Recognition & Rewards
Recognition & Rewards

Recognition & Rewards

Towards a better balance in recognizing & valuing our work.

How do we as a university bring science, students and society forward? And how do we ensure that we do this in a way that employees thrive? By engaging in conversation, changing policies and launching initiatives, we want to ensure more room for employees and teams to use and develop their diverse talents in a healthy way.

Read the Recognition and Rewards vision

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For whom?

It started with the academic staff, but everyone needs to feel recognized and appreciated. That is why Radboud University's program applies at all levels and to all employees who contribute to the core missions of teaching, research, social impact and leadership.

Four principals

With the Recognition & Rewards program, we focus on the 4 principals:

  • We apply a richer understanding of quality to assess our work and to reward performance. 
  • We seek more collaboration in our core tasks and we work toward a good balance between recognizing and valuing individual performance and team performance.
  • We recognize the importance of the diversity of roles of academics (teaching, research, leadership, social impact) and value the talents and aspirations of all employees. 
  • We take the human dimension: mutual trust, open communication and strive for a good balance between professional autonomy and good governance, and between work and private life.
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News

Blauw vijfhoek met een hand en daarboven een ster

Draft advisory reports for career profiles and workload reduction

A draft advisory report has been prepared, outlining the framework for development and career profiles for academic staff. Additionally, an advisory report has been developed addressing the principles for teaching task models and workload reduction.

Erasmusgebouw herfst

Everyone an Expert at Radboud University? Research, Support, Teaching | Lecture and discussion by AI researcher Frank Léoné and FFTR director of operations Annemarie Hinten-Nooijen

For the best possible research and teaching at this university, everyone is needed. Yet we divide university staff into two groups: academic staff (wp) and professional services (formerly known as obp). Is that distinction still of our time?

Erkennen en Waarderen barometer

Results of first Recognition & Rewards culture barometer

The results of the first Recognition & Rewards Culture Barometer, which was conducted in early 2024, are known. With the help of the Recognition & Rewards culture barometer, it is possible to follow the progress of the programme.