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For second-language writers, academic writing in English can be very challenging. Non-native English students can apply structural, linguistic and stylistic skills and strategies, to help them produce English academic texts. This book aims to increase learners’ awareness and understanding of these…

Waar voorheen de termen design en ontwerpen veelal in verband gebracht werden met de creatieve sector en de maakindustrie, worden ze in toenemende mate toegepast in andere beroepsdomeinen. Strategisch ontwerpen richt zich op ontwerpprocessen in verschillende soorten beroepssituaties. Deze processen…

Doing in-company research helps students do in-company research via a straightforward step-by-step approach. After mapping out information gaps, research questions are addressed by systematically collecting and analyzing data. The research findings help formulate practical recommendations. Each step is explained in detail, with extra information and short examples.

Writing a proper scientific text is not an easy job. Academic reality is complex, and text requirements differ per discipline and per writing task. Then there is your research, the basis for your text, which also demands attention.…

In Diversity competence, interpersonal communication forms the point of departure: the meeting of people, not of cultures. From there onwards, the authors describe what diversity competence entails: which processes, challenges and skills are relevant in a ‘superdiverse’ world. The TOPOI model consequently offers an inclusive, communicative approach to analyze and address potential miscommunication.

Om te kunnen functioneren in de Nederlandse maatschappij is kennis van de taal natuurlijk belangrijk. Maar er is meer nodig: om zich goed te kunnen redden, moeten anderstaligen ook de belangrijkste sociale vaardigheden beheersen.…

A research project is not finished until the results have been published. No matter how spectacular the findings, they only become relevant when they have been shared with others, for instance in a presentation at a conference. Students in Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes are expected to prese…

To be able to understand and speak a language well, you need to know the rules of that language. Ideally, learning these rules should be as enjoyable and easy as possible. This is where this book and its accompanying website come into the picture: English Grammar through Dutch Eyes is a contrastive…

Pathways to Empowerment helps counsellors to master an attitude and acquire the competences needed to do strength-based work with clients. The chapters provide practical insights by means of case studies and quotes from clients and counsellors. Each chapter concludes with some assignments. The publication has been included in the Effective Social Interventions database (Databank Effectieve sociale interventies; Dutch only) of Dutch knowledge institute Movisie as being ‘well-founded’.

Onze multiculturele samenleving wordt steeds diverser en de verscheidenheid aan afkomsten is groter dan ooit tevoren. De landelijke politiek, publieke organisaties en het bedrijfsleven doen hun uiterste best om een ‘goede samenleving’ voor iedereen te creëren. Helaas staan vooroordelen, misverstanden en angst voor het onbekende nog vaak een goede samenwerking in de weg. De omgang met verschillen is voor alle groepen – op straat of in een organisatie – een uitdaging. De hernieuwde uitgave van Interculturele samenwerking in organisaties draait om de vraag hoe we in Nederland willen samenleven en samenwerken.