Tue, 29 May 2012
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What about all the many Dutch "hogescholen" which, as far as I know, have no right to call themselves "universiteiten" but instead use a weird loophole to advertise themselves as "universities" in English. The absurdity of the situation is illustrated, as just one example, by the HAN (Hogeschool Anrnhem Nijmegen". Recently, it is reported (in scienceguide.nl), HAN-president Ron Bormans stated that "young people nowadays must 'act and think'. Universities don't supply such people, so the higher Professional education must." So far so good (even if you think that the content of these claims is itself entirely banal). Now we turn to the official HAN-webpage, www.han.nl, then switch to the English-language version and - hey presto - this institute of higher professional education becomes just what its president professes to oppose, namely ... HAN "University" of Applied Sciences.
What can account for this contradiction?
Could it be marketing? Sales? Cash?
And could it be that the so-called "Minister of Education", Mr Plasterk, encourages this kind of trick?
What about all the many Dutch "hogescholen" which, as far as I know, have no right to call themselves "universiteiten" but instead use a weird loophole to advertise themselves as "universities" in English. The absurdity of the situation is illustrated, as just one example, by the HAN (Hogeschool Anrnhem Nijmegen". Recently, it is reported (in scienceguide.nl), HAN-president Ron Bormans stated that "young people nowadays must 'act and think'. Universities don't supply such people, so the higher Professional education must." So far so good (even if you think that the content of these claims is itself entirely banal). Now we turn to the official HAN-webpage, www.han.nl, then switch to the English-language version and - hey presto - this institute of higher professional education becomes just what its president professes to oppose, namely ... HAN "University" of Applied Sciences.
What can account for this contradiction?
Could it be marketing? Sales? Cash?
And could it be that the so-called "Minister of Education", Mr Plasterk, encourages this kind of trick?
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