New ICO Counsellor

After 10 years Jules Pieters has retired as ICO Counsellor. Fortunately we have found a worthy replacement for him in Prof. dr. Jan Vermunt. ICO PhD candidates who encounter difficulties during their research project or with an ICO course can call upon him for…

ICO Educational programme 2023-2024

For more information about the courses that are open for registration, follow the weblinks below. To register for an ICO course go to the registration form. The deadlines for the first courses that will be organised are already approaching fast, so do not hesitate…

PhD defence Marijke Veugen

On Wednesday 18 October 2023, 16:00 hours exactly, Marijke Veugen (Wageningen University) will defend her thesis Formative assessment practice in secondary education. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation ceremony at Wageningen University. The ceremony can also be followed…

PhD Defence Marjon Baas

On Thursday the 5th of October, at 11:15 hours exactly, Marjon Baas (Leiden University) will defend her thesis Open to all, not known to all. Sustaining practices with open educational resources in higher education. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the…

Innovatiefestival IDL 2023

Samen Innovatief opleiden 14 september 2023, Instituut Defensie Leergangen (IDL) – Breda

Save the date: Annual conference LEARN! & EducationLab

Behavioural Effects of Policies to Improve Education 2nd of November 2023 More information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/annual-conference-learn-educationlab-tickets-684745280567

Oratie prof. dr. Rashmi Kusurkar

English below Beste collega, Op donderdag 5 oktober 2023 zal prof. dr. Rashmi Kusurkar om 15.45 uur haar oratie uitspreken ter ere van haar benoeming als hoogleraar Inclusie en Motivatie in Medisch Onderwijs en Opleiden. Voorafgaand aan de oratie zal vanaf 11.00 uur het…

New ICO membership classifications

Traditionally, ICO has known three types of membership. Besides the ICO PhD-membership, there is an ICO postdoc-membership (for a maximum duration of 3 years), and an ICO staff-membership, including emeritus staff-members. A few years ago an ICO alumni category was added, for former PhD-members…

PhD Defence Tom Adams

On Friday 15 September 2023, 13:30 hours exactly, Tom Adams (Wageningen University) will defend his thesis Learning to navigate classroom dynamics: Studying student teachers’ classroom management learning during their teacher education internship. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation…

Martijn Meeter new chair of the ICO Board

After eight years, Paulien Meijer (Radboud University) has announced that she will hand over the baton as chair of the ICO Board as of September 2023. We are pleased to announce that Martijn Meeter will take over from her. Martijn has been active on…