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Personal stories about the impact of technology

“The real challenge lies in collaboration and subject-specific technology”

Digitalisation in higher education is no longer simply about a learning management system (LMS), a student information system, or adding even more applications. The real challenge over the coming years lies elsewhere. Sanna Dijk, information manager at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA), advocates for collaboration and for supporting subject-specific technologies that align with professional practice.

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Security adviser Inge Bryan:

“Education needs to return to shop opening hours. That would narrow the attack window for hackers.”

Where there’s a will, there’s a way: that saying seems tailor-made for Inge Bryan. After a remarkable career in government and business, she now advises organisations on security. She spoke to us about joy, hard work, threats and being different.

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Neuropsychologist Eveline Crone (EUR):

“We need rebellious young people who view the world through a creative lens”

Neuropsychologist Eveline Crone investigates how young people’s brains develop and how they find their way in a complex society. She has won many prestigious scientific awards and wrote the bestseller Het Puberende Brein. “I was a well-behaved teenager myself.”

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Patrick Cramers, vice-president of the Executive Board at HAS Green Academy:

"Beautiful to see young people telling their own stories"

The passion for education has been instilled into Patrick Cramers, vice-chairman of the Board of Governors at HAS Green Academy. Education is not only the common thread in his CV, but the love for the profession is particularly evident in the inspired way Cramers talks about social issues that affect the students at his institution.

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dr. Tom Emery, Associate Professor in Sociology, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Family and the Big Picture: A New Lens on Society

Zooming in on family life, which provides lots of inspiration for his research, and zooming out for a broad perspective on society, using advanced IT infrastructures. It characterises sociologist Tom Emery (40). In the coming years, he will oversee the building of the world’s first population-scale Macroscope, that will shed light on how societies change over time.

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Robert-Jan Korteland makes educational innovation visible

Ever since his early years in education, Robert-Jan Korteland has been putting his fascination with didactics into practice. With a background in optics and optometry, he wondered during his studies in educational sciences: “Can a teacher teach better if they can see in real time what a student is looking at?”

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Alexandra van Huffelen: driver of big moves

"AI can be applied in education and research in a values-driven way"

Digital transition has been a central theme throughout Alexandra van Huffelen’s career. Now, as president of the Executive Board of Radboud University Nijmegen, she is committed to digital autonomy and the development of the region.

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Anna Posthumus Meyjes:

"AI is a blessing, as long as we teach students to think critically"

When Anna Posthumus Meyjes (42) talks about her work, her enthusiasm is unmistakable. The lecturer-researcher in Biology & Medical Laboratory Research at Leiden University of Applied Sciences radiates passion. "It makes me happy to show students what I have experienced myself in the lab. If you manage to convey that enthusiasm, something truly special happens."

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Nati Sack: responsible tech

AI could make people more creative

For philosopher and AI researcher Nati Sack, responsible AI is not just a concept to reflect upon. It is a way of doing things, of taking responsibility and of making conscious decisions. "Developers make what people want."

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