The applied University of Amsterdam developed a toolkit, in collaboration with Home-Start Nederland, to support volunteers in applying the Home-Start principles. This study evaluated the implementation of this toolkit. --- Dutch: (Implementatie van de Home-Start Toolkit) De Hogeschool van Amsterdam heeft …

De werkdruk in winkels is de afgelopen jaren fors toegenomen. Onderbezetting, taakvervaging en personeelstekorten zetten medewerkers én ondernemers onder druk. Winkelpersoneel ervaart stress, valt uit of verlaat de sector, terwijl nieuwe medewerkers schaars zijn. Tegelijkertijd biedt technologische innovatie …

In een tijd waarin ruimte in de stad steeds schaarser wordt, neemt de druk op ruimte voor werk toe. Ondernemers vanuit 6 praktijkvoorbeelden stellen ruimte voor werk wel veilig door als collectief te opereren. Door het vast stellen van hun (betaalbare) ruimte voor werk, kunnen collectieve toegevoegde …

Background:   Intellectual disability (ID) is a developmental disorder that causes considerably below-average intellectual performance and adaptive behaviour. In the context of the present study, families raising a child with ID are reported to experience multiple challenges that appear not to be well …

Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) is the main driver of resource consumption and waste generation in Europe. Although most European countries achieved 70% recovery rate of CDW, the majority is used for backfilling. Therefore, opportunities for Circular Economy (CE) practices in CDW management are …

Construction and demolition waste (CDW) is the most important waste stream in the EU in terms of mass, with around 340 million tonnes between 2010 and 2018 (EEA, 2020). Most member states achieved a recovery target of 70% for this fraction, however, it is mainly based on backfilling or downcycling. Materials …

The transition from secondary education to the first year of higher education is a phase in which students are faced with many challenges. First-year students may lack the academic capital that is needed to understand explicit and implicit rules of higher education. We investigated students’ participation …