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…
NEW vacancy: PhD to join as theme group coordinator for the ICO theme 9 “Higher Education”
The research carried out by ICO members is organised into thematic groups. These Theme groups are responsible for the organization of ICO’s thematic courses and also contribute to the ICO Open Graduate Spring Schools, occasionally to events related to the thematic group, in collaboration…
Learn MoreICO GSS 2026 – Dinner
Open to all ICO members: secure your spot if you want to join! All registrants to the ICO GSS 2026 that have indicated that they were interested in joining the group dinner have already been invited by a personal email. But all other ICO…
Learn MoreThemaconferentie over het ontwikkelen van kennis en vaardigheden: 27 maart
Op vrijdag 27 maart organiseren VU en Erasmus Universiteit een conferentie over één van de onderzoeksthema’s van het Sectorplan SSH: Hoe ontwikkelen leerlingen vlot kennis en vaardigheden? Met keynotes van Anique de Bruijn en Roel van Steensel en presentaties van op het sectorplan aangestelde universitair…
Learn MorePhD Defence Tessa Slim
On Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 11:45 hours exactly, Tessa Slim (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) will defend her thesis “What Science needs?”. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation ceremony at the Auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, at the Boelelaan 1105,…
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