Education
The ICO educational programme provides a conceptual basis and organizing framework with the aim of supporting PhD candidates to develop themselves to the highest possible level of professional researcher in the field of education and training. To this end, ICO establishes formal educational structures…
Theme Groups
The different elements in the ICO mission lead to the organization of the research programme into ‘thematic groups’. These thematic groups can be regarded as Special Interest Groups. The thematic groups are responsible for the organization of ICO’s thematic courses and also contribute to…
ICO Membership
Institutes of sixteen Dutch and Belgian universities participate in ICO. These universities constitute the inter-university graduate school ICO. To become a member of ICO, you have be appointed at one of the ICO universities, and should be employed in a faculty or institute participating…
PhD Defence Joyce Neroni
On Friday, 17 June 13:30 hours exactly, Joyce Neroni (Open University of the Netherlands) will defend her thesis The Adult Learning Open University Determinants (ALOUD) study: psychosocial factors predicting academic success in adult distance education. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at…
Learn MorePhD Defence Nicolette van Halem
On Tuesday, 24 May at 15:45 hours exactly, Nicolette van Halem (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) will defend her thesis Accommodating Agency-Supportive Learning Environments in Formal Education. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation ceremony at the Aula of the Vrije…
Learn MoreICO Courses 2022-2023
The first draft of our course programme for 2022-2023 is now available on the ICO website at https://ico-education.nl/education/. There will be new courses added to this list in due time. For most of the courses on the list registration is now possible using the…
Learn MoreICO – Change of host university per 1 September 2022
In September 2022 it is time to rotate and pass the baton: ICO will move to a new host university, from Maastricht University to Utrecht University. Form September onwards, ICO will be embedded in the department of Education of Utrecht University. The past months…
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