On March 14, Dr Kiumars Zarafshani presented his work at Wageningen University as guest of ECS at the occasion of the doctoral dissertation defence of Saeid Noroozi. Dr Zarafshani actively helps students in higher agricultural education to start up agri-business enterprises for self-employment. This way they can create a livelihood in a sector otherwise without much employment opportunities. Continue reading Dr Kiumars Zarafshani presented at ECS
The call for WU sandwich PhD’s applications has opened. The deadline for proposals is set on Friday, May 16th 2014. Applications must be sent in by email to Dr. ir. Henrieke de Ruiter (henrieke.deruiter@wur.nl), through sendit: https://sendit.wur.nl/Secure/ Please keep in mind that candidates must meet all of the eligibility requirements. See further website: http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Education-Programmes/PhD-Programme/Categories-of-PhD-Candidates/Sandwich-PhD-Candidates.htm
The article ‘Exploring the Validity and Robustness of a Competency Self-Report Instrument for Vocational and Higher Competence-Based Education’ by Anne E. Khaled, Judith T. M. Gulikers, Hilde Tobi, Harm J.A. Biemans, Carla Oonk, and Martin Mulder (2014). Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, p. 1-12, is published online. The paper can be found at http://jpa.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/28/0734282914523913
The article “Searching for entrepreneurs among small business ownermanagers in agriculture” by Thomas Lans et al is finally published in NJAS, and available online. See http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1573521413000687
Wageningen Bachelor programmes have been assessed by the Choice Guide Universities as being the best in the Netherlands for the last nine years. Since 2010 the Master programmes are being assessed and this week 20 Master programmes of Wageningen were assessed as being of top quality. This is the third year in a row that the Wageningen Master programmes are being assessed as the best in the Netherlands.
There is only little empirical research on the quality of incompany training projects provided by external training companies. In the late 1990s a group of training companies commissioned research into this. A standardized questionnaire was developed and completed by internal training project commissioners. Continue reading Quality of in-company training projects: the power is in the preparation
Martin Mulder is Visiting Professor at Toulouse Business School. He is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the International conference on Skills for the Future – Training, employment, occupations and employability in turbulent times, which will be held in Toulouse, France, on 18-19 September 2014. The deadline for submitting paper proposals (500) is April 30, 2014. For further information: see http://www.tbs-education.fr/en/research-faculty/international-conference-skills-future
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Martin Mulder is appointed in the Academic Board of NCOI (www.ncoi.nl). NCOI is the leading training and education organization in the private sector in the Netherlands. Mulder will be active in the research domain ‘Education’. In this domain Lector Dr Loes Houweling is working for the Master Special Education Needs (Master SEN) and Lector Dr Martijn van Schaik for the Masters Educational Science (Master Onderwijskunde), and Education and Development (Master Learning & Development). See further: http://www.ncoi-onderzoeksinstituut.nl/over-ons/academic-board/prof-dr-martin-mulder.html and http://www.ncoi-onderzoeksinstituut.nl/opleidingen/master-onderwijskunde.html. Mulder can utilize his expertise in educational practice, research and management in this position.
Lans, T., M.A. van Galen, J.A.A.M. Verstegen, H.J.A. Biemans and M. Mulder (2014). Searching for entrepreneurs among small business ownermanagers in agriculture. In: NJAS – Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences. Download from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1573521413000687
Mark article history: Received 8 June 2009; Received in revised form 21 July 2011; Accepted 3 December 2013; Published: 2014.
Continue reading New article in press on entrepreneurship among small business ownermanagers