werken ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten en State of Fashion als geassocieerde BIS-instelling nauw samen met Avans Hogeschool en de Crafts Council Nederland. Gezamenlijk onderzoeken wij – door middel van artistiek en ontwerpend onderzoek – hoe het zichtbaar maken van “onzichtbaar arbeid” in het mode- en textielsysteem kan leiden tot nieuwe, circulaire maak- en ontwerppraktijken.
Due to their diverse funding sources, theatres are under increasing pressure to demonstrate impact on society. The Raad voor Cultuur (2023) for example advised the secretary of state to include societal impact as an additional evaluation measure next to artistic value. Many theaters, such as the Chassé Theater and Parkstad Limburg Theaters, have reformulated their missions to focus on impact of performances on visitors. This is a profound transformation from merely selling tickets and filling seats, and requires new measurement instruments to monitor, manage, and improve impact. Currently available instruments are insufficient, and effective monitoring is crucial to larger future projects that theaters are currently planning to systematically broaden impacts of performances on their communities. The specific goal of this project is to empower theaters to monitor and improve impact by developing a brief experience impact questionnaire, taking existing data from student projects conducted at the Chassé Theater about performing arts experiences on one hand, and experience impact theory innovations on the other, as starting points. We will develop potential items to measure and benchmark against established measures of valued societal outcomes, such as subjective well-being and quality of life. These will be measured in questionnaires developed with project partners Chassé Theater and Parkstad Limburg Theaters and administered before and after performances across a wide range of genres. The resulting data will enable comparison of new questionnaire items with benchmarked measures of valued societal outcomes. The final product of the project will be a brief impact questionnaire, which within several brief self-report instruments and just a few minutes can effectively be used to quantify the impact of a performing arts experience. A workshop and practice-oriented article will make this questionnaire implementable, thereby mobilizing the key enabling methodology of monitoring and impact measurement in the performing arts sector.
In 2021, Citython editions were held for the European cities of Eindhoven (Netherlands), Bilbao and Barcelona (Spain), Hamburg (Germany), and Lublin (Poland). Within this project, BUAS contributed to the organization of CITYTHON Eindhoven in cooperation with CARNET (an initiative by CIT UPC) and City of Eindhoven – an event which gives young talent the opportunity to work with mentors and experts for the development of innovative urban solutions. Participants of CITYTHON Eindhoven worked on three challenges:- Traffic safety in school zones - Travel to the campus- Make the city healthy The event took place between 18 May and 2 June 2021 with various experts, for example from ASML, City of Eindhoven and University of Amsterdam, giving inspirational talks and mentoring students throughout the ideation and solutions development process. The teams presented their solutions during the Dutch Technology Week and the winners were announced by Monique List-de Roos (Alderman Mobility and Transport, City of Eindhoven) on 2 June 2021. The role of BUAS within this project was to assist City of Eindhoven with the development of the challenges to be tackled by the participating teams, and find relevant speakers and mentors who would be supporting the students for the development of their solutions and jury members who would determine the winning teams. The project ended with a round table “Green and Safe Mobility for all: 5 Smart City(thon) Case studies” on November 17 organized as part of Smart City Expo World Congress 2021 in Barcelona. This project is funded by EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. EIT Urban Mobility acts to accelerate positive change on mobility to make urban spaces more livable. Learn more: eiturbanmobility.eu.Collaborating partnersCARNET (Lead organisation); Barcelona Institute of Technology for Habitat; Barcelona City Council; Bilbao City Hall; City of Hamburg; City of Eindhoven,; City of Lublin; Digital Hub Logistics Hamburg; Technical University of Catalonia, Tecnalia; UPC Technology Center.
