With campuses opening up and stimulating interactions among different campus users more and more, we aim to identify the characteristics of successful meeting places (locations) on campus. These can help practitioners such as campus managers and directors to further optimize their campus to facilitate unplanned or serendipitous meetings between academic staff and companies. A survey on three Dutch campuses, including questions on both services and locations, was analyzed both spatially and statistically using principal component (PC) and regression analysis. Four PCs were found for services (Relax, Network, Proximity and Availability) and three PCs were found for locations (Aesthetics, Cleaned and Indoor Environment). Personal characteristics as explanatory variables were not significant or only had very small effect sizes, indicating that a campus’ design does not need to be tailored to certain user groups but can be effective for all. The pattern of successful locations is discussed, including the variables in each PC. These PCs provide a framework for practitioners who want to improve their campus’ design to further facilitate unplanned meetings, thus contributing to cooperation between campus users, hopefully leading to further innovation.
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As campuses wish to stimulate interactions among different campus users, we aim to identify why some locations are successful in fostering unplanned meetings while others are not. This can help campus managers, directors, and other practitioners to optimize their campus to facilitate unplanned meetings between academic staff and companies. Findings of a previous survey were discussed in five focus groups, which were transcribed and thematically coded. Three separate theme groups were identified: function (food, drinks, events, work, facilities), space (distance, experience, accessibility, characteristics), and organization (coherence, culture, organization). Time was an overarching constraint, influencing all other themes. There were three natural moments for unplanned meetings: during short breaks, lunch breaks, and events. The outcomes suggest a 5-minute campus as the environment of interaction; a campus where natural moments, locations, and travel time for unplanned meetings are designed and aligned: (1) under 5 min walking for short workplace breaks, (2) approximately 5 min travel time for lunch breaks, and (3) over 5 min travel time for events, depending on the event length and anticipated knowledge gain.
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De werkgroep heeft een instrument ontwikkeld waarmee in de verschillende teams doelen, middelen, effectiviteit van middelen en wensen met betrekking tot ouderbetrokkenheid zijn geïnventariseerd. Hierbij is uitgegaan van de 4 vormen van ouderbetrokkenheid: informatievoorziening, ouderparticipatie, opvoedings-/onderwijsondersteunend gedrag en opvoedingsondersteuning. Daarnaast is er in verschillende opzetten onderzoek onder ouders gedaan naar hun verwachtingen en wensen. Hieruit is naar voren gekomen dat de teams verwachten dat ouders betrokken zijn bij hun kinderen en wat hun kinderen binnen de verschillende instellingen meemaken, een deel van de instellingen ziet zichzelf als partner in de opvoeding. Over het algemeen lijkt men nog zoekende hoe men ouders kan betrekken/meer betrokken kan krijgen. Vanuit de ouders is het beeld ontstaan dat men over het algemeen tevreden is over de instellingen, maar dat er verschillen zijn over de rol die de instelling in de opvoeding toebedeeld wordt. De volgende stap behelst de uitwisseling tussen de teams om tot een gezamenlijk beleid voor de Vensterschool te kunnen komen. Daarbij is het bepalen van de visie en doelstelling een belangrijk onderdeel, waarbij men een keuze moet maken of men zich op het kind gaat richten of op de community om via die weg de ontwikkelingskansen voor de kinderen in de wijk wil vergroten. Uit de professionals is de wens geuit het overleg met ouders en de training ‘communicatie met ouders’voort te zetten".
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