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…
ICO’s educational programme 2026-2027
We are excited to share that preparations for ICO’s educational programme for 2026-2027 are well underway. In October we will kick off with Theme group ICT and Education that organises the course ICT and Education: From Theory to Practice, and with the course of our Theme…
Learn MoreSave the date: ICO Open Graduate Spring School 2027
ICO OGSS 2027 – De Duinse Polders, Blankenberge, Belgium – 15-19 March 2027 Website: https://ogss2027.ico-education.nl/ ICO is delighted to invite all PhD’s in the Educational Sciences to the ICO Open Graduate Spring School (OGSS 2027)! This event combines the best aspects of a conference and…
Learn MoreNew: join the Community of Research on Workplace Learning
The ICO theme group workplace learning (Theme group 3) has changed the set-up of its courses; we do what we teach! We turn all members of this theme group into a community, a Community of Research on Workplace Learning. This is a social, continuous…
Learn MoreSave the date – Inaugural lecture Prof.dr. Liesbeth Kester
16 October 2026 On October 16, at 16.30, the inaugural lecture of Prof.dr. Liesbeth Kester will take place. The title of her lecture will be ‘Positive Educational Design: Competence and Wellbeing in the Health Professions Education’ (‘Positief Onderwijsontwerp: Competentie en Welzijn in de Gezondheidszorgopleidingen’). Prior to…
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