Interoperability

"Education is music, and the institution is the orchestra. My educational dream is that we find ways to play more harmoniously as an orchestra." Speaking is Pien Walraven, information manager at Radboud University since the end of 2022. With a lexicon for education, she wants to improve ensemble playing.

European university alliances are on the rise. Meanwhile, 21 Dutch higher education institutions are participating in this European Commission initiative. CHARM-EU, the alliance to which Utrecht University belongs, has nine institutions from seven countries. How do you organise IT, with all these different systems, legislations and ways of working?

How can students truly take charge of their own learning process? Since 2018, Windesheim's Information Manager Anton Meijer and Business Architect Hans Kok have been working on an educational model where the student is at the centre. But how does this work in practice?

Working under architecture is the approach for digital transformation in context. This does require making and keeping agreements. This requires governance. "Not everything is clear yet, but you are talking to each other."

EuroTeQ should become a 'European university', with a transparent offer of international education. Two stakeholders from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) talk about their ambitions, and the obstacles they intend to overcome with SURF's help.