Centre for Applied Research on Social Sciences and Law

The intended Synergy between Research and Teaching of Universities of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands

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To ensure the proper education of “future proof” professionals, it is important that higher education institutions make strong connections between research and teaching. The combination of the institutional logics of research and teaching within the Universities of Applied Sciences (UASs) suggests that UASs should strive for synergy between these two logics. Before attempting to improve the synergy, we investigate UASs’ current visions on connecting research and teaching and the subsequent synergistic effects. A grounded coding analysis of university-wide policy documents of six UASs in the Netherlands suggests that universities want to achieve synergistic effects on the level of the student, the professional, education, research, organization and professional practice. To achieve these synergistic effects the universities show a variety of research-teaching connections. The findings have implications for both local and national policy makers.

Reference Daas, S. R., Day, I. N. Z., & Griffioen, D. M. E. (2019). The intended Synergy between Research and Teaching of Universities of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Paper presented at Higher Education Conference 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Published by  Higher Education, Research and Innovation 28 October 2019

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Oct 2019

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Indira N.Z. Day

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