Strategy Tilburg University
'Weaving Minds & Characters' describes Tilburg University’s strategy and what we think is needed to prepare our university for the next centennial. The strategic plan is built up according to the values curious, caring, connected and courageous. They form threads that are intertwined and in context are strong threads.
'Weaving Minds & Characters' Strategy Towards 2027
We will soon celebrate our 100th anniversary. Founded in 1927 as the Roomsch Katholieke Handelshoogeschool, we have now, almost 100 years later, grown into a flourishing medium-sized university in the humanities and social sciences. By 2027, we will be even more internationally recognized as a leading university in social sciences and Humanities than we are now.
Interviews
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Antoinette de Bont about lifelong learning: ‘We are working towards making this our fourth core mission’
17th April 2023Tilburg University is ambitious in its approach to lifelong learning. According to Antoinette de Bont, the driving force behind this initiative, this approach should be both focused and practical. “We start at the basis: a sound customer support process. The rest will follow.”
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Sander Bax on blended learning: “Leave educational innovation to lecturers”
12th April 2023The COVID-19 pandemic gave blended learning – a mix of face-to-face, on-campus classes and digital resources – wings, and Tilburg University’s strategy is giving this educational innovation yet another boost. For that innovation to be really successful though, lecturers should be in control, Sander Bax says. He was the driving force behind this strategic theme.
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“This clearly shows what we’re good at.”
12th January 2023Academic Collaborative Centers are a union between the university and social practice, an innovation the university is fully committed to and in which the Academic Collaborative Center Broad Prosperity plays a key role as a meeting place, just like the open space at the heart of the Warande forest park.
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Digital Sciences for Society kicks off with Call for proposals
20th December 2022Boudewijn Haverkort, academic lead of Digital Sciences for Society, shares how this strategic program is progressing, with a Call for Proposals as the first milestone.
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Presentation new university strategy ‘Weaving Minds and Characters: strategy towards 2027’
11th January 2022During the (digital) New Year's meeting the new Strategic Plan 'Weaving Minds and Characters: strategy towards 2027' was presented. Rector Magnificus Wim van de Donk, Vice Rector Magnificus Jantine Schuit and the deans explained the vision document.
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We want everyone to dwell on personal leadership
Working together in teams in which the various talents of colleagues are fully utilized. That is what Tilburg University is aiming for in its new strategy under the heading “Use (y)our Talents.” Working on the strengths of colleagues will be central in both appreciation and leadership, according to HR colleagues Ramona van der Linden and Ellen van Dodewaard.
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‘We do more in digital sciences than people think’
Dean Boudewijn Haverkort of the Tilburg School of Humanities & Digital Sciences thinks that Tilburg University can distinguish itself in digital sciences. Certainly, if the university focuses on the interface between this new technology and the humanities and social sciences. “Societal problems do not respect discipline boundaries.”
