The Executive Board has established the guideline Shaping Hybrid Education in the 1.5m University with effect from 1 September and asked the University Council for advice. This document provides programmes qualitative guidelines to give substance to the educational programme under the preconditions of the government, building and environmental factors and the educational frameworks frameworks for the academic year 2020-2021. We are confident that with creativity and our spacious campus, we have a lot of opportunities for our education. The guideline has been added below this article or found here.
About the guidelines (in short)
In March 2019, the 'online education' working group from the CCOw formulated guidelines for organising education until 31 Augustus 2020. The core condition for that period was that all education could only take place online, apart from limited space for graduation and lab-related practicals. From 31 August, the situation is different and more complex: different because the government's guidelines allow a combination of online and physical education; more complex because the right combination requires consideration of various factors that influence each other mutually and whose effects cannot be fully estimated. We emphasize that this situation not only imposes limitations but also creates opportunities and invites developing structural new and innovative forms of education, as part of the UT Shaping 2030 vision.
It is also important to stress that this document provides predominantly qualitative and not quantitative guidelines. To be able to formulate and justify guidelines against the background of this complex but also promising situation, it is necessary to make preconditions more explicit. These preconditions express what we can and cannot do and what we do and do not want. Three types of preconditions are distinguished: 1) government guidelines, 2) building and environment-specific factors and 3) educational frameworks to which the UT commits itself. If you’re interested, you can download or read the guidelines here <link>.
How will students know specific programme information
In the upcoming period, the programmes will be working on completing their educational programme. Programmes will inform their (prospective) students about the programme in time before the start of the academic year.
