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…
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…
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…
On Friday, 8 January 2021 at 16:00 hours exactly, Bram Vaessen (Eindhoven University of Technology) will defend his thesis “Students’ perceptions of assessment and student learning in higher education courses”. Due to Covid-19 regulations, the ceremony will be online, and can be followed at online…
Learn MoreThe online international networking conference for all PhD candidates in Educational SciencesMarch 16-18, 2021 We are pleased to invite all PhD’s in the Educational Sciences to the online ICO International Spring School (ISS) 2021, an international conference and an educational event. The online ICO…
Learn More1 december 2020 Hoe kan het onderwijs in Nederland verder verbeterd worden? Welke thema’s leven er in het po, vo en mbo? Op welke thema’s is meer kennis nodig om kwalitatief hoogstaand onderwijs te (blijven) bieden? Werk jij in het onderwijs of doe je…
Learn MoreOn Friday the 4th of December at 11:30 hours exactly, Rob Kickert (Erasmus University Rotterdam) will defend his thesis Raising the bar: Higher education students’ sensitivity to the assessment policy. More information (in Dutch) can be found at https://www.eur.nl/evenementen/promotie-r-robert-kickert-2020-12-04 Due to Covid-19 regulations, only a…
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