After two years of the Acceleration Plan, 2020 was the year of the acceleration. Time to take stock in this overview.
Politics and education: reflecting on the elections
What role did education play in the Dutch general elections of 2021? In this piece, Aukje de Ruijter (ISO) and Eline Terpstra (LSVb) reflect on the elections, the outcomes, and education.
Action plans 2021
The zones present their action plans for the year 2021. The plans are now available to everyone.
Four generations of opportunities
In the context of International Women’s Day Marian Kat-de Jong tells you about the four generations of opportunities (in education) of the women in her family.
Two new working groups
Two new working groups have been started within the Acceleration Plan. A Remote digital assessment working group and an Online education of practical skills working group.
The people of the Acceleration Plan: Jet de Ranitz
Every week we introduce a different Acceleration Plan member to you. This week: Jet de Ranitz, CEO of SURF and member of the steering committee of the Acceleration Plan.
Summer reading list
The 2019-2020 academic year was the first full academic year for the Acceleration Plan. It was an eventful and busy year for us, not just because of the COVID-19 crisis. Now summer is, here we have listed the best articles, interviews, and blogs of the past year for you to read in peace and quiet.
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Interview Erwin Bleumink: Together from idea to change
Erwin Bleumink is a member of the Acceleration Plan steering group on behalf of SURF. He has been involved from the beginning in the developments that led to the Acceleration Agenda and later the Acceleration Plan. In September, Erwin bids farewell to the Steering group. In this interview, we look back and we look ahead.
Read the entire interview here.
Interview Eline van Hove & Roos van Leeuwen: Involve students and ‘break things’
Their year on the board of student associations LSVb and ISO is almost over for Roos van Leeuwen (LSVb) and Eline van Hove (ISO). This will be the end of their seat in the Acceleration Plan Steering group. This week they will hand over the baton to the next board. In this interview, we look back on an eventful year with them.
Online education, a profession in its own right
On Monday 25 May, the ComeniusNetwerk and ISO (Dutch National Student Association), in collaboration with SURF, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) and the Acceleration Plan, organised the Reflection Rooms digitisation of higher education post-corona crisis. Lecturers, students, educational innovators and higher education policy officers spoke (online) about the profits and pitfalls of the digital transformation.