The OnderwijsFestival: A day of celebration for the UU education community |
| The OnderwijsFestival took place on Thursday 5 March. In a packed University Hall, over 500 visitors from across the entire UU education community came together to celebrate education. Participants described it as a festive day that provided an opportunity to really get down to work together on educational matters, but also to take a moment to reflect on all the amazing educational initiatives within UU’s educational landscape. Fancy getting a taste of the atmosphere? |
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Educational Scholarship and Research |
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Register for the HER Symposium on the Hidden Curriculum |
| Following a successful previous edition, the next Higher Education Research Symposium will explore the hidden curriculum. This refers to the entirety of side effects of the regular educational curriculum. During their studies, students are presented with all manner of lessons through the formal curriculum. At the same time, students also learn various norms, values and behaviours, which make up the hidden curriculum. Join us on Tuesday 14 April 2026 from 12:00 to 17:00! |
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Twelve Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects awarded |
The Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning (CAT) supports lecturers who wish to investigate their own teaching practice through Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) grants. These grants provide financial support of up to €10,000 for small-scale projects, such as implementing new teaching methods or improving lectures. In 2025, twelve projects were awarded funding. Would you like to start your own project? Submit your project proposal before 3 April 2026!
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EWUU Education Research call |
| As EWUU Education Research, we offer a fund named “Adaptive expertise development through transdisciplinary education and lifelong learning”. With this funding we aim to stimulate innovative education research and strengthen sustainable collaboration across the four EWUU institutions. The total budget available for this call is €80,000 (which will be evenly distributed across the four alliance institutions). To support multiple projects, proposals in the range of approximately €20,000 are encouraged. The deadline is 3 April. |
Want to get to work with the educational model? Sign up for the Context-rich Education course |
| How can we best equip our students to tackle the complex, multi-dimensional challenges of today’s world? The answer lies in context-rich education, developed by integrating inter- and transdisciplinarity, complex issues and practical challenges. This course is intended for programme directors, track or minor coordinators, and course coordinators who wish to put the principles of the Utrecht Education Model into practice. |
Keep developing yourself as a teacher |
| Take advantage of the wide range of sessions focused on teacher development. For example, you could attend a session on how to apply your strengths in your teaching, on creating knowledge clips, or on how to discuss AI with your students. There are interesting sessions available all year round, so be sure to check out the full offer and sign up. |
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Workshop: Making your assessment GenAI resilient |
| How can you make your assessment more resilient to GenAI? In this workshop on 7 April, we will use your assessment materials to identify any vulnerabilities. Following a brief explanation of the impact of GenAI on your programme’s assessment framework and at course level. You will then conduct your own analysis of the learning objectives and assessment tasks for your own course. By the end of the workshop, you will have an idea of how to make your course more GenAI resilient! |
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Share your thoughts on the Scarabee furniture |
| In the final phase of the Future Learning Spaces (FLS) experiment in the Van Lier & Eggink Room, a number of new tables and chairs are placed in the space over the next six months, alongside the standard furniture. These are the new Scarabee furniture pieces. The organically shaped, mobile tables are designed to facilitate engaging teaching methods and encourage collaboration and communication. The FLS team is keen to hear how about our students’ and lecturers’ experiences with this furniture. |
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SIG meeting Dialogue in Education |
| Join us on 18 May for the third meeting of the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Dialogue in Education. What shall we do this time? A dialogue workshop? An expert session on the benefits of dialogue? Inspiring examples from colleagues who use dialogue in education? As a SIG participant, you get to decide! Vote in the poll in the Teams group (SIG channel) to let us know what you’d like to do, and we’ll organise it! |
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Taste Open Education: Win a COSiE Voucher! |
At the Onderwijsfestival, the Community of Open Science in Education (COSiE) served best practices in Open Education in the Open Education Restaurant. Got a taste for bringing Open Science into your teaching? COSiE is here to help! Join COSiE and/or fill in the form for a chance to win a voucher for 10 student assistant hours and turn your Open Education idea into reality.
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Unveiling of the artwork ‘Being a University’ |
| The Comenius project Open Minds aims to stimulate dialogue in higher education through art and creative methods. The tapestry ‘Being a University’ by artist Mart Veldhuis invites you to explore different perspectives on the university and to discuss them. How do you view this artwork? And the role of the university in society? Come to the unveiling of the artwork on 25 March at 4.00 pm on Balkon Pi (above the Educatorium restaurant). |
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Academic lead IDO Iris van der Tuin speaker at the Autumn School in Copenhagen |
| Interdisciplinary education has become a key area of development within higher education, but cannot be supported without the right institutional structures. It requires careful planning, coordination and ongoing reflection. Iris van der Tuin, Academic Lead for Interdisciplinary Education at Utrecht University, will be speaking on this topic at the University of Copenhagen’s Autumn School in September. |
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Teacher Training: Planetary Health in Education: Why and how? |
Do you care deeply about the planet and all life on it, and do you want to make a positive impact? Do you want to take action as a teacher and inspire your students, but aren’t quite sure how? Then take part in the teacher training course on Planetary Health in Education! Following a successful and well-attended first series of training sessions last autumn, the Planetary Health Integration Team at UMC Utrecht is organising this training course again!
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Innovative Teaching in Inter-Institutional Hybrid Classrooms micro-credential |
| CHARM-EU is offering the short course Innovative Teaching in Inter-Institutional Hybrid Classrooms for professionals eager to strengthen their hybrid teaching practice. Running from 20 April to 29 May 2026, this 1 ECTS course supports teachers and learning designers in developing effective curricula for teaching across institutions. Participants explore pedagogical foundations and technology requirements through a flipped, practice-based approach, gaining hands-on tools to design inclusive, connected learning experiences in international hybrid classrooms. |
From the Teaching and Learning Collection |
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SoTL project: The use of AI in students’ everyday study practices |
| Nowadays, students make frequent use of GenAI. Educational innovation is needed to integrate students’ use of GenAI into teaching methods. The aim of this SoTL project is to map out the role of AI in students’ learning strategies. Once we understand how AI is used in practice, we can look for ways to make AI an integral part of our teaching. Curious to find out how this is being approached? |
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| 7 April 2026 from 12:00-14:00 |
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| 16 april 2026 from 11:30-17:15 |
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