{"id":108633,"date":"2020-01-30T16:19:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T15:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=108633"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:41","slug":"four-questions-and-answers-regarding-your-lecturers-basic-teaching-qualifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/01\/30\/four-questions-and-answers-regarding-your-lecturers-basic-teaching-qualifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Four questions and answers regarding your lecturers\u2019 basic teaching qualifications"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to figures published last week by the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), less than half of Erasmus University\u2019s lecturers has a basic university teaching qualification. This means that EUR ranks last in a list of all Dutch universities. Why is this? And does it mean that many of the lecturers teaching courses at Erasmus University are actually unqualified?<\/p>\n

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Why is EUR ranked last in that list?<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to figures recently published by VSNU, 47 per cent of EUR lecturers held basic teaching qualifications in 2015, while 48 per cent did so in 2018. These figures lag well behind the national average. Nationwide, 62 per cent of all lecturers working at Dutch universities hold basic teaching qualifications. Jeroen Jansz, the Managing Director of the Community for Learning & Innovation (CLI), says that EUR\u2019s low percentage is partially due to the large number of lecturers on temporary contracts. \u201cWe don\u2019t require such lecturers to obtain their basic teaching qualifications. We made a conscious choice not to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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