Educational progression and connectiveness

Radboud University collaborates closely with other educational institutions to improve the connection between primary, secondary, higher vocational and academic education.

That is why, since 1999, the university has been a member of the Platform VO-HO Arnhem-Nijmegen, a partnership between higher education institutions and secondary schools in the surrounding area. The goal of the Platform VO-HO is to promote a successful study career for havo and vwo pupils in their further education. The collaboration between the participating institutions focuses on informing about each other's activities and strengthening them.

University policy on this topic is reflected in the following activities:

Radboud University is also part of the Platform VO-HO Arnhem Nijmegen, and  the lead partner of the Regional ambition plan connection VWO-WO 2022-2025, aimed at enhancing the collaboration between primary and secondary education in the region.

Platform VO-HO

Since 1999, the university has been a member of the Platform VO-HO Arnhem-Nijmegen, a partnership between higher education institutions and secondary schools in the wider region. The objective of the Platform VO-HO is to promote successful study careers of havo and vwo students in secondary education. The cooperation between the participating institutions focuses on informing about each other's activities and strengthening them.

Members

The Platform VO-HO Arnhem-Nijmegen consists of six higher education institutions and 65 secondary schools in the wider region. From higher education participate:

  • AERES Hogeschool Wageningen
  • ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de kunsten
  • Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN)
  • Hogeschool van Hall Larenstein
  • Radboud University Nijmegen
  • Wageningen University

Activities of the Platform VO-HO

  • Contributing to the form and content of Career Orientation Guidance (LOB) for vo-pupils.
  • For 4 VWO students (of Platform member schools), Radboud University has developed the Radboud Try-Out 
  • Annual feedback to each member school regarding the study progress of former students in the first year of secondary education.
  • An annual conference on a topical issue concerning the transition from secondary education to higher education.

Contact Platform VO-HO

Contact Education Affairs

For contact regarding the university's policy on educational progression and connectiveness

Organisational unit

Download the Regional ambition plan connection VWO-WO (in Dutch)

Regionaal Ambitieplan Aansluiting vo-ho 2022-2025

AA 2021.041 iv Regionaal Ambitieplan aansluiting vo-ho 2022-2025

See also