At this stage, we are not yet where we want to be. It is not our intention that you suffer; we are happy to work with you to see how we can improve your situation. You can take several actions from here: Find who from your institution is involved in Recognition & Rewards in the red menu bar on the left via Connect and get in touch so they can help you further. Contact the national programme by sending an email to erkennenwaarderen@unl.nl Post ...
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There are concerns in the academic community about the international position of Dutch science in connection with the implementation of the Recognition & Rewards programme. These concerns have also been expressed in the House of Representatives. In response, the standing committee on Education, Culture and Science tabled a request in July 2022 to clarify how academic quality can be determined. In its letter of advice published in December 2022...
One of the objectives from the position paper Room for Everyone’s Talent (2019) is: focus on quality. In the paper, we argue that the implicit and overly one-sided emphasis on traditional, measurable output indicators (such as number of publications, h-index and journal impact factor) is partly responsible for the high workload. In addition, we argue that their use can upset the balance between academic disciplines and is inconsistent with the...
With the Recognition & Rewards programme, we want to achieve a healthy and open academic culture. Supervisors are primarily responsible for creating a socially safe and inclusive working environment where teamwork, talent development, and (academic) integrity are paramount. We will ensure that there is a focus on good leadership at all job levels. Leadership training in line with the programme of Recognition & Rewards is mandatory in every D...
One of the focal points of our position paper “Room for everyone talent in practice”, is that academic institutions create opportunities for dynamic career paths. The underlying idea is that an academic career cannot be an unwieldy mould that suits everyone, but should be approached as a route taken by individuals with specific talents and their own development path. The core domains of an acacemic remain research and teaching, with the possi...
From the outset, the Recognition & Rewards programme has focused on academics. Several institutions have called for a broadening of the national programme. In the Room for Everyone’s Talent in Practice roadmap, the national Recognition & Rewards steering group promised that it would look into how the programme might help other groups within the institutions. The national steering group concludes that both approaches deserve support, as they bo...
University rankings come in different shapes and sizes. League tables are rankings that try to capture a university’s performance in research, teaching and impact in one number. League tables claim this number reflects the overall performance of a university. Many universities still believe it is important to perform well in international rankings, as many students, academics, businesses and governments consult them. However, the methods by wh...
The joint Recognition & Rewards programme runs until the end of 2026. The initiative for the Recognition & Rewards programme lies with the various umbrella organisations. UNL represents the fourteen universities, while the NFU represents the seven university medical centres. In addition, the institute organisations of the NWO and the KNAW are involved in the programme. The NWO and ZonMw also contribute to the programme as science funders. Las...
We work together on a culture change towards creating room for academics to develop their range of talents. The guiding principle is that everyone’s talent counts. This requires a modernisation of the system of recognition and rewards, in which we: 🚶♀️create more dynamic differentiation in career paths 🚶; 💡 place more emphasis on the quality of work and less on quantitative results; 👥 do justice to individual academic achievements and a...
Many academics feel, there is an overly one-sided emphasis on research performance, frequently leading to the undervaluation of the other key areas such as education, impact, leadership and (for university medical centres) patient care. As Dutch knowledge institutions, we believe it is important for academics to be able to distinguish themselves in the domains of teaching, impact, leadership and patient care, as well as in research. In additio...
