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 ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘All of my friends come from longboard communities’ Students Manon and Simone erected longboard community Zwolv last month. The community in Zwolle is growing rapidly. Longboard games, tricks, and Frankfurters: the parking lot underneath th ...
New institutional plan has to make Windesheim’s mission clearer The Executive Board presents a concept plan for the institutional plan. More attention to be paid to inclusivity and sustainability, less to be paid for entrepreneurship. Addin ...
Student experiences adventure as head coach of Tuvalu. From youth trainer in Almelo to head coach of Tuvalu, an archipeln the Great Ocean. It happened to Sports Management student Joost van Hateren. Last summer he was head coach of the tiny ...
Teaching rooms in apartment near Zwolle train station Windesheim to open a new teaching location: BrainZ. Courses to start halfway March Students belonging to the honours college, applied gerontology and the honours programmes will be the f ...
Strategic plan must bring greater clarity fast. Interim manager Bert Meijer: ‘the pace of the budget cuts lies extremely high.’ A budgetary cut of 3.6 million, to be realised as from the first of September, 2017. That is the task that Human ...
