Educational vision and policy

Teaching at VU Amsterdam

• Educational vision

  In our Educational vision we outline the principles of our approach to education based on the following core values: open, personal and responsible, and appropriate to the mission and strategy of VU Amsterdam. This vision is intended to inspire and encourage innovation, and is a guideline for everyone who is part of the VU Amsterdam community.

• Educational policy

  VU Amsterdam has a university-wide policy for education and quality assurance. We think it is very important that our educational programmes are future-proof, respond to changing demands and reach a wide target group. Read more about VU Amsterdam’s Educational policy [in Dutch] here.

• Educational agenda

  In our Education agenda [in Dutch] we have set out how we plan to attain our strategic ambitions in the area of education. The agenda functions as an improvement-generator for education at VU Amsterdam.

• Quality of education

  VU Amsterdam offers high-quality educational programmes that are connected to our research interests. We also have an external system of quality assurance [in Dutch] to guarantee the quality of our programmes meets the standards of a modern educational institution.

• Accreditation/quality assessment   

  Programmes that want to become eligible for accreditation have to write a Self-Evaluation Report (SER) as part of the accreditation application. The Department for Educational Policy provides support services. There is also an option of conducting a trial quality assessment in preparation for the quality assessment committee. You can read more about this here [in Dutch].

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