Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP) gelden voor veel mensen in ontwikkelingslanden als belangrijke bron van voedsel, bouwmateriaal of kleding. Daarnaast kunnen NTFP’s een extra inkomen genereren voor de lokale gemeenschappen in bossen, zonder dat hiervoor bomen gekapt hoeven te worden. De souarinoot, het …

Aanleiding en doel Het instituut Marketing & Management is gestart met een nieuw niveau 5 deeltijd Associate Degree opleiding Commerciële Economie. Deze opleiding is bedoeld om een betere doorstroom te bieden van het mbo (niveau 4) naar het hbo (niveau 6). Deze stap wordt op dit moment door mbo-studenten …

Aanleiding: In 2014 is vanuit de Nederlandse tweede kamer het plan van aanpak ‘waardigheid en trots’ opgesteld. Dit project is doorgevoerd in verschillende zorginstellingen, waaronder, sinds 2016, het verzorgingshuis Dekelhem van Icare. In de voortgang van de implementatie op lange termijn liggen nog …

Artikel over proefschrift Frans Clignet over verpleegkundige interventiestudie voor patiënten met een depressieve stoornis op latere leeftijd

Research has shown that some 30% of total care needs in people with late-life depression (LLD) are unmet. It is not known to what extent patients actually don’t receive any care for these needs or consider the care to be insufficient and their satisfaction with the provided care. Results: In 67% of …

Many students graduating in higher education will achieve a managerial or professional position, with leadership qualities being highly important. The need to reflect on leadership as an important developmental goal in higher education is highlighted by pointing out that many curricula, especially in …

For delayed and long-term students, the education process is often a lonely journey. The main conclusion of this research is that learning should not be an individual process of the student connected to one lecturer, but rather a community where learning is a collective journey. The social interaction …

Blended learning is not a flash in the pan, it’s here to stay. At The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS) the implementation of blended learning is not yet in an adult stage, but in a newly introduced educational framework (The Hague University of Applied Sciences, 2017) blended learning plays …

Higher education is tasked with preparing students for a culturally diverse and globalizing world. Additionally, western nations have an increasingly diverse student population and know the success of their students will depend in part on being able to navigate diversity. There is therefore good reason …

Industrial Design Engineering [Open] Innovation (IDE) is a 3-year, English taught, VWO entry-level, undergraduate programme at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS). The IDE curriculum focuses on the fuzzy front end of (open) innovation, sustainable development, and impact in the implementation …