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period of at least 7 months to students for whom attending a study programme is their main activity.
Higher education Academic higher education and higher professional education.
Higher professional education
Education that focuses on the transfer of theoretical knowledge and the development of skills that are closely in line with the professional practice.
KOM Kies Op Maat. This is a range of minors at a number of collaborating universities of applied sciences.
Major A coherent whole of units of study for the bachelor’s degree programme that prepares the student for a specific
professional profile, corresponding to at least 180 and no more than 210 credits. Options may be offered within a major. Various majors for a study programme can feature joint units of study.
Matching The process that gives explicit attention to raising the student’s awareness in the first year. It examines whether there is a “fit” between the student and the chosen study programme.
The process has three phases:
match-0 (intake),
match-mid (halfway through the 1st year),
match-1 (at the end of the 1st year). In a personal consultation the student is advised as to whether the student and the study programme are a good match.
The phases are linked to the preliminary study advice (PSA) and the binding study advice (BSA).
Minor A coherent whole of one or more units of study for the bachelor’s degree programme corresponding to a total of 30 credits. A minor can relate to the broadening or deepening of competencies addressed in the major or to new competencies, including transfer qualifications for a master’s degree
programme.
Nominal (study) duration
The duration of the study programme without exemptions and without study delays.
Part-time Part-time education is higher education
1. that is conducted over a period of fewer than 7 months;
2. lasting 7 months or more that is conducted during fewer than 16 clock hours or 19 teaching hours per week;
3. provided to students for whom attending a study programme is not their main activity.
Plagiarism An act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the
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representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author. (dictionary.reference.com) Post-propaedeutic
phase
The part of the study programme that comes after the propaedeutic phase. In the full-time bachelor’s degree programme the post-propaedeutic phase has a nominal duration of three years of study, corresponding to 180 credits.
The nominal duration of the post-propaedeutic phase of a part-time or dual track programme can be longer than three years. The nominal duration of the post-propaedeutic phase of the AD study programme is one year, and this phase
corresponds to 60 credits. In some study programmes the term ‘main phase’ is used as a synonym for
‘post-propaedeutic phase’.
Practicals/practical training refers to producing theses and papers, carrying out research assignments, taking part in fieldwork and excursions, undertaking work placements, and taking part in other learning activities aimed at achieving specific behavioural skills (Article 7.13d WHW, explanatory notes).
Propaedeutic phase Every study programme has a propaedeutic phase. This comprises the first part of the study programme and, in the case of full-time and dual track programmes, has a nominal duration of one academic year and a study load of 60 credits.
The nominal duration of the propaedeutic phase of a part-time study programme can be longer than one academic year (Article 7.8 WHW).
RPL Recognition of prior learning: The RPL makes your work experience measurable. Knowledge and skills (competencies) that you have developed during your work. An examination board may grant exemptions based on recognition of prior learning.
School An organisational unit within the university of applied sciences that provides teaching for one or more study programmes or for curricula within study programmes.
School Board The body within the university of applied sciences organisation that is responsible for managing a school, insofar as the Executive Board has mandated this authority.
School Council The Consultative Council of the School. This subcouncil consists of staff and students of the School. The School Council exercises the right of approval vis-à-vis the School Board as well as advisory powers insofar as this concerns matters that affect the School (Article 10.25 WHW).
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Specialisation Part of the bachelor’s degree programme that focuses on a specific element of the profession or the professional practice (does not apply to the major/minor structure).
Student A student enrolled at Avans University of Applied Sciences in accordance with Article 7.32 et seq. of the WHW. In these Education and Examination Rules, “he” and “his” also include
“she” and “her”.
Study counselling Counselling system for the student that is aimed at the prevention or timely identification of study problems, and the provision of support in resolving such problems. Study
counselling is also aimed at examining the match between the student and the study programme and also helping to draw conclusions from this. To this end, individual meetings are held, possibly supplemented with group lessons or other activities.
Study load The study load for an academic year is 60 credits for full-time and dual track programmes. 60 credits are equivalent to 1680 hours of study. The study load for each bachelor’s degree programme is 240 credits, and for each AD study programme 120 credits. Where the Framework refers to ‘obtaining x credits’, this means obtaining a pass for an exam for a unit of study with a study load of x credits.
Study period An academic year comprises four study periods of 10 weeks.
Study period 1 starts in September. Study period 4 may consist of eleven weeks. The study periods can be found in the academic calendar, which is posted on iAvans,
Study programme According to the WHW, a higher professional education bachelor’s degree programme is a coherent whole of units of study designed to achieve well-defined goals in terms of the knowledge, understanding and skills that people who complete the study programme must possess (Article 7.3 WHW) corresponding to a nominal total study load of 240 credits. A bachelor’s degree programme at Avans University of Applied Sciences is a study programme at a higher
professional institute within the meaning of the WHW, which is designated as such by the Executive Board and that educates students to the level expected from a person starting out in a profession with the relevant title.
A study programme within Avans University of Applied Sciences can be offered at more than one site.
Study Programme Advisory Council
The study programme’s advisory body, consisting of representatives of students and lecturers from the study programme in accordance with Article 10.3c. of the WHW, that issues recommendations to the School Council and to the
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School Board regarding the content and quality of (the implementation of) the OER.
Test A test is an examination of knowledge and/or skills and/or attitude. There is a large number of test formats. Long-standing formats include the paper, the written and the oral test. Examples of more recent test formats are the case study test, the group assessment and the portfolio interview. A test is part of an exam.
Unit of study A coherent whole of subject material that includes both presentation and assimilation as well as assessment. Each unit of study is concluded with an exam (Article 7.3 WHW).
Weeks By ‘weeks’ ‘teaching weeks’ are meant as included in the Avans Academic calendar (see iAvans). The weeks that are not teaching weeks do not count for the period mentioned in the OER. The summer holiday weeks are an exception to this with regard to requests to the Examination Board. The Executive Board has made arrangements with the Examination Board about their accessibility.
WEB The Act on Education and Professional Training (Wet Educatie en Beroepsonderwijs); this is the legislation that governs vocational education. This category of study programmes was known as intermediate vocational education (MBO) until 1996.
WHW The Dutch Higher Education and Research Act (Wet op het Hoger onderwijs en Wetenschappelijk onderzoek); Dutch Bulletin of Acts and Decrees 1992, 593 and all relevant amendments.
Year of study The time period starting on 1 September and ending on 31 August of the following year (Article 1.1 WHW).
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Annex 2 WHW-articles
The OER is based on the articles in the Higher Education and Research Act (WHW) Act In this table you can find which WHW articles apply for the relevant OER articles.
No. Chapter OER article WHW article 1 About the Education and
Examination Regulations n.a.
2 Competencies of the study programme and
3.3 Code of Conduct International Student in Dutch Higher Education
3.4 art. 7.26a
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5.9 art. 7.13 section 2 o
5.10 art. 7.13 section 2 p and section 2 q 5.11 art. 7.13 section 2 h and section 2 j
5.12 n.a.
5.13 art. 7.12b section 1 d and 7.13 section 2 r
5.14 art. 7.13 section 2 k
5.15 art. 7.11
5.16 art. 7.11
5.17 n.a.
6 Sending a request to the Examination Board or lodging an appeal
art. 7.59 section 4, 7.60, 7.1 and 7.62
The structure of the chapters of all study programmes variants (full-time, part-time, dual and Associate Degree) is the same. Chapter 7 is mentioned as an example.
7 Chapter for the study programme IBMS
art 7.13 section 2 i
7.1 art. 7.4, 7.4b, 7.7, 7.8 and 7.13
7.2 art. 7.2
7.3 n.a.
7.4 art. 7.8b
7.5 art. 7.8b
7.6 n.a.
7.7 n.a.
7.8 7.13 section 2 h
8 Drafting and revising the
OER art. 7.13, 7.14, 10.3c and 10.20
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Annex 3 Competencies
Forstudents of cohorts 2011-2012, 2012-2013 , 2013-2014, 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 the competences that the graduate of the study programme possesses are the following nine