The Comenius grants have been awarded to the following lecturers and educational projects at Radboud University:
Yvonne van Rossenberg – Comenius Teaching Fellowship worth €50,000
Yvonne Van Rossenberg (Business Administration, Nijmegen School of Management) has been awarded a Comenius grant for the project “Stop worrying, start imagineering!”. The aim of this project is to teach students to think in a future-oriented way so that they can face change in a resilient manner.
Today's students have missed out on important years during the coronavirus pandemic, which is affecting their vision of the future. They are worried about work, housing, inflation and climate change. By using stories and images in this project, students learn to better imagine their future selves. This enables them to make sustainable career choices. The approach of this educational project will be tested, evaluated and shared with other educational institutions.
Merel van Goch – Comenius Senior Fellowship worth €100,000
Merel van Goch (Modern Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts) has been awarded a Comenius grant for the implementation of the educational project “Meet & read”. This project aims to help university students studying languages. These students often find that they do not gain enough practical experience as teachers early enough in their studies.
The development of a ‘Meet & read: professional and personal development of students through reading literature with others’ should offer a solution: university students will learn to read literature together with secondary school pupils, giving them practical teaching experience in their first year of their bachelor’s programme. Reading literature (together) connects people, and reflecting on literature contributes to personal development. This enables students to orient themselves better and sooner in relation to themselves and their professional practice, because they come into meaningful contact with school pupils. Through the combination of preparation, practical experience in the field and reflection, students learn not only to learn, but also about learning from others.
Hendrik Marks – Comenius Senior Fellowship worth €100,000
Hendrik Marks (Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science) has been awarded a Comenius grant for the project ‘Stronger together: Preparing for the labour market through multi-level collaboration within business projects’.
In this educational innovation project, students from secondary vocational education, higher professional education and university education in the life sciences work together on projects within the business community to strengthen their skills. The aim is to improve their connection to the labour market and to stimulate cooperation between educational institutions and companies in solving complex problems, which contributes to the development of skills. Due to the increasing complexity of societal challenges, it is important that students learn to work together. Within this project, this is done in multi-level teams.
About the Comenius programme
The Comenius grants are part of the Comenius programme for educational innovation. The Radboud Teaching and Learning Centre assists lecturers with their applications. Would you like to know more about these grants? Read the information on the page Comenius programme for educational innovation or attend the information session on 3 July 2025.
Lunch with an inspiration shot
On Thursday, 2 October, the Teaching and Learning Centre will host an innovation lunch where Yvonne, Merel and Hendrik will talk about their project while enjoying a tasty lunch. Curious?