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 fourteen 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 Anita Emans
On Friday 20 March at 12:15 hours exactly, Anita Emans (Utrecht University) will defend her dissertation ‘Teacher agency development within the dynamics of a dual learning context: Navigating aspirations and practices’. Prior to the defence, Emans will give a layman’s talk starting at 12:00 hours. All ICO…
Learn MoreSummer School in Groningen, the Netherlands, 24-28 August 2026:
Empowering Educational Developers to Train University Teachers Improve your skills in university teacher training. (Re)design your workshop or training. Learn with and from other educational developers. Designed as more of a community than a workshop, this summer school aims to bring together those who…
Learn MoreICO introduces new membership: Affiliate fellow
ICO has introduced a new membership category: the Affiliate Fellow. This development creates a formal position within the ICO community for educational scientists who are not employed by an ICO university but who actively contribute to ICO’s activities and academic mission. Until now, there…
Learn MoreJoin the 2026 Methods and Statistics Summer School Courses at Utrecht University
The Department of Methodology and Statistics (M&S) of Utrecht University offers 17 courses this summer, regarding topics such as: SEM models, longitudinal data methods, R, Python, text mining, survey research, hypothesis evaluation/model selection, Bayes, multilevel modeling, networks, qualitative research methods, and many more data…
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