Educational messages are used to raise awareness and to encourage people to participate in protecting and managing global biodiversity. The Isle of Wight Zoo is one of the zoos which recognizes the increased importance of education. The zoo wants to connect two important aspects of zoo visits: perception …

The Second World War, legislative changes, and on-going globalisation are some of the causes that diminished the reach of the German language in the Netherlands. Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam studied the current state of the use of the German language and found that research participants had ‘no-connection’ …

This report presents a detailed analysis of the German market concerning bakeries as well as a detailed recommendation to Bakker Bart on whether they should enter the German market. This research evolved from five years of experience as a floor manager at the store Bakker Bart in Gouda. As a European …

The aim of this dissertation was to research how awareness concerning the threats of phishing among Dutch SMEs can be raised in order to improve their online security in the future. The following research question was formulated: ‘‘In what way can awareness concerning the threats of phishing amongst …

In this paper the focus is on professional development through informal learning. People learn a lot while performing tasks and doing their jobs, but they are not always aware of these processes. Encouraging the awareness for informal learning is a first step towards acknowledgement of informal learning …

In the wake of increasing and seemingly inexorable waves of migration to the developed countries of the world, one of the greatest challenges of our time is to preserve social cohesion in the host societies. To achieve this, the integration of immigrants in the host society is essential; however, too …

DOEL: Het doel van dit onderzoek is om meer te weten te komen over hamstringblessures, aangezien het een van de meest voorkomende blessures is bij sporters. Het is bewezen dat de hamstrings scheuren tijdens het laatste deel van de voorste zwaaifase bij een sprint. Bij ongeveer 50-80% van de gevallen …

Ark of Inquiry is a learning platform that uses a computer-based inquiry learning approach to raise youth awareness to Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). It is developed in the context of a large-scale European project (http://www.arkofinquiry.eu) and provides young European citizens (7–18-year-olds) …

As a University of Applied Sciences located in Rotterdam, one of the most diverse cities in The Netherlands, we aspire to a diverse community, not only students but also of faculty and staff. While diversity is portrayed by the community's national, racial, class, (dis)ability, sexual and gender identity …

Intergenerational learning (IGL) has been identified as a viable way to help organizations deal with the problems an ageing worker population brings with it. Information and communications technology (ICT) in its many forms can be utilized to support IGL. This paper investigates the requirements for …