A member of an Examination Board (EB) is expected to have the expertise to carry out all tasks and responsibilities associated with this role. This involves, among others, knowledge of the law, knowledge of the role, tasks, and responsibilities of an Examination Board member, knowledge of UT and programme-specific regulations regarding testing and graduation, as well as knowledge of how the quality of an assessment can be safeguarded and of ways to ensure that graduates meet the intended final qualifications. Members should also be able to establish regulations regarding certain articles in the WHW (Dutch Education Law) and guidelines for examiners regarding the assessment of exams. So a great deal is expected in terms of knowledge and skills.
Since 2012, after the role of the Examination Boards has been considerably reinforced by law, training courses and meetings have been organized at the UT for the members of Examination Boards. Initially institution-wide, later on as tailor-made courses, and on request. These tailor-made courses or workshops can still be requested and are offered by the Centre of Expertise in Learning and Teaching (CELT).
Since 2023, a basic workshop for all new Examination Board members is offered twice a year.
Since 2017, the UT has offered a Senior University Examination Qualification trajectory (in Dutch: Senior Kwalificatie Examinering; SKE).
How did the SUEQ trajectory come about?
While a professionalisation trajectory on senior level was already developed and implemented for some years within universities of applied sciences (Dutch: hbo instellingen) under the name of Senior Kwalificatie Examinering (SKE), a comparable programme tailored to the context of an academic university was lacking. In response to this need, and in close collaboration with the chair of the joint Examination Boards of the Faculty of EEMCS, who felt this need too, CELT, under the coordination of Hlema Vlas, designed and implemented in 2017 a SUEQ trajectory for the UT.
The SUEQ is specifically aimed at staff members in higher education who, at curriculum level, have the task and responsibility of ensuring or safeguarding the quality of assessment and assessment processes and who are responsible for ensuring that graduates have achieved the intended final qualifications of a programme. This could, besides members of an Examination Board, also include programme directors, programme coordinators, quality assurance officers, and educational advisors.
National SKE guidelines, established by the "Expertgroep BKE/SKE"* in 2013, and commissioned by the Association of Universities of Applied Sciences (Vereniging Hogescholen), and later on the subsequent revision of the programme of requirements in 2020, provided a solid foundation for the design of the SUEQ trajectory. bo instellingen). At the same time, from the outset, the programme was deliberately adapted to the academic university context and to the specific characteristics of the UT.
Since 2021, this trajectory has been offered in English to accommodate the increasingly international academic community. Sept. 2025, the SUEQ trajectory was offered for the sixth time
In this video, Arend Rensink, then chairman of the joint Examination Committees of the faculty of EEMCS, explains the reason for the launch of a SUEQ (at that time called SKE) trajectory.
In the scope of this trajectory, participants work on a concrete assessment-related issue originating from their own educational context and translate their analysis and possible solutions into an advisory memorandum. The findings are yearly shared within the university community. Previously, by organising a dedicated symposium or poster market. Nowadays, as part of the Week of Education. Some of the results are presented below (NB. Not all posters and presentations are available in English).
Although the main goals and the assignments that the participants work on have essentially remained the same, the trajectory has undergone some changes in terms of its design over time. For a description of how the trajectory is set up nowadays, see [here].
*Verantwoord toetsen en beslissen in het hoger beroepsonderwijs. Een voorstel voor een programma van eisen voor een basis- en seniorkwalificatie examinering (BKE/SKE). Expertgroep BKE/SKE in opdracht van de Vereniging Hogescholen, oktober 2013.