Annual report 2015

Annual report
2015
Contents
Preface
2
Strategic themes
5
- Energy
- Healthy Ageing
- Entrepreneurship
- Talent Development
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10
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18
Excellent university of applied sciences 22
Top degree programmes
24
Key figures
26
The organisation
28
Performance indicators
34
Applied research
36
Award winners
53
Illustrations: Sanne Boekel
Student Illustration Design, Minerva Art Academy
Preface
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In 2015 Hanze University of Applied Sciences,
Groningen adopted a new strategic plan as a
follow-up to Road to Excellence. That was also
the last year of Hanze UAS’s performance
contract with the Ministry of Education,
Culture and Science, involving agreements
about teaching quality and study success,
teaching and research profiles, and
valorisation.
and research, to our significance for companies and institutions
in our environment and to the development of our region.
Groningen, April 2016
Mr drs. H.J. Pijlman, chair
Mr drs. L.J.M. Verhofstad, acting Executive Board member
Mr dr. P. van der Wijk, Executive Board member
In memoriam Mrs drs. M.C.J. (Marian) van Os
We have achieved many of our ambitions in the past few years.
We have increased the quality of our teaching and expanded
our applied research. We have also succeeded more often at
forging enduring links between teaching and research, and
with professional practice, thereby boosting our value for our
environment, regionally and internationally.
This foreword was supposed to have been signed by Marian van
Os as well. However, she very sadly passed away on 14 January
2016. Marian joined Hanze University of Applied Sciences
Groningen in September 2000 as a member of the Executive
Board, and for the last eleven years she was Vice-Chair of the
Board.
In 2015 many students, staff and external stakeholders contributed
their ideas on how Hanze UAS should develop in a world that
is becoming ever more complex. The new strategic plan, in
which these contributions are articulated, is entitled Innovating
Together.
She was a strong manager, a driven woman with a big heart. In
her work she was down to earth and focused on the goal. She
was daring, initiating changes and challenging processes that
she saw as needlessly complicated and bureaucratic. She was
interested in the people she managed, a warm personality who
brought people together, encouraged and inspired them.
We would like to thank our staff, the Participation Council, the
Supervisory Board and everyone else for their input. They have
contributed – and continue to do so – to the quality of our teaching
We owe Marian a great debt of thanks for everything she did for
Hanze UAS Groningen and its staff.
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Strategic
themes
Hanze UAS offers full degree programmes
in the areas of people and society, business
& economics, science & engineering and the
arts. Our major focus is on the themes of
Energy, Healthy Ageing, and
Entrepreneurship. This profile is bolstered
through special attention to Talent
Development.
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Strategic theme: Energy
I-Balance
Managing their
own energy
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Groups of residents in many towns and
villages are seeking to become more
independent in terms of their energy
supply. To help them, the Centre of
Expertise Energy has developed and
explored a number of options within the
I-Balance project.
This includes specially developed smart software that turns
a village or neighbourhood into a smart grid by creating an
optimum match between energy sources and energy users. It also
involves the right choice of smart equipment. For example, the
Centre tested a mini-power station (capable of generating power
for four households), which would provide power if the combined
Jans Roosjen, chair of Sustainable Hooghalen:
‘Sustainable Hooghalen wants the entire village to know
about sustainability. The project gave participants a real
understanding of their electricity and gas consumption. It
makes you far more energy-conscious. The participants
have definitely modified their behaviour and reduced their
energy consumption.’
solar and wind energy did not generate enough. The Centre also
explored the social and legal issues.
I-Balance had access to real consumption data. For this, the Centre
worked together with the Sustainable Hooghalen foundation,
set up by local residents. Although this presented unforeseen
hurdles, it was also very useful, says project leader Rolf Velthuijs.
‘When doing applied research, you always come across things that
don’t work or that work differently to what you’d expect. You
have to go through all these steps if you want to progress.’
The project involved not just technical questions but also social
and legal issues. Human Technology students worked on how to
keep a local group of this kind motivated. Law students looked
into what would be a suitable legal form if Sustainable Hooghalen
were to become an energy supplier. And they investigated the
question of who actually owned the collected data. This was
important because participants were keen to have access to
consumption data, preferably for the whole village.
At www.i-balance.org you can read the full story.
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Strategic theme: Healthy Ageing
Healthy
and green
Roos Pals, lecturer in Applied Psychology and postdoc
with the Facility Management professorship:
‘I’m very interested in the impact that the design of a space has
on health and wellbeing. Greenery and nature play a special role
here. Why and how do plants have a positive effect on people’s
experience?
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At the Martini Hospital we investigated whether decorating a
waiting room with indoor plants affected patients’ stress and
satisfaction levels. The hospital was enthusiastic about the
study and we organised the plants through their regular plant
supplier.
Our initial results have shown that patients do find the
waiting room more attractive if there are plants, but we haven’t
observed any difference in stress levels. This is just a preliminary
Ivy Reijmerink, service programme manager,
Martini Hospital: ‘Our patients are oFTEn stressed and
we want to make their stay here as pleasant as possible.
That includes the time they spend waiting – we sometimes
talk about ‘wait stress reducers’. This type of research
ties in with the things we’re working on. It serves a shared
interest, so we’re keen to lend our cooperation.’
result. We need to analyse the data further and carry out more
research. Other studies that have done much the same thing
have found a positive effect.
We’ve noticed that care institutions are very interested in
knowledge of this kind. At ’s Heeren Loo, we looked at the
design of a lounge for residents with what is termed ‘complex
behaviour’. And yesterday I was at Lentis. We might submit a
joint grant application with them to design and build a garden
for dementia patients.’
At www.healthspacedesign.nl you can read the full
story. You will also find more information about the
Health Space Design living lab.
Strategic theme: Entrepreneurship
A further
opportunity
Jiawen Zhang, International Communication alumna.
Jiawen took part in the International Business Talent
programme (IBT), in which students work for a further
four months as a company trainee after completing
their graduation project:
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‘When I heard about the IBT I was immediately attracted by the
idea of being able to put the recommendations from my thesis
into practice. I saw it as an extra opportunity and a good way to
start my professional career.
Cadmatic was already working on entering the Chinese market,
but was making slow progress. Our brand recognition was 10
to 15 percent at most, in other words very low. I concluded
that there was a market for us there. What we didn’t have was a
way to give potential customers the information they needed,
through the right channels. In China, censorship means that you
Theodoor de Jonge, Chief Commercial Officer at
Cadmatic: ‘Before Jiawen came to work for us we didn’t
actually have a communications strategy for China. Now
we do. At the end of her traineeship we knew for certain
that the Chinese market was of interest to us and that
Jiawen could help us to conquer it. That’s why we offered
her a job.’
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can only access Chinese social media. My advice was therefore to
use that channel. And we had to set up a website with content
that would appeal to potential customers – in Chinese, because
most Chinese people aren’t very proficient in English. I was able
to partially implement this during my traineeship, and now – as
a Cadmatic employee – I’m continuing to work on it.
I’m really very enthusiastic about the IBT programme. It opens
up a new chapter in your life. These experiences are immensely
valuable. And what’s more, the programme puts students
in contact with companies, and in the next step it connects
companies with other companies, so the network is constantly
expanding. I can see it happening, it evolves really quickly.’
At www.hanze.nl/ibt you can read the full story.
You will also find more information about the
International Business Talent programme.
Strategic theme: Talent Development
The Face
of the Refugee
Sarah Drent (26), a student of Speech and Language
Therapy and a participant in the Healthy Ageing
Honours Talent programme:
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‘At the start of last year I did an elective in law, where we looked
at what is law, what is just? Does law serve order, or peace? The
refugee crisis erupted shortly aFTErwards and I thought: I want
to do something, I don’t want to just stand by and say nothing.’
On the advice of the Hanze Honours College, Sarah took her
idea to Let’s Gro, the Groningen inspiration festival. She and
a couple of other Honours students came up with the idea of
a special evening that would have a positive impact on how
the people of Groningen perceive refugees. They called their
Lotje Paauwe, a member of the Let’s Gro team at the
Muncipality of Groningen: ‘The refugee question is highly
topical, of course. It’s often organisations that highlight
issues of this kind. What’s great is that this time it was
young people who thought: I think this is important, I’d like
to do something about it!
It was a highly successful evening. One special moment
was when Ammar, a young Syrian man, told his story. That
really struck a chord with the audience and opened many
people’s eyes.’
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initiative ‘The Face of the Refugee’ and they ran it one Saturday
evening at a top Groningen venue – the Spiegeltent on the
Vismarkt.
The different personal stories did indeed give Groningen
refugees a face. Janita Meerveld of Care 4 People told how
she had helped with the reception of refugees on Lesbos and
how that had affected her. And Ammar, a young man in his
early twenties, told his own story about fleeing Syria so that
he wouldn’t have to fight for Assad’s regime, about what he
had to endure on the journey, and about what his life is like
now – a harrowing story, and for many the highlight of the
evening. There was also a panel discussion with representatives
from the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers
(COA), the Didar Foundation (didar is an old Persian word for
‘encounter’) and the ToekomstAcademie. This was followed
by a brainstorming session about ways in which refugees and
the people of Groningen could have closer contact with one
another. ‘There was a real flood of ideas!’
Excellent
University
Fourteen Hanze
UAS programmes
are the best in
their field in the
Netherlands.
- Keuzegids HBO 2016
of Applied
Sciences
Elsevier
The Elsevier ranking of Dutch degree programmes
in the September 2015 Best Programmes issue
gives Hanze UAS an excellent rating. Ten Hanze
UAS programmes are the best in their field in the
Netherlands.
National Student Survey
Just like last year, Hanze UAS scored above the national
average for universities of applied sciences on student
satisfaction, according to the National Student Survey
(NSE). Hanze UAS also earned third place in the 2015
rankings for the larger universities of applied sciences
in the Netherlands.
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Top degree
programmes
Keuzegids HBO 2016
Hanze UAS has risen to third place in the rankings of
large Dutch universities of applied sciences, according
to the Keuzegids HBO 2016 (the Higher Education
Guide for Universities of Applied Sciences, issued in
October 2015). Fourteen out of the 52 programmes at
Hanze UAS have scored the title of ‘Top Programme’.
This figure of 27 percent is much higher than the
national average of 11 percent.
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Our Top Programmes are:
Dance – Amsterdam
Dance in Education – Amsterdam
Dance – Groningen
Dance in Education – Groningen
Bio-informatics
Fine Arts and Design in Education
Music in Education
Electrical & Electronic Engineering – Assen
Health Care Management – part-time
Speech and Language Therapy
Chemical Engineering
Dental Hygiene
Design
Physiotherapy
Students 2015
Hanze UAS key figures
2015
2014
2013
26,824
26,566
26,233
6,908
7,082
Financial results
all amounts x €1.000
enrolments
2015
2014
2013
income
241,738
236,046
230,593
expenditure
249,674
233,591
228,205
6,428
intake
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27
-7,936
result
2,455
2,388
4,118
4,066
3,789
2,049
1,969
637
600
622
495
2,313
2,490
graduates
2,024
Staff
international students
2015
2014
2013
609
incoming international students
564
outgoing exchange students
3,131 2,187
in numbers
in FTEs
3,113 2,182
in numbers
in FTEs
2,947 2,089i
in numbers
in FTEs
2,312
part-time and dual programmes
The organisation
The organisation
Composition of Boards, Staff Offices and Schools
as of 31 December 2015
List of schools and degree programmes
at Hanze UAS
AD = Associate degree; B = Bachelor’s; M = Master’s
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Supervisory Board
Executive Board
School
Degree programme
Mr drs. G.J. Lankhorst (chair)
Mr drs. A.A. Rietveld
Mr drs. L.P. Middel
Mrs A.M.C. Kuks
Mr drs. R. Bakker
Mrs J.M. Hiddema
Mr drs. H. van den Burg
Mr drs. H.J. Pijlman, chair
Mrs drs. M.C.J. van Os, vice chairman
Mr drs. LJ.M. Verhofstad, acting board
member
Mr dr. P. van der Wijk, acting board
member
School of Architecture,
Built Environment & Civil Engineering
B Architecture
B Built Environment
B Civil Engineering
M Architecture
School of Fine Arts, Design &
Popular Culture (Minerva)
- Fine Arts & Design
M Education in Arts (joint degree)
Staff Offices and Facilities Unit
Directors
Facilities Unit
Staff Office Financial Affairs
Staff Office Marketing & Communication
Staff Office Education & Applied Research
Staff Office Personnel and Organisation
Staff Office Computing & Inform. Services
Mr P. van der Wel
Mr P. Tuil
Mrs drs. R.P. Kamp, (acting)
Mrs drs. R.P. Kamp, (acting)
Mrs drs. J.C. Meins
Mrs drs. C. Joosse
Schools
Deans
School of Architecture,
Built Environment & Civil Engineering
School of Fine Arts, Design &
Popular Culture (Minerva)
School of Health Care Studies
School of Social Studies
School of Nursing
School of Business Management
School of Communication, Media & IT
Institute of Engineering
School of Facility Management
School of Financial and
Economic Management
Institute for Life Science & Technology
School of Marketing Management
School of Law
School of Sport Studies
International Business School
School of Education
School of Performing Arts
Hanze Honours College
Centre of Expertise Healthy Ageing
Centre of Expertise Energie
Mr drs. M. Hacking
- Minerva Academy of Popular Culture
- FMI Masters
School of Health Care Studies
AD Health Care Management
B Physiotherapy
B Speech and Language Therapy
B Health Care Management
B Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy
B Dental Hygiene
B Nutrition & Dietetics
M Physiotherapy/Remedial Therapy for
People with Chronic Illnesses
M Physician Assistant
School of Social Studies
AD Expert by Experience in Health & Welfare
B Social Work and Social Services
B Social Educational Care
B Applied Psychology
M European Master in Social Work
M Rehabilitation Counsellor
M Social Work (joint degree)
School of Nursing
Ad Practitioner in Care
B Nursing HBO-V
M Advanced Nursing Practice
Mrs D.F.L. van der Meulen
Mr drs. A. Nimis
Mrs mr. drs. M.A.M. Garnier
Mrs A.H. Hannink
Mrs drs. L.J.M. Hobert
Mrs mr. T. Faber-Remmelts
Mr ir. R. Woering
Mr drs. R.J. van Linschoten
Mrs mr. J.W.M. Gomashie
Mrs dr. V.B. de Graaf-Peters
Mr drs. P.N. Ganzeboom
Mrs mr. G.R. van Lingen
Mr drs. J.R. Janssens
Mr drs. B.A. ten Kate
Mrs drs. P. de Vries
Mr H. van den Elsen
Mrs drs. P. de Vries
Mr dr. J.H. de Ruiter MBA
Mr dr. ir. J. Aué
B Fine Art
B Fine Art and Design in Education
B Design
B Music
B Popular Culture
B Design
M Media, Art, Design & Technology
M MFA Painting
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The organisation
List of schools and degree programmes
at Hanze UAS
AD = Associate degree; B = Bachelor’s; M = Master’s
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School
Degree programme
School
Degree programme
School of Business Management
AD Human Resource Management
B Business Management Studies
B Human Resource Management
B Real Estate Management
M Leadership
M Real Estate
School of Law
B Laws
B Social Legal Services
School of Sports Studies
AD Sports, Health & Management
B Teacher Education in Physical Education
B Sports, Health & Management
School of Communication, Media & IT
B Communication
B Communication and Multimedia Design
B HBO-ICT
B Information Services & Management
M International Communication
International Business School
B International Business &
Management Studies
M Business Administration
M International Business & Management
School of Education
B Education in Primary Schools
Institute of Engineering
AD Project Leader Technology
B Advanced Sensor Applications
B Electrical & Electronic Engineering
B Human Technology
B Industrial Product Design
B Industrial Engineering & Management
B Mechanical Engineering
M European Master in Renewable Energy (WO)
M European Master in Sustainable Energy
System Management (WO)
M Sensor System Engineering
School of Facility Management
B Facility Management
School of Financial and Economic
Management
B Accountancy
B Finance & Control
B Financial Services Management
B Fiscal Economics
Institute for Life Science & Technology
B Bio-informatics
B Biology & Medical Laboratory Research
B Chemistry
B Chemical Engineering
School of Marketing Management
B Marketing
B International Business & Languages
B Small Business and Retail Management
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School of Performing Arts
- Dance Academy Lucia Marthas
- Prince Claus Conservatoire
AD Dance
B Dance in Education
B Dance
AD Music (conductor Hafabra)
B Music in Education
B Music
M Music
Key figures
for schools 2015
School of Facility Management
1,142
(45
international
students)
students
155 graduates / 233 intake
School of Architecture, Built Environment & Civil Engineering
(17
international
students)
students
107 graduates / 154 intake
175 graduates / 337 intake
School of Fine Arts, Design & Popular Culture (Minerva)
(152
international
students)
students
177 graduates / 204 intake
Institute for Life Science & Technology
(24
international
students)
students
119 graduates / 297 intake
School of Financial and Economic Management
668
1,579
students
875
School of Health Care Studies
947
2,828
students
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School of Marketing Management
students
284 graduates / 436 intake
School of Social Studies
School of Law
2,568
students
1,876
students
(18
international
students)
217 graduates / 453 intake
1,735
students
School of Sport Studies
1,554
(8
international
students)
students
274 graduates / 522 intake
(35
international
students)
188 graduates / 341 intake
School of Business Management
2,009
students
International Business School
1,388
(13
international
students)
342 graduates / 432 intake
students
236 graduates / 396 intake
School of Communication, Media & IT
2,607
students
343 graduates / 655 intake
1,789
students
238 graduates / 455 intake
(25
international
students)
33
(49
international
students)
439 graduates / 620 intake
Institute of Engineering
2,069
(118
international
students)
611 graduates / 624 intake
School of Nursing
(18
international
students)
(104
international
students)
School of Education
(343
international
students)
733
students
119 graduates / 150 intake
(5
international
students)
School of Performing Arts
(162
international
students)
students
94 graduates / 119 intake
457
(888
international
students)
23.6%
21.5%
≤25%
2 Study success: switch
11.7%
12.1%
12.7%
12.3%
11.6%
≤12%
3 Study success:
Bachelor’s programme
success rate
62.1%
64.3%
61.4%
57.1%
59.1%
≥62%
4Quality/excellence:
participation in
excellence programmes
4.2%
6.1%
6.7%
7.5%
7.0%
≥6.0%
5Measures: quality of
lecturers/professors:
Percentage of lecturers/
professors with Master’s/
PhD
59%
62.4%
69.9%
75%
77.3%
≥70%
6 Measures: teaching
intensity: Percentage of
programmes with fewer
than 12 programmed
contact hours per week
0%
0%
0%
7 a. Measures: indirect
costs: FTE Teaching staff/
FTE teaching support staff
1,24
1,44
1,6
1,71
7 b. Indirect costs:
pure overhead according
to the Association of
UAS system
22.8%
22.3%
20.52%
8 Imbedding of research
into education
9 Funded flagship Master’s
programmes
Energy
Healthy Ageing
Sensor Applications
Good 65%
Reasonable 30%
Low 5%
0
0
0
1
0
1
0%
0%
0%
1,55
2,05
≥1,46
≥1,70
19.75% 18.88%
≤20%
1,86
Good
100%
1
0
1
Good
100%
2
2
1
all degree
programmes
1
2
1
60/40
45/25.7 50/29.28 47/27.4
244/59.8 220/60.5 282/64.3
84
94
99
108
50/25 FTE
300/60 FTE
90
2013
54/46
2012
49/51
66/34 62.3/37.7
10Proportion of internal
research funding to
external funding
11Scope of research
professors
lecturers/researchers
PhD programmes
target
2015
23.8%
2015
target
2015
23.4%
2014
2015
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2011
baseline
measurement
2014
23%
1 Study success: drop-out
2012
2013
2011
baseline
measurement
Performance
indicators
2015
37
202
69
44
16/148
Numbers of employees
with PhDs hired (year/
total)
12Research quality and
valorisation
13Valorisation and
entrepreneurship
Students starting their
own company
Quality start-up
companies
78
5 per
year
(from 2015)
Positive
review
Positive
evaluation of
output, outcome
and impact
by relevant
stakeholderst
294
22
319
26
338
29
ca 150
25
14Lecturers’ work field
experience
76%
100%
100%
100%
15Lecturers’ research skills
69%
82%
93%
100%
16Research output
Presentations for
professional practice
Publications for
professional practice
ca 50
20/172
179
28
568
686
670
388
98
196
290
317
369
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17a. Internationalisation:
outgoing mobility
27.1%
27.5%
28.0%
(≥20%)
17b. Internationalisation:
incoming mobility
7.5%
7.6%
7.5%
(≥8%)
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4
22
2
41
4
18 Number of
cultural projects
festivals
21
2
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2
Centre of Expertise
Energy
Professorships
-Energy transition, leading professor dr. ir. Wim van Gemert
-Communication & Sustainable Society, dr. Annette Klarenbeek
-Sustainable LNG Technology, prof. dr. ir. Jacques van Dam
-Energy & Management, dr. Koos Lok EUR ING, MBA
-Energy & Law, mr. Bert de Jonge
-Energy and Networks (Network Integration), dr. Martien Visser
-Life Sciences & Renewable Energy, dr. ir. Jan-Peter Nap
Results in 2015
Project
External partners
Impact
Sustainable
Construction
Oostergast
•Municipality of
Zuidhorn
•Plegt-Vos
•eKwadraat
This shed light on factors that play a role
in people making sustainable choices
when buying a new home or having
one built. Advice was then given to the
Municipality of Zuidhorn and Plegt-Vos
construction company.
Public support for
biogas
Subproject of
Flexigas
This yielded knowledge about public
support for two biodigesters in the
northern Netherlands.
Broadband North
Groningen
•EZ/Eemsdelta
This shed light on how the inhabitants of
North Groningen talk about current and
future internet connections in relation to
the liveability of their environment.
It led to the drawing up of
communication advice.
Frames with
Energy
•Energy Top Sector
Effective communication between
government, market, knowledge
institutes and society by fostering
ongoing discussions.
Over gas
gesproken
[Talking of gas]
•GasTerra
An analysis of the discourse in relevant
online reporting and interactions about
gas, especially GasTerra. The study
examined which ‘frames’ occur among
stakeholders/professionals regarding gas
and GasTerra and what function these
frames fulfil.
Results in 2015
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Project
External partners
Impact
Drenthe in
Transition
•Province of Drenthe
•Various
municipalities
•Portal
•DRIFT, Erasmus
University
•NMF Drenthe
•Buurkracht
•Enexis
Various results in the province of
Drenthe’s ‘Drenthe in Transition’
initiative, which looked at ways of
speeding up the energy transition. The
research focused on setting up a portal
and transition arenas, and promoting
sustainable behaviour.
Speur de
Energyslurper
[Tracking down
energy guzzlers]
•Gasunie
•Buurkracht
•Enexis
Teams from Gasunie compared the
electricity consumption of different
appliances. The study showed the
campaign’s impact on people’s
awareness of energy consumption in
homes and on sustainable behaviour.
Check je
Warmtelek
[Checking for heat
loss]
•Gasunie
This revealed the impact of thermal
•Buurkracht
images of homes on the inhabitants’
•Enexis
energy awareness and behaviour.
•Province of Drenthe
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Centre of Expertise
Healthy Ageing
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Professorships with full Healthy Ageing portfolio
-Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing,
prof. dr. Cees van der Schans
-Statistical Techniques for Applied Research, dr. Wim Krijnen
-Physical Education and Youth Sport, dr. Remo Mombarg
-Clinical Malnutrition and Healthy Ageing, dr. Harriët Jager-Wittenaar
-Healthy Lifestyle, Ageing and Health Care, dr. Hans Hobbelen
-Healthy Lifestyle, Sport and Physical Activity, dr. Johan de Jong
-Integral Youth Policy, dr. Jeannette Doornenbal
-Child, Language and Development, dr. Margreet Luinge
-Learning and Behaviour, dr. Henderien Steenbeek
-Social Participation of People with Mental Disabilities,
dr. Charlotte de Heer
-Participation and Health of People with a Mental and Visual Disability,
Dr Aly Waninge
-Rehabilitation, dr. Lies Korevaar
-Rehabilitation & Recovery, prof. dr. Marian Farkas
-Nursing Diagnostics, dr. Wolter Paans
-Nursing, prof. Petrie Roodbol
-Self-management of Somatic Patients in Hospitals, dr. Joost Keers
Professorships with partial Healthy Ageing portfolio
-Work Organisation & Productivity, dr. Jac Christis
-Labour Participation, dr. Louis Polstra
-Computer Science & Sensor Technology, dr. C.M. Vos/dr. Hans Appel
-Sustainable Financial Management, dr. Margreet Boersma
-Sustainable HRM, dr. Lenie Beukema
-Facility Management, dr. Mark Mobach
-Flexicurity, dr. Harm van Lieshout
-Image in Context, dr. Anke Coumans
-International Business, dr. Egbert Dommerholt (acting professor)
-Demographic Change, dr. Elles Bulder
-Life Sciences, dr. ir. Jan-Peter Nap
-Lifelong Learning in Music, dr. Rineke Smilde
-Public Real Estate, dr. ing. Jan Veuger MRE FRICS
-Marketing/Market-focused Entrepreneurship, dr. Karel Jan Alsem
-New Audiences, dr. Evert Bisschop Boele
-New Business & IT, dr. Hugo Velthuijsen
-User-Centered Design, dr. Nick Degens
Visiting Professor
-Malnutrition Research and Education, Faith Ottery, MD, PhD
Results in 2015
Project
External partners
Impact
Centre for Youth and
Family (CJG) – a step
forwards
•COP Group
•Dienst OCSW,
Municipality of
Groningen
•GGD Groningen
•HU UAS Utrecht
•MJD Groningen
The project equipped frontline staff
at the Centre for Youth and Family
(CJG) with knowledge, understanding
and tools to mobilise parental mutual
support and give parents effective
parenting support.
Concrete results:
•Infographic on a preventive and
environment-based approach
•Neighbourhood analyses
•Descriptions of good practices
Uniform screening and
referral for children
with speech and
language delay in the
Netherlands
Allied Healthcare and
Nursing professorship
Funded by grant
from Netherlands
Organisation for
Health Research and
Development
•GGD Zeeland
•GGD Amsterdam
•Dutch Youth Health
Centre (NCJ)
•University Medical
Center Groningen
•Erasmus University
Rotterdam
Involving capable students and
professionals in the field of speech
and language development and
problems.
Concrete results:
•a PhD thesis
•various publications and lectures
WMO workshop Noord
Innovation and imple­
men­tation projects
under the Social
Support Act (WMO) by
the Rehabilitation professorship, funded by
the Ministry of Health,
Welfare and Sport
Various municipalities,
care and welfare
institutions and other
knowledge institutions
The project improved the social
participation of citizens with
disabilities.
Concrete results:
•WMO training modules
•Implementation manual
•Websites:
www.wmowerkplaatsennoord.nl and
www.wmowerkplaatsen.nl
Integral Youth Policy
professorship
project, funded by a
grant from SIA RAAK
(RAAK public)
Load and load
tolerance
Top athletes
•Biometrics
•LODE BV Medical
Technology
•University of
Applied Sports Science
Groningen – Faculty of
professorship
Medical Sciences
Funded from SIA RAAK •Science Plus Group bv
(RAAK-PRO)
•Sports Medicine
Center, UMCG
•Stichting InnoSportNL
•Stichting Topsport
Steunpunt Noord
To optimise athletes’ performance and
prevent injuries and overtraining.
Concrete results:
•a PhD thesis
•various publications and lectures
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Entrepreneurship
Research Centre
Results in 2015
Professorships
-Asian Business Strategies, dr. Rien Segers
-Sustainable Financial Management, dr. Margreet Boersma
-Purchasing Management, Gert Walhof MBA
-International Business, vacancy
-Leadership, dr. Adriaan Bekman
-Leadership in Social Sourcing, Frank Willems
-Marketing/Market-focused Entrepreneurship, dr. Karel Jan Alsem
-User-Centered Design, dr. Nick Degens
-New Business & IT, dr. Hugo Velthuijsen
-Sustainable Cooperative Entrepreneurship, Willem Foorthuis
(since 1 September 2015)
-Transition in the bio-economy, Rob van Haren (since 1 October 2015)
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Results in 2015
External partners
Impact
USE Conference
2015:
Understanding
Small Enterprises –
A Healthy Working
Life in a Healthy
Business
Dozens of
international
organisations
in the field of
entrepreneurship and
SMEs
Groningen hosted a sizeable
international, practice-oriented
conference.
It was a successful USE conference,
in which researchers brought their
projects to the attention of a broad
international audience. Participant
engagement was high, with a good
deal of networking and a very good
turnout at the plenary and parallel
sessions.
•160 participants
•12 Hanze UAS professorships were
involved
•30 presentations and 20 publications
from Hanze UAS staff
•8 speakers from Hanze UAS
In collaboration
with the Labour
Market Research
Centre
eHealth: Reaping &
Sowing
Project
External partners
Impact
ITRACT
•University of Groningen
•University of Stavanger
•University of Karlstad
•Jade University of
Applied Sciences,
Germany
•Viktoria Swedish ICT AB,
Sweden
•Rogaland County
Council, Norway
•Värmlandstrafik, Sweden
•Värmland County
Administrative Board,
Sweden
•VEJ – Verkehrsregionn
Nahverkehr Ems Jade,
Germany
•Metro, England
•Alliance Healthcare
•Municipality of Oldambt
•Shuttle Drive
•OV-Bureau Groningen
Drenthe
Development of some 40 smart
transport services based on input
from local residents, travellers and
transport professionals.
Improving the
accessibility of
thinly populated
areas in the
North Sea region
using smart IT
applications
Project
An IT platform has been
developed that combines
information from all available
sources and enables
transport services that are
personal, adaptive (in real time),
multimodal and interregional.
Fifteen pilots in five thinly
populated regions have shown
that exciting new transport
services can indeed be developed
in this way.
Improving virtual and physical
modes of transport contributes to
a sustainable regional economy
and community.
•More academic publications than
planned
•More project applications than
planned
•Various newly allocated projects in
the field of eHealth
•Greater attention to eHealth in
teaching, in both care & welfare
programmes and IT programmes
•Higher visibility for the subject of
eHealth within Hanze UAS and
beyond.
Increasing
systematic,
multidisciplinary
collaboration in
the field of eHealth
within Hanze UAS
Doing Business
with China’
Conference
Organised in
collaboration with
the Groningen
Confucius Institute
and China
University of
Communication
•China University of
Communication
•University of
Groningen
•Municipality of
Groningen
The conference brought together
over 45 companies from the northern
Netherlands. In sessions on Maritime
issues, Healthy Food, Agriculture &
Horticulture and Leisure & Lifestyle,
entrepreneurs met up with experienced
colleagues and experts in doing
business with China. Businesses in the
northern Netherlands decided at the
conference to create three clusters in
order to expand opportunities for doing
business with China.
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Labour Market
Research Centre
Results in 2015
Professorships
-Flexicurity, dr. Harm van Lieshout
-Labour Participation, dr. Louis Polstra
-Work Organisation and Productivity, dr. Jac. Christis
-Sustainable HRM, dr. Leni Beukema
-Legal Aspects of the Labour Market, dr. Petra Oden
Results in 2015
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Project
External partners
Impact
Van weten naar
verwezenlijken
•MKB Nederland Noord
•VNO-NCW
•Syntens innovation centre
•Chamber of Commerce
•Northern Netherlands
Technology Centre
•Flanders Synergy
•KU Leuven
•HAN University of Applied
Sciences
•VDL Wientjes
•Koninklijke Metaal Unie
•De Zwarte Hond
•Network of 30 SMEs
Following on from an earlier
RAAK project of the same name,
knowledge about improving
processes was made accessible to
SMEs in manufacturing by means
of a network analysis tool and a
web-based toolbox.
•Icare home care
•Promens Care
•Ambiq
•Neighbourhood support
•Youth Care Agency
Drenthe
•Sedna
•Salvation Army
•GGD Emmen
•Municipality of Emmen
•Angelslo neighbourhood
association
•Emmerhout residents’
association
•MEE Drenthe
At the request of the Municipality of
Emmen, and in collaboration with
the Sustainable Financial Management professorship, a cost-benefit
analysis was carried out on working
with ‘social area teams’. There was
also a network analysis and an
evaluation report.
[From
knowledge to
implementation]
De Toegang
Project
External partners
Impact
Sociaal in het
bestek
•7 entrepreneur
partnerships
•De Normaalste Zaak
•7 municipalities
•Bouwend Nederland
Noord
•VNO-NCW
•MKB Noord
•FNV
•ZorgpleinNoord
As a follow-up to an earlier
RAAK project, the legal aspects
of designing a labour pool and
the experiences of collaborating
entrepreneurs in setting up such
a pool were identified. Through
various presentations and publications, the project has added to
legal knowledge about establishing
labour pools.
Work First or
Care First
•De Kompanije
•Compaen
•A&O fonds (employer
training fund)
This project looks at collaboration
between welfare workers and work
and income staff at social services.
By working together more effectively and efficiently, they can reduce
the cost of the work reintegration
service and increase beneficiaries’
social participation.
Coach for Coach •Muncipality of Groningen
•A&O fonds
To promote a results-focused
approach by Work Directorate
staff, organisational disruptions
were identified and where possible
remedied. Some individuals were
also given coaching. The project
helped reduce the cost of social
security and increase the number
of beneficiaries who found work.
Care sector
innovation
The success of transformations in
care and welfare is largely dependent on staff and the organisational
culture. Research was done on the
sluggishness of the change process and the role of directors and
care professionals, resulting in the
book Krachtig Kantelen [Powerful
Change]. The project has made an
indirect contribution to cheaper and
higher quality care.
•ZIF
•NL Kenniscoöporatie
•De Noorderbrug
•Eyescan
•Network ZON (Care and
welfare programmes in
the northern Netherlands)
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Labour Market
Research Centre
Results in 2015
Results in 2015
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Project
External partners
Impact
SIRE Work field
exploration
•SIRE
•29 practitioners
interviewed
Commissioned by the School of Law, a
practitioner survey was carried out with a
view to making profiling choices in degree
programmes. The main question was:
Which employers offer which future jobs,
and how many, for UAS lawyers in our
regional economy?
Innovation in
service delivery
– Hobéon
•Hobéon
Advising Hobéon has helped stimulate
innovation in their job market-related
service delivery.
USE conference
2015:
Understanding
Small
Enterprises
•Numerous national
and international
contacts of KCA
and KCO
Over 180 visitors of 30 different
nationalities had a choice of more than
100 presentations on a healthy working
life in a healthy business.
Kracht van
mensen
•National Police
This project is part of a larger ‘longterm absence’ programme, which led to
the setting up of a Long-term Absence
Taskforce, tasked with pushing back
long-term absence by 1% (=600 people)
by the end of 2016.
•Van Mesdag clinic
Prompted in part by this programme, the
Van Mesdag clinic decided to modify its
organisational structure and redefine the
role of managers. The aim was to lessen
the workload of middle management
and reduce the risk of burnout for middle
management and sociotherapists.
[People power]
Mutual
Leadership
Professional
•AssenvoorAssen
training and
•Senior secondary
Corporate Social
vocational (MBO)
Responsibility
and UAS program(CSR)
mes in the region
The presentation of the research results
has led to a greater emphasis on the
‘people aspect’ of CSR in the schools
in question. A collaboration has been
launched with Noorderpoort College to
put this in place.
Project
External partners
Impact
HR-monitor
•Avans UAS
•Inholland UAS
•Rotterdam UAS
•Saxion
•HRM professorial
network
The Monitor has provided a greater
understanding of the competences of HR
professionals, which can be used for the
HRM programmes. This will assist with
designing and optimising the curriculum.
It also gives businesses a better
understanding of how HRM operates.
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Art & Society
Research Centre
Results in 2015
Professorships
-Image in Context, dr. Anke Coumans
-Lifelong Learning in Music, dr. Rineke Smilde and dr. Evert Bisschop Boele
-Art, Sustainability & Innovation, vacancy
Results in 2015
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Project
External partners
Impact
Blauwbörgje
photographic
project
•Blauwbörgje
nursing home,
Groningen
Students use portrait-making as an
artistic research strategy to get to know
someone. This sheds light on dementia,
translated into image and text. These
products in turn have an impact on
visitors to exhibitions at the Minerva Art
Academy and Blauwbörgje.
•Noorderlicht
•UCU Kampala
Uganda
The digital platform is filled with content
from the researchers, providing an
overview, insight and connection
regarding photography’s potential as
a research tool. Exhibitions and expert
meetings have an impact on intercultural
awareness and create a partnership
between Minerva Art Academy and UCU
in Uganda, the two schools taking part in
the exchange.
•Blauwbörgje
nursing home
•Living Lab Lentis/
Dignis
Students and lecturers learned about
photo audit, a photographic research
method, while participants from
Blauwbörgje nursing home learned about
the impact of space on the wellbeing of
residents.
Part 2. I see
what you don’t
see, portraits
of people with
dementia Priccapractice
Research into
photography
as an artistic
research method
www.
priccapractice.nl
Blauwbörgje
photographic
project
Part 3. Artistic
research method
for public space
in an institutional
context
Project
External partners
Impact
Parrhèsia, or the
courage of truth
in a transparent
society
•SIGN
Research lab participants explored ways
in which they as artists can convey hard
truths. The result was an exhibition in
SIGN. Secondary school students from
Werkman College took part in the project.
Euro+/Music
Generations
•Vrijdag
•Euro+
Contributing to the introduction of a
sustainable Groningen version of Music
Generations at the VRIJDAG Arts Centre.
This led to a growing interest among
professional musicians in working
with older amateur musicians, thereby
helping to create more job opportunities
for musicians. It also boosted public
recognition of the contribution that
musicians make to society.
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Research Centre
for Built Environment
Professorships
-Facility Management, dr. Mark Mobach
-Demographic Change, dr. Sabine Meier
-Public Real Estate, dr. ing. Jan Veuger MRE FRICS
-Marine Wetlands Studies, drs. Jans Revier (until 1 October)
-Spatial Transformation – Energy, dr. ir. Mieke Oostra,
-Spatial Transformation – Water, dr. ir. Floris Bogaard
-Smart Mobility, dr. ir. Niels van Steenis (until 1 September)
-Real Estate, dr. Martin Stijnenbosch
Results in 2015
Project
External partners
Impact
Study of
Winsum’s shop
location policy
•Municipality of
Winsum
Prompted by changing circumstances,
both economic and in relation to the
retail trade, the Municipality of Winsum
commissioned a study of its policy
on shop locations in the town centre.
Following the study, the council decided
to develop the Winsum shopping district
in such a way that it would retain its two
focal points.
Opportunities
in Demographic
Decline
50 professionals and
researchers in the
field of demographic
decline, sustainability
and participation
from:
•Housing
associations
•Municipalities
•Consultancies
•TNO
•VACpuntwonen
Guidelines have been developed to
ensure the sustainability of post-war
housing stock in areas experiencing
demographic decline.
The project has meant that housing
associations take account of
sustainability measures in their long-term
strategies and approach to demographic
decline. The project concluded with an
‘Opportunities in Demographic Decline’
conference.
Results in 2015
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Project
External partners
Impact
Erfgoed in
beweging
•Provincial
Groningen
Antiquities
Commission
•GasTerra
•Overheidsdienst
Groningen
•UG
•NAM
•consultancies
•local residents
A research agenda has been drawn up
for cultural heritage under threat from
earthquakes. The agenda is based
on a preliminary exploration of the
consequences of earthquakes for cultural
heritage.
Self-employed
workers, local
residents and 1,100
partners working for:
•Consultancies
•Knowledge
institutes
•Educational
institutions
•Housing
associations
•Care and welfare
institutions
•Municipalities
•Province
•Ministries
Professionals in the northern Netherlands
are responding more effectively to
population decline. Activities within the
network have led to the active exchange
of knowledge, as a result of which many
professionals in the northern Netherlands
are aware of successful practical
examples in the area of demographic
contraction. A conference to mark the 5th
anniversary of the knowledge network
attracted more than 400 participants.
[Heritage
preservation
in earthquake
zones]
Northern
Netherlands
Demographic
Decline
knowledge
network
Redesignation
•Vitens
of industrial
heritage in water
companies
On the basis of this study, the Vitens
water company adopted a policy on
maintaining and disposing of industrial
heritage. Vitens has a good deal of
industrial heritage in its real estate
portfolio. The internal real estate policy
and its practical implementation were
investigated. Discussions were also held
with various departments within Vitens
and with real estate departments in all
water companies in the Netherlands.
Other water companies have adopted the
methodology used in the study for their
own real estate portfolio.
Energy-efficient
Sint Petruskerk
Eindhoven
The research produced a summary of
options for saving energy in a listed
church in Eindhoven. They were
then used to develop plans for use,
maintenance and energy saving.
•Sint Petrus parish
•Stichting KIEN
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Research Centre
for Built Environment
Independent
professorships
Results in 2015
Hanze UAS has a further three independent professorships outside the
research centres:
Project
External partners
Impact
Health Space
Design living lab
•CEANconsulting
•Grontmij
•‘s Heeren Loo
•Martini Hospital
•University Medical
Center Groningen
•Lentis
•ZuidOostZorg
•Kloosterveen health
centre
•op ten noort blijdenstein architecten & adviseurs
•Coresta
•Studio dVO
•TNO
The Health Space Design (HSD) living
lab looks at better ways of coordinating
space and organisation in the care sector
so that care institutions can function
more effectively and can provide quality
care at lower costs. The research has
had an immediate impact on the design
of space in care institutions, for example
through the use of lighting, furnishings
and signposting.
•137 municipalities
•220 professionals
from municipalities,
knowledge
institutes, local
governments,
investment
company
The Barometer MVG 2016 [Public
Real Estate 2016] is about the
professionalisation of municipalities
and care institutions. The first copy was
received by State Secretary Martin van
Rijn (VWS) and Prof. Jaap Uijlenbroek,
Director General of the Central
Government Real Estate Agency.
The book, which had a print run of 1000
copies, has since sold out.
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Public Real
Estate
Barometer
Care Sector
Real Estate
Barometer
Project: Taxation •24 authors from
Studies in
universities,
Public Real
UASs and other
Estate
knowledge
institutes
-Excellence in Higher Education and Society, dr. Marca Wolfensberger
(attached to the Hanze Honours College).
-Computer Science & Sensor Technology, dr. Marco de Vos, Hans Appel.
-Life Sciences, dr. ir. Jan-Peter Nap (attached to the Centre of Expertise
Energy).
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The standard texts Taxatieleer Vastgoed
1 and 2 [Taxation Studies in Public Real
Estate] have been completely updated.
The textbooks areaimed at students in
the Real Estate Management programme.
Award winners
Lecturers and students from various schools were
awarded special prizes:
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Grotius Minor
In the autumn of 2015, hundreds of thousands of people
fled from Syria and Africa to Europe. A number of lecturers
took the initiative and started the Grotius Minor to help
them build up a new life here.
The first 40 refugees started the programme in November
2015. For six months they followed course units at
higher professional education level, focusing on learning
Dutch, English and intercultural skills. They also learned
about topics varying from art to politics and from
entrepreneurship to healthcare and IT.
This Minor would not have been possible without the
voluntary efforts of almost a hundred lecturers and other
staff members and over fifty students of Hanze UAS.
- Esther Tanumihardja, a student of Sensor Technology,
won the Hanze Innovation Award for her research on
cancer biomarkers.
- Nicholas Dobbinga, a Fine Arts student, made the
animated film All Things Start From Innocence, which
won the best student animation at the Bangalore Shorts
Film Festival.
- Sanne Meijer, a Marketing Economics student, won gold
at the Wakeboard World Championship in Mexico.
- Roland Schimmel, lecturer at the Minerva Art Academy
and artist, won the first Academy Prize for Astronomy
and Art with his work Black Sun.
- Egbert Jan Louwerse, flautist and main subject lecturer
in flute at the Prince Claus Conservatoire, received the
Diplôme de Médaille d’Argent from the French Société
Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres for his important
contribution to French culture.
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