The ‘pay gap’ is a relatively new term. However, it is a problem that was developed around the beginning of the 20th century, the moment when women were allowed to hold a paid occupation in the Netherlands and Norway. The pay gap, often confused with unequal pay for the same work, is actually a complex …

Collaboration within school teams is considered to be important to build the capacity school teams need to work in a data-based way. In a school characterized by a strong collaborative culture, teachers may have more access to the knowledge and skills for analyzing data, teachers have more opportunity …

About this publication: In their new work research collective Ippolita provides a critical investigation of the inner workings of Facebook as a model for all commercial social networks. Facebook is an extraordinary platform that can generate large profit from the daily activities of its users. Facebook …

- Overall: Politicians need to be educated at least to a basic level in the range of communications options that are available for region branding, to prevent a default position of using for example television simply because that is what politicians are familiar with. - Trade missions: widely used though …

The aim of this study was to determine the similarities and differences in social network characteristics, satisfaction and wishes with respect to the social network between people with mild or borderline intellectual disabilities (ID), people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and a reference group. …

This article demonstrates ‘the stemfie’ to be an interesting current example of the enactment of liveness within media practices. The photo taken of oneself while (or just after) voting and consequently shared with others via online social networks, connects us to an event that is important to us as …

The exploration of the narrative nature of local memory websites in relation to empowerment theory produces new insights in the nested levels of analysis of both. Empowerment’s value orientation calls for a focus on strengths instead of weaknesses and, as such, requires specific language that accommodates …

Redesigning business: networks in the creative economy

In the 21st century, Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences (hogescholen) are creating a genuine connection between teaching, research, professionalization and the innovation of practices and policies, going far beyond the academic approach taken by the traditional universities. In the city of Rotterdam, …

This research paper focuses on how the use of the internet can be a potential marketing tool for restaurants and local businesses such as bars and cafés. The goal of this research is to set up a consultancy company, specialized in proposing strategies for restaurants using online tools, to enable them …