INHOLLAND University
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Inholland University of Applied Sciences (Dutch: Hogeschool Inholland) is a vocational university
(also known as hogeschool), located in the Netherlands
. Its organizational structure is a result of a collaboration of four formally independent institutions.
Inholland presents itself as ambitious, innovative, and internationally oriented. It offers programs in the fields of Economics
, Law
, Management
, Communication
, Art (School of Music), Health care
, Environment
studies, Education
, Horticulture
, Information Technology
, International Business
, Logistics Management
, Marketing
.
and Aeronautical Engineering in location Delft
.
2005 World Interuniversity Games
in October.
. Later that year the education inspection stated that: "InHolland university of applied sciences is taking care of its issues".
Starting in the summer of 2009 all new students at Inholland have been invited to sign a covenant
in which they declare to behave like active and serious students. It is not compulsory to sign the covenant. For its part, Inholland has made a number of promises, including offering excellent education. Subsequently, students have been invited to take part in student panels to share their experiences with the quality on offer with the teachers.
In July 2010 one particular field within the Inholland program was accused of exam fraud
. The press noted that hundreds of students of the Media and Entertainment Management program at Inholland-Haarlem had undeservedly received a diploma. The school was said to cancel any delay incurred by a student in the study program, and in return the student was only required to write a simple essay to obtain a final grade of 7 (out of 10). The compensation model of the HBO (Dutch higher applied education) system, whereby schools receive government subsidies for each diploma issued, is said to encourage such practices. The ministry of education, culture and science is studying the case. Inholland itself started an inquiry conducted by a specially formed committee presided by Gerd Leers.
Vocational university
A vocational university is an institution of higher education and sometimes research, which provides both tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants academic degrees at all levels in a variety of subjects...
(also known as hogeschool), located in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. Its organizational structure is a result of a collaboration of four formally independent institutions.
Inholland presents itself as ambitious, innovative, and internationally oriented. It offers programs in the fields of Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, Law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
, Management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
, Communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
, Art (School of Music), Health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
, Environment
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
studies, Education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, Horticulture
Horticulture
Horticulture is the industry and science of plant cultivation including the process of preparing soil for the planting of seeds, tubers, or cuttings. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, crop production, plant breeding and genetic...
, Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
, International Business
International Business
International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundary...
, Logistics Management
Logistics Management
The term Logistics Management or supply chain management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption...
, Marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
.
and Aeronautical Engineering in location Delft
Delft
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....
.
Locations
Inholland University of Applied Sciences is located in the following cities:- AlkmaarAlkmaarAlkmaar is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination.-History:...
- AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
- DelftDelftDelft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland , the Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam and The Hague....
- The HagueThe HagueThe Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
- DiemenDiemenDiemen is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands with a population of around 24,000. Diemen is located in the province of North Holland directly to the east of Amsterdam within the capital's metropolitan area.-Geography:...
- DordrechtDordrechtDordrecht , colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the fourth largest city of the province, having a population of 118,601 in 2009...
- HaarlemHaarlemHaarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
- HoofddorpHoofddorpHoofddorp is the main town of the Haarlemmermeer municipality in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. In 2009, the population was just over 73,000...
- RotterdamRotterdamRotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
- ParamariboParamariboParamaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...
Sports
The Rotterdam branch of Inholland participated in the IFIUSIFIUS
IFIUS is a democratic non profit organisation whose main objective is to organise the yearly World Interuniversity Games, in which studentteams from different Universities and Colleges worldwide compete in different sport competitions.- History :Until 2003 the Games were held on Weekends during...
2005 World Interuniversity Games
2005 World Interuniversity Games
The 2005 World Interuniversity Games were the 7th edition of the Games , and were held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from October 10 to October 14, 2005.-Hosting:...
in October.
Quality of education
In 2005 Inholland appeared in the Dutch media, when a report by the education inspection stated that the level of education had deteriorated strongly after several rounds of mergers, as a result of a shortage of teaching staff and too strong a reliance on the autonomy of the students. Nevertheless the conglomerate continued its campaign "Je wilt toch gewoon goed onderwijs" (translated: don't you just want good education?), which caused consternation in the Dutch mediaNews media
The news media are those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public.These include print media , broadcast news , and more recently the Internet .-Etymology:A medium is a carrier of something...
. Later that year the education inspection stated that: "InHolland university of applied sciences is taking care of its issues".
Starting in the summer of 2009 all new students at Inholland have been invited to sign a covenant
Covenant (historical)
In a historical context, a covenant applies to formal promises that were made under oath, or in less remote history, agreements in which the name actually uses the term 'covenant', implying that they were binding for all time...
in which they declare to behave like active and serious students. It is not compulsory to sign the covenant. For its part, Inholland has made a number of promises, including offering excellent education. Subsequently, students have been invited to take part in student panels to share their experiences with the quality on offer with the teachers.
In July 2010 one particular field within the Inholland program was accused of exam fraud
Fraud
In criminal law, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual; the related adjective is fraudulent. The specific legal definition varies by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and also a civil law violation...
. The press noted that hundreds of students of the Media and Entertainment Management program at Inholland-Haarlem had undeservedly received a diploma. The school was said to cancel any delay incurred by a student in the study program, and in return the student was only required to write a simple essay to obtain a final grade of 7 (out of 10). The compensation model of the HBO (Dutch higher applied education) system, whereby schools receive government subsidies for each diploma issued, is said to encourage such practices. The ministry of education, culture and science is studying the case. Inholland itself started an inquiry conducted by a specially formed committee presided by Gerd Leers.