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Click in the menu to navigate to the desired section Foreword I Opening: Monique Vogelzang Further Improvement: A Closer Look II Interview: VSNU, VH, NRTO III Message from the minister The conference, background and good practices IV Interview: ISO V Workshops VI Interview: Hobéon, QANU, AeQui VII Infomarket VIII Presentation: Jan Anthonie Bruijn IX Panel discussion X Closing address: Monique Vogelzang 10+ Literature and links Further Improvement a coser look 1 Foreword The value of a diploma must be beyond to reading the reports and interviews, we all doubt. Both students and society have recommend that you follow the links under Foreword a right to be assured of that. This is an ‘more information’. These form a repository issue in which examination boards play of useful documents, good practices and I Opening: Monique Vogelzang a crucial role. On 20 May 2015 the Inspec- tools by other examination boards and II Interview: VSNU, VH, NRTO torate of Education held the Further organisations in higher education. Improvement conference, which shares III Message from the minister Monique Vogelzang its title with the inquiry by the Inspec- This e-magazine is the fruit of collaboration Inspector-General of Education IV Interview: ISO torate into the performance of higher-ed- between many workshop facilitators, all of ucation examination boards. The results whom seek to contribute to the quality of V Workshops were published in the spring of this year. higher education from their own position VI Interview: Hobéon, QANU, AeQui The report provides an outline of where of responsibility. I offer them my thanks, VII Infomarket examination boards currently stand, and and hope that after the conference, this HOW TO READ THIS E-MAGAZINE indicates where further improvements can e-magazine will also contribute to further VIII Presentation: Jan Anthonie Bruijn be made. improvement among examination boards. Browse through the text, or click the menu on the left to IX Panel discussion proceed to the next section. To view a workshop, click Over 600 participants from research univer- Monique Vogelzang ‘Workshops’ in the left-hand menu and then select the X Closing address: Monique Vogelzang sities, universities of applied sciences and Inspector-General of Education relevant workshop from the list. You can also find the Literature and links non-government-funded institutions workshops by simply browsing attended the conference, which owed June 2015 through the magazine. its success to the exchange of a wide range of experiences, active participation The top-right corner of every workshop (except the by attendees in one or more of the 23 first, which is of a general nature) outlines the relevance workshops, and presentations by countless of the workshop to the Further Improvement report. interesting speakers. Links to relevant documents can be accessed at the This e-magazine aims to serve both as a bottom left of each section or workshop, under ‘More 10+ report of the conference and as a reference information’. Click the documents to view them. The work for all examination boards and back of the magazine contains an overview of the key managers in higher education. In addition EXAMINATION BOARDS background documents, including links. in higher education Opening a link will close this magazine. If you want to be able to switch between the magazine and one of the background documents, download the PDF first and the link will open in your browser automatically. We recommend downloading a new PDF each time, as small improvements will be made from time to time. If you would prefer to read the paper version of this e-magazine, simply print it as you would with any other document. You will not be able to use the links, however. Further Improvement a coser look 2 ‘Welcome to the conference on the I am pleased to introduce you to Martine Inspectorate’s report concerning the Pol, the project manager of this inquiry. If performance of examination boards. The you have any questions about the inquiry, amount of interest in this conference was or if you wish to organise a presentation enormous. We were expecting around 300 by the Inspectorate as a follow-up to people, but soon exceeded that number. this conference at your own institution, After only ten days we had received over please contact Martine via 500 registrations, and we ultimately cut [email protected].’ off the applications at 650. Otherwise we would have had to hire Ahoy... Around Erik Martijnse Foreword 80 of our attendees come from non-gov- Day’s chairman ernment-funded higher education I Opening: Monique Vogelzang institutions, 330 from funded universities II Interview: VSNU, VH, NRTO of applied sciences and 160 from research universities. And, last but not least, the 65 III Message from the minister other participants: our workshop facili- IV Interview: ISO tators and representatives from other V Workshops organisations. VI Interview: Hobéon, QANU, AeQui VII Infomarket VIII Presentation: Jan Anthonie Bruijn ‘Welcome to the IX Panel discussion X Closing address: Monique Vogelzang conference on the Literature and links Inspectorate’s 10+ report’ I would like to step back in time for a moment, to 27 March 2012 and the motion submitted by Hans Beertema. A majority in the Dutch Lower House of Parliament had lost all confidence in the value of higher-education diplomas. The proposition was to banish examinations from institutions, and replace them with final examinations at national level. Just like driving exams, a centralised body would be responsible for higher-edu- cation diplomas. Bye-bye examination boards: that’s how low confidence had dropped. And where are we today? Further Improvement a coser look 3 Foreword I Opening: Monique Vogelzang II Interview: VSNU, VH, NRTO III Message from the minister IV Interview: ISO V Workshops VI Interview: Hobéon, QANU, AeQui VII Infomarket VIII Presentation: Jan Anthonie Bruijn IX Panel discussion X Closing address: Monique Vogelzang 10+ Literature and links Further Improvement a coser look 4 Opening: Towards further improvement Monique Vogelzang Monique Vogelzang that their performance has improved over the last six years, especially in higher Foreword The Further Improvement* report professional education. Testing is higher describes the current situation with up on the agenda, and examination I Opening: Monique Vogelzang respect to examination boards. In her boards are formulating guidelines for the II Interview: VSNU, VH, NRTO opening address, Inspector-General administration and evaluation of tests. They have also become more independent: III Message from the minister Monique Vogelzang outlined the main points.. their members include fewer and fewer IV Interview: ISO managers, and are almost always appointed V Workshops Do you all remember your first swimming by the executive board. Lastly, expertise has diploma? First the cold and nervous wait increased: many examination boards have VI Interview: Hobéon, QANU, AeQui at the edge of the pool, then a minute of taken targeted steps to further professional VII Infomarket treading water, and then finally swimming development. to the other end with your clothes on, heavy VIII Presentation: Jan Anthonie Bruijn as lead. But if you made it, the big moment Developmental stage IX Panel discussion arrived: your first diploma! It was the proof Although major steps have been taken in recent years, we can see that examinations X Closing address: Monique Vogelzang that you could do it, the reward. boards are still in the developmental stage. Literature and links There are two major areas for improvement. So I know that we all have at least one Firstly, there needs to be a greater focus on diploma, but many more probably followed testing. The guidelines for creating tests can after that. And where do you actually keep be refined, and monitoring of compliance I them all? Has anybody ever asked you for can also be improved – particularly with the physical proof of your graduation? guidelines pertaining to fraud. Some Employers rarely do. And yet the existence examination boards fail to properly monitor of diplomas is important to employers, the guidelines’ effectiveness. A second area employees and to society: they are the for improvement is the appointment of 10+ proof that as a graduate, you possess a examiners. Although examiners usually are certain level of knowledge and skills. The appointed, this is often done implicitly: value of diplomas must therefore remain one third of examiners actually claim not to uncontested. But how do we ensure their know whether the examination board has value? In higher education institutions it is appointed them or not. Who is responsible the task and responsibility of examination if examiners fail to perform up to standard? boards to ensure that the examination The examination board, or their manager? process runs as it should, and that the diploma represents an appropriate ‘reward’ This area therefore requires further MORE INFORMATION for the achievement of graduation. improvement. A prerequisite for improvement is administrative support. Further Improvement* As the Inspectorate, we investigated how Now that the flexibility of higher education examination boards have developed is increasing, the quality assurance role of Bookkeeper or watchful eye? since the previous inquiry in 2008 titled examination boards is becoming more and ‘Bookkeeper or watchful eye?’ (Boekhouder more important. Examination boards are of wakend oog?). Our studies have shown working hard to fulfil >> Further Improvement *English translation a coser look 5 Opening Monique Vogelzang >> this role effectively, however quality assurance is a task that involves the entire institution. Executive boards must give ‘There needs to be a greater Foreword examination boards enough time for their I Opening: Monique Vogelzang professional development and for the II Interview: VSNU, VH, NRTO performance of their duties. focus on testing. III Message from the minister Know thyself IV Interview: ISO Society needs proper examination boards.

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