This article aims to explore the moral ideas and experiences that students at Dutch universities of applied sciences (UAS) have of being a professional with an ‘ethical compass.’Semi-structured interviews were held with 36 fourth-year Bachelor students divided over four institutions and three different …

Het kritisch denken van studenten bevorderen is een belangrijke doelstelling van het hoger onderwijs. Docenten spelen een cruciale rol in het realiseren hiervan. Desondanks is er weinig bekend over hoe zij hierin ondersteund kunnen worden. Hoofddoel van het promotieonderzoek van Eva Janssen was om een …

Urban renewal and urban area development projects are by nature highly complex processes involving a multiplicity of professionals, stakeholders, and conflicting interests. Adding to this complexity are the formulated ambitions and societal challenges projects have to answer to. One of these ambitions …

This graduation report provides a method for developing a 3D product configurator on the web. It achieves this by applying Lean Startup Methodology, defining (non) functional requirements, and providing an example of a suitable technology stack. The report adresses critical challenges that were encountered …

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly expanding across the world, with more than 100,000 new cases each day as of end-June 2020. Healthcare workers are struggling to provide the best care for COVID-19 patients. Approaches for invasive ventilation vary widely between …

It is essential that higher education students are trained to become critically-thinking professionals. Critical thinking (CT) is crucial for succeeding in future careers and, moreover, is an important life skill (Davies, 2013; Facione, 1990; Halpern, 2014; Van Gelder, 2005). More specifically, students …

ID3AS is a programme in the field of sensor technology to stimulate innovation and network creation in the Eems Dollard Region (EDR), the most northern region along the Dutch-German border. The ID3AS-programme provided an opportunity for over 80 students with different backgrounds to participate on a …

BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) often occurs in critically ill patients. AKI is associated with mortality and morbidity. Interventions focusing on the reduction of AKI are suggested by the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes guideline. We hypothesized that these educational interventions …

Technology students need strong vocational education that supports both cognitive and career development in order to be adequately prepared for highly qualified jobs. The professional identity and underlying I-positions of teachers largely determine whether the quality of teach-ing meets these requirements. …

Purpose: The present study deals with the numerical modeling of the low-velocity impact damage of laminated composites which have increasingly important applications in aerospace primary structures. Such damage, generated by various sources during ground handling, substantially reduces the mechanical …