Start of the New Academic Year - a word from WUAS' President

Academic Year 2021-2022 - Welcome to Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences

A warm welcome to all our new and returning current students from around the world! Whichever programme you are studying, or starting, one of the pathways and specialisations of the Bachelor of Business Administration, an MBA -Master of Business Administration specialisation, or one of the Master of Science MBM programmes, we want to empower you to get the very most out of your studies.

If you returning to your studies with us, or have just started your degree, you will be experiencing a unique blend of international higher education, and you will be challenged with a double- accredited, intensive, and rewarding experience.

We are starting this new academic year, in 2021, after having experienced a period of disruption, angst, and lockdown across the world caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. By now it is clear that we will (globally) be living with the effects of the coronavirus for some time to come, however due to the vaccination programme here, we see that the Netherlands, along with much of Europe is 'getting back to normal' and preparing to 'put up with covid’.  

What remains important is that we do not let this life-changing event stop us from developing, from learning, from improving our livelihoods, and from keeping moving on forwards.

Technology in Learning & Teaching at Wittenborg

During the past year, Wittenborg has developed an approach to learning and teaching that embraces education technology, and using the virtual learning environment (VLE) Moodle (www.wittenborg-online.com), where all learning and teaching materials are stored and made available online, in combination with MS Office365, and the MS Teams application, students have been able to study Wittenborg’s course from wherever they are in the world – and Wittenborg’s teachers have been able to teach from wherever they are located.

Wittenborg has further invested in access to online journal databases and almost all literature for its curriculum is now available online, in the form of downloadable e-books, journals and papers.

Lessons have been streamed live, and guest speakers from industry and academia have been able to give lectures online, live and recorded. Assessments and examinations have been carried out through the VLE, online, and this will continue in 2021-2022 in all situations where appropriate.

In 2021-2022 students can expect a full classroom learning and teaching experience once more. However, Wittenborg will continue its use and development of technology in its education, also allowing students to be able to continue studying from a distance, remotely, when needed.

In 2021-2022 Wittenborg will continue to develop and support its online and virtual learning environments.

Societal impact: Sustainable Development Goals

For an international business school such as Wittenborg, with such a global mix of students, faculty and professional staff, the United Nations’ 17 Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will play an important part in underpinning the school’s mission, its values, and its future development.

In 2021-2022 Wittenborg will define which SDGs, as a business school, it aims to use in the coming years, to make regional, national, or even international societal impact. However, at the same time, Wittenborg also expects its students to graduate having learned about and developed an understanding of the SDGs, and possibly having considered how and why they will contribute to making impact in specific areas in their lives.

For this reason, all Wittenborg faculty have been asked to link every module they teach to one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals, helping students become aware of the SDGs, through inventive and interesting inclusion in lessons, or tasks given to students.

Wittenborg will instigate a continuous feedback system to make news about this cross-discipline and multi-layered approach to its learning and teaching. We again ask all our students to actively help and participate.