Deft TopTech: Management of Safety,Health & Environment programme

Western society continually seeks new and better ways to strengthen the protection it offers its citizens. Industries are enhancing safe working conditions and are eliminating errors and threats. Technical developments and new management methods are crucial for a better safety, health and environment in your organisation. Delft TopTech’s Safety, Health & Environment Management programme prepares professionals to play a crucial role in the daily implementation of safety requirements and in the development of future policies and applications. This programme provides insight into the importance of an integrated management and policy framework that takes account of occupational and environmental hygiene and health issues. Safety experts, policy makers and advisors learn how, and when to change existing systems and methods, as well as how to place safety on the agenda in the boardroom. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

Arnhem Business School in the Netherlands:see a videofilm

Here you can download the videofilm made at Arnhem Business School (ABS), a faculty of HAN University, located in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The University has a total enrolment of about 17,000 students of which around 4,000 students study at ABS. Of the 500 students following international business programmes 60% are from abroad Link to videofilm: Eurogates. Forum of education news

TU Delft: honor track programmes for talented students

Dutch Vicesecretary of Education, Mark Rutte, says it's clear that the experimental top degree programs in higher education lead to stronger positions on the labor market. TU Delft is now also experimenting with 'honors tracks' for highly motivated, talented students, in fields like critical reflection on technology. Various universities have reported that 'honors track' programs offer added value to their educational programs. Rutte says this program makes it possible to quickly decide if a top degree program deserves a place in the new regulation for higher education Address: Eurogates. Forum of education news

University of Maastricht: New Bachelors study of European Public Health

Next academic year, Universiteit Maastricht will start a Bachelors study of European public health. The education ministry gave the go-ahead this week. International health issues, such as bird flu or food safety, have shown that good co-operation between countries is very important. European public health will deal with such subjects. The programme trains students to be policymakers in health care, with knowledge of international regulations. Students may register for this study, which is in English, if they have obtained the relevant secondary-school qualifications. First-year students are expected to come from across Europe. "We are recruiting a great deal in Germany and Belgium, but I have also had requests for information from Estonia and even from Pakistan," says Danielle Vogt, spokesperson for the programme. The lecturers are also from all corners. "In addition, we will also be working with guest lecturers," says Vogt. "These could be Euro-MPs, but also alumni from this university who are working in the field concerned." Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

TU Delft: Superbus is public transport alternative

TU Delft sent a report detailing the conclusions of the first phase of the Superbus program to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. "We demonstrated that Superbus is a global, sustainable public transport alternative," TU Delft Professor Wubbo Ockels said. "The government should incorporate Superbus in its decisions on numerous infrastructure projects." The Superbus transport system is based on buses that are able to travel at high speeds (150 - 250 km/hour) on dedicated 'Supertracks', and at normal speeds on existing roads. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

University Twente: 40 scholarships for Public Administration

After a tender procedure, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed the University of Twente as the university where some 40 students from central and eastern Europe will complete a Master’s Degree in Public Administration for a period of two years, at next to no charge. The Dutch government will be refunding the costs as part of the MATRA Training for European Cooperation (MTEC) programme. This programme has been devised to support the transition from totalitarianism to multiform democracies in central and eastern Europe. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

HAN University: sailing competition

16 students of the Faculty of Economics and Management went on a sailing competition to England for a week. Most of them had never gone sailing before. It is beautiful to see eighteen ships leaving at the same time. Race Of The Classics is the biggest student sailing competition of Europe. On every ship there is a crew to look after the students. ‘Our crew was very young, they went to all the parties with us’, says Jeanette. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

RSM’s MBA programme was ranked 16 in the world

In the most recent survey released by Beyond Grey Pinstripes, RSM’s MBA programme was ranked 16 in the world for its incorporation of social and environmental issues. RSM’s MBA programmes are among the best in preparing future managers for social and environmental stewardship, according to the latest edition of Closer Looks, a publication by Beyond Grey Pinstripes. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

HAN University: accreditations for Ms International Business

The Master in International Business received accreditation by the FIBAA. The Arnhem Business School can now award an internationally recognised Masters degree to students who have successfully completed the Master in International Business programme. The MIB is the first applied sciences Master’s degree in economics in the to receive accreditation and is recognised worldwide as a leading master programme. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

University of Amsterdam: training site for logic and games

The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) of the Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) has been recognized by the European Commission as the ideal place to get an interdisciplinary PhD degree in Logic and Games. Coordinated by Dr Benedikt Löwe, the ILLC is opening a Marie Curie Research Training site entitled GLoRiClass (Games in Logic Reaching out for Classical Game Theory) funded by the European Commission with €1,250,000. Eight international doctoral students will be fully funded by the new site, seven more are associated fellows of GLoRiClass. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

Distance learning Euro*MBA celebrates 10th anniversary

Heerlen/ Maastricht/ Nantes / Aix-en-Provence/ Barcelona, May 2006. The Euro*MBA executive programme, offered by a pan-European consortium of schools that includes Universiteit Maastricht – Business School-, Audencia Nantes, IAE Aix-en-Provence, EADA Barcelona and Open Universiteit Nederland, will celebrate its 10th year of innovation with a two-day event in Barcelona on May 12 and 13. The event, to be held at Spanish partner School EADA’s residential management centre in the hills north-west of the Catalan capital, will bring together deans, alumni, Euro*MBA staff and current students. Around 150 guests are expected to participate in a programme that includes sessions on multicultural management and corporate responsibility, plus an afternoon of informal networking thanks to a gastronomic experience. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

Nyenrode Business Universiteit and European Pilot Selection

Nyenrode Business Universiteit and European Pilot Selection & Training (EPST) have developed a program intended specifically for pilots. The objective of this Basic Management Training (BMT) for upcoming or recently graduated pilots is to give them a better understanding of the management within an airline to clarify how airline companies are run. The program includes a management simulation game whereby the pilots have to make decisions as managers responsible for an airline company and then analyze their choices. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

The UvA has joined the League of European Research Universities (LERU

The UvA has joined the League of European Research Universities (LERU), a network of renowned European research universities. This alliance advocates new initiatives to get the importance of fundamental scholarly research on the European agenda more prominently. LERU was founded in 2002 to be a network of research universities with a common vision on higher education and European research policy. Europe has lost its lead in international fundamental scholarly research and new initiatives are needed for regaining that position. LERU aims at radical changes in policy, management and funding of fundamental scholarly research in Europe. LERU advocates, among other things, European funds for excellent research, managed and awarded by a European Research Council, newly to be founded. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

Philips announces new international Research

The Netherlands - Philips Research signed a new Research and Education agreement with the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) and Zhejiang University, China. The agreement is aimed at fostering a new culture of technical excellence through the creation of a 'brain bridge' between eastern and western universities and companies, and at supporting China's efforts in creating the high-quality home-grown scientists and engineers the country will need to sustain its growing economy. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

Education in science key to innovation, says Verheugen

The EU Commissioner for enterprise and industry has praised a Dutch public-private partnership on education in science for young people as a 'best practice' to be picked up under the Lisbon competitiveness goals. Speaking at a side event of the European Business Summit (EBS) on 16 March, Commissioner Günter Verheugen said public-private partnerships on science education such as Jet-Net in the Netherlands was to be cited as an example of 'best practice' in recommendations to EU member states due in the second half of 2006. The recommendations are currently being prepared by the Commission on the basis of national action plans submitted by the member states last year. They will be discussed at the Spring Summit on 23-24 March and finalised in further detail later in the year by the Commission. The recommendations are non-binding and serve mainly for comparison and as an exchange of best practice among EU member states. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

Steep increase in Leiden doctorates

The number of doctorates at Leiden University rose strongly last year. At the end of 2005, there were 289, an increase of 49 over 2004. The biggest increases were in the faculties of Law and Mathematics and Natural Sciences, with each faculty gaining fifteen more new doctors. LUMC also performed well (+12). An increase of 21% in 2005 is remarkably high after a fairly stable pattern in previous years. There are several factors which have had a favourable effect on the number of doctorates achieved in Leiden. Professor Frans Saris, dean of Maths & Natural Sciences, jokingly - but with an element of seriousness - attributes this increase to particular policies adopted by the faculty. 'In statistical terms, a rise of ten doctorates could be regarded as a normal fluctation,' according to Saris. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

Number of Erasmus scholarships halved

The Erasmus scholarship is going up. In 2007, it will increase from 150 to 175 euros and by 2013 it will have risen to 250 euros. But because the budget for Erasmus scholarships is hardly increasing in proportion, far fewer students will be eligible. Nuffic expects the number of Erasumus scholarships to fall from 5,000 to 2,500 in 2007. The Erasmus scholarships are part of the new programme for lifelong learning, for which the European Commission originally budgetted 13.6 billion euros for 2007-2013. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news

Technical University Eindhoven: 50th anniversary

In 2006 Techinical University Eindhoven (TU/e) will celebrate its 50th anniversary! And 50 years of education, research and entrepreneurship certainly deserve to be celebrated. Therefore we are seizing this opportunity to present the university in its full size and scope for a whole year. A series of cultural events, sports activities, parties and conferences will make this year unique in our history. The acme will be reached in April, for on 27 April the university will celebrate its 50th Dies Natalis. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news