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The faculty Educational Sciences is one of Europe’s foremost institutes for research in the field of learning, teaching and technology. The faculty Educational Sciences contributes to European, national and international research agendas.

• We support outreach activities and community building, such as organising conferences, PhD events and masterclasses, research workshops and other activities.
• We are active participants in a series of projects in European research programmes like Erasmus+, Horizon 2020, IST, Lifelong Learning, and Marie-Curie. We have a large experience in coordinating this kind of European projects.
• We collaborate with educational institutions in demand driven projects in order to find solutions for their research questions. An example: we collaborate with Iselinge University of Applied Sciences in an Academische Werkplaats Onderwijs. In this 'atelier' students who follow the teacher training program collaborate with teachers of primary schools and do research in order to solve questions and problems teachers encounter in their work. The faculty of Educaitonal Sciences supports them in this process. 
  This video (in Dutch) explains what the Academische werkplaats does.
  
• The Open University (the faculty Educational Sciences) joined forces with the Professional Association for Trainers in Vocational Education, the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht and the expertise centre for vocational education Ecbo to set up a pre-PhD program. Its purpose is to assist vocational teachers in preparing for a PhD. We do this by providing practical and substantive support to actually start their research. Good preparation also increases the chances of obtaining a PhD scholarship from the Dutch government (promotiebeurs). Download the flyer (in Dutch) for more information.
• The faculty collaborates with professional universities that want to incorporate scientific competencies in their teacher training programs. With five professional universities we collaborate in offering a scientific minor in their teacher training programme.  
• We collaborate with three christian University of Applied Sciences and four other universities in the Dutch Educational Alliance (Educatieve Alliantie Nederland). The aim is to join forces in facing the teacher shortages and making teacher training programmes more flexible. 
• We collaborate with CITO in the field of research on assessment development. The focus of this collaboration is on task design in learning- and assessment contexts. 

• The Open Universiteit has developed with TIAS and CINOP/ECBO a part-time master programme Master (MSc) Senior Docent Ontwerpen, specifically for vocational teachers (mbo). The programme is for innovative teachers in vocational education with at least five years of relevant professional experience. The programme is offered by TIAS.