{"id":196384,"date":"2026-02-26T13:33:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/02\/26\/universiteiten-erkennen-elkaars-trainingen-voor-docenten-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T13:33:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:33:56","slug":"universiteiten-erkennen-elkaars-trainingen-voor-docenten-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/02\/26\/universiteiten-erkennen-elkaars-trainingen-voor-docenten-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities recognise each other\u2019s training for lecturers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Now that Dutch universities mutually recognise each other’s ‘senior teaching qualifications’, it’s easier for experienced lecturers to find a job at another university. Previously, they had to re-obtain that qualification after transferring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lecturers will in future be able to teach more easily in lecture halls at other universities.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Universities should not revolve solely around academic research, the new generation of university administrators believes. Other tasks, such as teaching, are also important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching should therefore not be a burden for academics, but a serious activity through which you can build a career just as well as through research. Universities are, at least on paper, paying more attention to teaching than they used to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among other things, they have introduced the basic teaching qualification: the BKO. Through this, they train lecturers, assistant professors, associate professors and professors in teaching, so that they can avoid beginner\u2019s mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nine universities now also offer training leading to a \u2018senior teaching qualification\u2019, or SKO, for experienced lecturers. The other universities are expected to introduce such an SKO in the near future. They have now agreed to recognise these SKOs mutually, as previously happened with the BKO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lecturers are eligible for an SKO programme if they have worked at a university for several years and show the ambition to improve teaching. They must have an eye for new developments in their field. They must also pay attention to technological changes and the diversity of student groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such an SKO programme, with meetings and assignments, can take a year. If a senior lecturer then finds a job at another university, he or she might otherwise have had to complete such training again. Thanks to the mutual recognition, this is no longer necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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