Shrink supporting staff making good progress

Already a solid downsizing reached The cuts in the services need to be done before 2018 In total 2,5 million will be cut and downsize of 25 FTE will be realized   This is mentioned by Pieter Dieckmann, who is director of the Business M ...

Chinese rites of passage

There they are, the five students I have coached in their projects in the past two and a half months: since yesterday officially graduated! From left to right: Bin Jiahui (Jawei), Chen Jie (Cherry), Li Jinwang (Ken), Yang Yahan (Yahan) and ...

Racing on solar energy

Joris builds a car to improve the world Student Joris Raaphorst is building a Nuna9, a car that runs on solar energy to race straight through Australia. “I cannot tell everything about how we build the car. Some things need to stay secret, ...

Islam students coming to Windesheim

Inholland cancels study programmes Teacher Education The university of applied sciences drew in roughly thirty students annually for the study programme of ‘teacher education in Islam religion’ Peter de Haan: ‘We need to be able to offer th ...

“Just go, go, go”

Student Mandy is one of the best motocross riders in the Netherlands. The biggest passion of second year Educational theory Mandy Vogelkamp: Motocross. She started participating in the National Championship when she was only thirteen years ...

Reorganisation Human Movement and Education going well

First two waves of measures practically finished The unit participation council is very positive about the cooperation with the director. Chair Cor Niks: ‘We still have a lot to do as unit participation council.’ Since the reorganisation is ...

Free time for debates and culture

‘Dialoogtafel’ searching for new meaning Organiser Arie Jansen wrestles with moderate interest. His ideal: separate hours for culture and debate. ‘The interest varies.’ Says Arie Jansen. After the lack of interest in the last session, he pl ...

Stunting in a canoe

Brenno is the best freestyle-canoeist in the Netherlands Three years ago, Windesheim student Brenno bought a canoe so he could ‘paddle away’ during a holiday. Since then he does little else. He prefers doing tricks. That is what won him the ...

Degree programme committee will become participation body

One regulation for degree programme committees, unit participation councils and the central participation council. Degree programme committees are to receive right of consent, just like unit participation councils and the central participat ...

Barely candidates for participation council

 ‘The CMR might be empty next year!’ The Central Participation Council (CMR) threatens to be abandoned for the time to come. CMR-member Boy Rolloos: ‘Do students and employees even want a democratic university of applied sciences?’ Too litt ...

‘I never have to be the designated driver!’

Usher-patient Jorrit won’t let himself be put off Student Jorrit Overweg is hard hearing and partially sighted. Still he has an optimistic outlook on live: “There are so many things I can do!” “You have to imagine that every day I have to l ...

BMR ends experiment assessor

Student no longer welcome at consultation meetings Members of the management team feel that they are constrained by the presence of a student. Director Rob van Lamalgen: ‘It was an experiment, we learned from it.’ The management team of div ...

Pilot flexible testing

Student decides date of exam himself Five study programmes have started flexible testing on an individual level In the pilot, students can have an exam on a date of his own choice The pilot will be held in the third and fourth test periods. ...

Baton and pepperspray

Gerard de Haas is a student and a policeman Gerard de Haas has a unique part-time job. During the day, he studies ICT at Windesheim, but in his nights off as well as his weekends, he is a policeman. It has been a childhood dream of the four ...

Optional modules as addition to study programme

Fourteen modules to start in September Students will be able to enrol for ‘Hogeschoolkeuzemodules’ to broaden their study programme. These optional modules cover 3 to 5 EC and will be taught the Wednesday afternoon of every semester. The fi ...

Almost agreement at division Health Care and Social Work

Unit participation council yet to agree to final proposals Division Health Care and Social Work will get four ‘study units’. Director Ineke van der Wal: ‘Social Work will become a strong brand.’ The fusion of study programmes Social Work an ...

‘Degree programme committees not well prepared’

Appeal from Participation council The central participation council has noted that the degree programme advisory committees are not sufficiently prepared for their new tasks They want the coming of a recognisable institution which abides su ...

Start reorganisation Human Movement and Education

Number of FTEs of division needs to be reduced by twenty-nine First ‘wave’ has to provide swift clarity to staff members Bert Meijer: ‘extraordinarily bitter process’ The unions called the austerity plan ‘an important adjustment within the ...

‘I have learned to have patience’

Eduard starts his own healthcare facility Student Eduard Poot starts his own little company for people with an intellectual disability or behavioural problems: they will maintain the gardens of the elderly. “It is mostly the misfits. They f ...

Massive cutback on research centre B & E

Division Human Movement and Education cuts 3.6 million in total The division Human Movement and Education (B & E) is taking steps to get out of negative numbers before September 1st Most important step is reducing the size of the resear ...