NEWS FEBRUARY 2018 |
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TRAINING ‘TEACHING IN THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSROOM’
Learn how to teach your students intercultural competencies in a 2-day course designed for teaching staff of 4TU institutes. The training takes place in Wageningen on 19 and 20 April. Read more… |
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WORKSHOP ‘WORKING WITH CHANGE AGENTS’
On 18 April from 13h30-15h00 Monika Rummler of TU Berlin will share a challenge-based model of teaching and learning of staff with ‘teaching change agents’ at TU Delft. Registration is open. Read more… |
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4TU.CEE WILL HOST SEFI 2020 CONFERENCE IN TWENTE
4TU.CEE is pleased to announce that it will host the SEFI conference in the year 2020. The University of Twente is the leading organiser. In the coming period 4TU.CEE will be making preparations to welcome approximately 350 participants from all over Europe. The conference is set to take place from 20 till 24 September 2020. Read more…
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REWARDING TEACHING EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC CAREERS
Thom Palstra, rector at University of Twente, announced that there will be opportunities for staff to be promoted based on a stronger weight of their achievements in the educational domain. This step fits within international efforts to improve measuring and rewarding academic teaching coordinated by Ruth Graham on behalf of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK). Read more…
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SUCCESSFUL 2ND NIE CONFERENCE AT TU/E
On 30 January general and technical universities from the Netherlands and Flanders presented their work on interdisciplinary education at the 2nd NIE conference that took place at TU Eindhoven. The event was hosted by 4TU.CEE. Abstracts of the workshops and papers can be found on the NIE conference website. Read more…
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4TU.CEE WORKSHOPS ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY AT WUR
Internationalisation and cross cultural communication skills are essential for all 4TU engineering students, due to the international student population and international setting they will work in. A workshop on cultural diversity was organised in November 2017 by WUR for educational advisors of University of Twente on how to create an intercultural interdisciplinary learning environment. New training opportunities are coming up. Read more…
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS NRO
The Netherlands Initiative for Educational Research has opened a call for proposals for practice-orientated research for higher education. Consortia of full professors at Dutch Universities or Lectors of Dutch Universities for applied sciences with education professionals of at least two higher education institutions can apply for funding. In total a budget of 1.750.000 euro is available. Read more…
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CAN A 360 DEGREES VIRTUAL TOUR CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENT COMPREHENSION?
A 360 degrees virtual tool could prove to be an alternative for those students who cannot visit the actual plant because of limited financial and organisational resources. At TU Delft such a tour is now being developed for bachelor students in Civil Engineering. Read more…
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UT TEACHING STAFF RECEIVES SUTQ CERTIFICATE
A first group of UT teaching staff will finish the new Senior University Teaching Qualification trajectory. Rector Thom Palstra will hand out the SUTQ certificates on 6 March. Results of each project will be posted on the innovation map. The second SUTQ trajectory is scheduled to start in May 2018 and is still open for applications. Read more…
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4TU.CEE AT CDIO REGIONAL MEETING MOSCOW 2018
Last January the CDIO European regional meeting took place in Moscow. 4TU.CEE ran a workshop on university career frameworks that balance teaching and research achievements. TU Eindhoven was accepted in the CDIO network with the entire TU/e Bachelor college. An impression of the CDIO meeting is given in the 4TU.CEE blog of Jan van der Veen. Read more…
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INSPIRATION TOWARDS EDUCATION 2030 DURING TU/E INNOVATION DAY
The day after the NIE conference the Eindhoven team of 4TU.CEE organised the TU/e Innovation Day. Special attention was paid to innovations in the context of the Innovation Space. Aldert Kamp, 4TU.CEE Leader for TU Delft wrote a blog about the TU/e innovation day. Read more…
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VR PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES AT THE NACV CONFERENCE
Renate Klaassen of 4TU.CEE TU Delft spoke about the added value of virtual reality systems in presentation techniques at the NACV conference last January. Currently, 4TU.CEE Delft is doing a rerun for the VR presentation skills experiment. The same experiment will be carried out at University of Twente with whom Delft will compare data and experiences. Read more…
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AGENDA 4TU.CEE
- 8 & 9 March ’18: training ‘reflective intercultural competence’ (WUR)
-18 April ’18: lunch lecture ‘activating large classes (1000+) (TU Delft)
-18 April ’18: workshop ‘working with change agents’ (TU Delft)
- 20 & 21 April ’18: training ‘teaching in the international classroom’ (WUR)
- 9 May ’18: workshop ‘supporting international students’ (WUR)
- 15 June ’18: workshop ‘how to beat procrastination’ (WUR)
- 18 September: workshop ‘inclusiveness for better study results’ (WUR)
-21 September: workshop ‘from emotional to cultural intelligence’ (WUR)
-2 October: workshop ‘time management across cultures’ (WUR)
-25 & 26 October ’18: training ‘teaching in the international classroom’ (WUR) |
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