ACHTERGROND MDMA (ecstasy) is een relatief veilige drug en induceert weinig afhankelijkheid, maar staat desondanks samen met andere harddrugs op lijst I van de Nederlandse Opiumwet. Bezorgdheid over de aan MDMA gerelateerde criminaliteit, het aantal gezondheidsincidenten en de mogelijk onterechte plaatsing …

Dutch: Repurpose: Afgedankte producten en reststromen hergebruiken in een andere functie en/of context om daarmee de waarde van deze materialen te behouden. Binnen dat kader is voor Ahrend de CiJal Bench ontworpen, waarbij gebruik is gemaakt van kunststof (PP) lameldeuren en Ciranol werkbladen. De lameldeuren …

This study highlights tensions and challenges experienced by language teachers in CLIL contexts. Using an example from the Netherlands, it explores the pedagogical and collaborative practices of Teachers of English in Bilingual streams (TEBs). The study shows how, using formal and practical theories, …

The following e-book was prepared as part of the Erasmus+ UNLOCK project, which has the objective of identifying the use of educational escape rooms (EERs) in higher education environments and examining the role of educators in those activities. The document presents a review of the existing body of …

The purpose of this study was to determine if there are differences in overall language ability and vocabulary of either Australian or overseas born bilingual Dutch–English children and the possible parental influence on these children’s language development. The participants were 86 children aged 4–12 …

Our letters pay homage to the 1890 novel News from Nowhere by William Morris, a major figure in the 19th century British Arts and Crafts movement. Morris’ novel tells the story of a protagonist who wakes up in a better society [the literal “nowhere” of his book title when “utopia” is translated from …

This contribution addresses two studies of the processes and outcomes of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Dutch primary education. Firstly, this article describes a preliminary study of the learning outcomes at the end of primary education, comparing pupils’ language proficiency after either two …

A(n English) guest lecture about my PhD research at the Master Data Science of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences

Background The Pictorial Fear of Activity Scale-Cervical (PFActS-C) is a reliable and valid instrument to assess fear of movement in people with whiplash associated disorders. It is not available in Dutch and has not been evaluated in other neck pain populations. This study aimed to systematically translate …