De afgelopen decennia onderging Nederland een proces van onderwijsexpansie: steeds meer mensen volgen een studie in het hoger onderwijs. Maar het blijkt dat het hoger onderwijs in de praktijk een stuk minder toegankelijk is voor bepaalde studentgroepen. Aan tafel zitten Elanor Kamans, Vera Heijne en …

Metaverse, a burgeoning technological trend that combines virtual and augmented reality, provides users with a fully digital environment where they can assume a virtual identity through a digital avatar and interact with others as they were in the real world. Its applications span diverse domains such …

De COVID-19 pandemie en de lockdownmaatregelen die daar het gevolg van waren, hadden een grote invloed op het Nederlandse hoger beroepsonderwijs. Er was sprake van een plotselinge digitale én sociale transformatie van werk, onderwijs en onderzoek, met positieve en negatieve eff ecten. Wat betekende dit …

Objective To determine the effectiveness of the “Plants for Joints” multidisciplinary lifestyle program in patients with metabolic syndrome-associated osteoarthritis (MSOA). Design Patients with hip or knee MSOA were randomized to the intervention or control group. The intervention group followed a 16-week …

Background A healthy lifestyle is beneficial for everyone, including students and employees of universities of applied sciences (UAS). Although these groups experience high stress-levels and spent many hours sedentary, only few lifestyle interventions focus on these target groups that potentially could …

Introduction: Writing Readiness Inventory Tool In Context (WRITIC) is an activity-based assessment tool to evaluate which kindergarten children are at risk of developing handwriting difficulties. WRITIC-assessment is valid, reliable, feasible, predictive, and norm-referenced. Broad international interest …

Workshop

Abstract This study assessed the efficacy of a co-designed, school-based intervention meant to promote physical activity and fitness among Dutch prevocational secondary students. In a two-year clustered randomized controlled trial, students’ physical activity and fitness was measured by indirect and …

The related research justification paper looks into possible COIL implementation tactics that The Garage may use to encourage new students to take part in their initiative. To increase the number of new students, the organization must choose the best strategy. Based on the knowledge gaps already present, …