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Welcome to the CHEPS Ph.D. portal!

This portal provides (potential) Ph.D. students at CHEPS with all kinds of information, relevant for applying for a Ph.D. position at CHEPS, for starting a dissertation and also for when you are in the process of becoming a Ph.D. at CHEPS.

It is part of CHEPS’s mission to train Ph.D. students in the field of higher education research. CHEPS aims to provide its Ph.D. students with a stimulating environment in order for them to become broadly educated participants in higher education research and policy-making. This portal details what you can expect from CHEPS, such as regular and frequent supervision by two senior CHEPS staff members, library support, etc. And what CHEPS expects from you, such as participating in course-work, readings, but as a rule also a partly refundable fee, etc.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this portal is as accurate as we can make it at the time of our latest update. Further guarantees cannot be given.

CHEPS welcomes new Ph.D. applications. Before making a full application, please contact Dr. Don Westerheijden (Ph.D. coordinator) to check if your plans are in CHEPS’s field of expertise.

Current PhD Projects
▪ Adrichem, Nelleke van: Finding a strategic response to a diverse student population
▪ Isabella, Sharine;Tying down Global to Local: A comparative study of the management of the quality improvement process in higher education institutions in the Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries
▪ Kaulisch, Marc: Academics' career practices
▪ Kovač, Aleksandra: Decision making processes in restructuring Slovenian higher education
▪ Ngo, Jenny: Executive management styles and the role of the Dean in Indonesian autonomous higher institutions
▪ Snijder, Jorrit: Research Master programmes and the knowledge economy
▪ Van Weel, Ton: The Political Question of Macro-level Efficiency (Rationalization) in Flemish Higher Education 1989-2014
Course work, seminars and tutorials
▪ Course work
▪ Seminars
▪ Tutorials
CHEPS Alumni and Their Theses
▪ Kahsay, M.N. (2012) Quality and quality assurance in Ethiopian higher education: critical issues and practical implications
▪ Papadimitriou, A. (2011) The Enigma of Quality in Greek Higher Education. A mixed methods study of introducing quality management into Greek higher education
▪ Dassen, A. (2010) Networks: Structure and Action. Steering in and Steering by Policy Networks
▪ Leisyte, L. (2007) University governance and academic research: case studies of research units in Dutch and English universities
▪ Luijten-Lub, A. (2007) Choices in internationalization: how higher education institutions respond to internationalization, Europeanisation, and globalisation
▪ Boezerooij, P. (2006) E-learning strategies of higher education institutions
▪ Csizmadia, T. (2006) Quality management in Hungarian higher education. Organizational responses to governmental policy
▪ Duczmal, W. (2006) The rise of private higher education in Poland. Policies, markets and strategies
▪ Vlk, A. (2006) Higher education and GATS : regulatory consequences and stakeholders' responses
▪ Witte, J.K. (2006) Change of degrees and degrees of change : comparing adaptations of European higher education systems in the context of the Bologna process
▪ Beverwijk, J.M.R. (2005) The genesis of a system: coalition formation in Mozambican higher education
▪ Vossensteyn, J.J. (2005) Perceptions of student price-responsiveness: a behavioural economics exploration of the relationships between socio-economic status, perceptions of financial incentives and student choice
▪ Beerkens, H.J.J.G. (2004) Global Opportunities and Institutional Embeddedness
▪ Stensaker, B. (2004) The transformation of organisational identities. Interpretations of policies concerning the quality of teaching in Norwegian higher education
▪ Theisens, H. (2004) The state of change: analysing policy change in Dutch and English higher education
▪ Boer, H.F. de (2003) Institutionele verandering en professionele autonomie: een empirisch-verklarende studue naar de doorwerking van de wet "Modernisering Universitaire Bestuursorganisatie (MUB)"
▪ Gornitzka, A. (2003) Science, clients, and the state. A study of scientific knowledge production and use
▪ Wageningen, A.C. van (2003) De staat van de universiteit: een rechtsvergelijkende studie naar de institutionalizering van de universiteit in Nederland, Frankrijk, en Nordrhein-Westfalen
What is a CHEPS Ph.D.?
▪ CHEPS Ph.D. competencies
▪ Excellence and relevance in CHEPS research
▪ Requirements and admission
▪ Supervision
▪ Other activities
Practical issues
▪ Readings in main HE fields
▪ Readings in specialised fields
▪ Doing your Ph.D. at the University of Twente (pdf)
▪ Library and other facilities
▪ Application Form
▪ Planning
▪ Financial issues
▪ Networks
▪ Foreign students
▪ Language tools
▪ Links