Op de Willem de Kooning Academie spotten we meerdere meisjes (en jongens!) met een bijzondere ketting om hun nek. Een ontwerp van tweedejaars lifestyle Elise Leeflang (22).

Aan de Hogeschool Rotterdam studeren en werken ook, meestal tijdelijk, internationale studenten en docenten die de Nederlandse taal niet machtig zijn. Voor hen is er nu de Engelstalige site van Profielen waarop een deel van de artikelen is vertaald.

Vandaag en morgen wordt in Den Haag de Global Conference on Cyber Space gehouden. Privacy en internetgedrag is één van de onderwerpen, iets waarover HR’s lector nieuwe media Florian Cramer ook wat vindt.

Siham (19) from The Hague is a second-year student of English at the teacher training college and will keep a blog for Profielen.

In the hall of the Kralingse Zoom location, students are promoting Asian products. At one of the booths, colorful backpacks are offered which seem flat at first sight…

Do you know what the degree of a professional education student will read? Take the quiz! Will a commercial economist be a Bachelor of Arts? A Bachelor of Business Administration? A Bachelor of Science? Or – perhaps – a Bachelor of Commerce?

The first thing people notice about me is that I’m a Muslim woman. There’s no getting away from it. If I walk past you, you will notice my clothes. That’s something I’m proud of. I feel proud that people know I’m a Muslim woman.

Why is it so difficult to write a thesis? Because the university won’t teach you, says language lecturer Amos van Gelderen. ‘So it isn’t all that strange that students just have a go at it.’

Recently, some 50 teachers gathered together to talk about flipping the classroom: reversing class teaching and individual homework. ‘The speaking skills of my students really improved.’