Students differ in their learning preferences. Research (Mooij & Fettelaar, 2010) shows that talented students will lower their ambitions and seek out new ambitions outside education when not being challenged within education. When students are more intrinsically motivated this improves their well-being …

Succesful transfer from honours to regular education: a demonstration of the EXChange-team procedure

Studenten verschillen in hun leervoorkeuren. Wanneer studenten meer intrinsiek gemotiveerd zijn, neemt hun welbevinden en betrokkenheid toe. Het lesgeven aan hoog gemotiveerde honours studenten stelt andere eisen aan honours docenten. Docenten geven aan te worstelen met het vinden van de juiste balans …

With only one in five secondary-school aged children attending secondary school, a quarter of teenaged girls being pregnant or already having a child (Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 2012), and one out of every five people living below the poverty line in Uganda (CIA, 2013) statistics show the ever prevalent …

The competence profile Learning to Innovate has been specially developed for the honours programme at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. The added value of an honours programme has been examined in consultation with the professional field. Professional practice has a need for people who can think …

Initiatives focusing on talent development, excellence and honors in higher education have been on the rise throughout Europe over the last fifteen years. But a European network uniting these initiatives was still lacking. This gap is now filled with the creation of the European Honors Council (EHC). …

Poster presentation International Honours Conference, Utrecht. July 14th 2016