Fontys University of Applied Sciences

Study International | April 01, 2020

Caught up in the COVID-19 lockdown and need a few online courses to help sharpen your knowledge? That’s where these courses come in handy as they offer accessible, free and ready to use content to keep your brain buzzing during social isolation. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics whereas STEAM refers to a curriculum where the arts are integrated. While both STEM and STEAM focus on the same scientific concepts, STEAM does it through inquiry and problem-based le...

prnewswire | February 20, 2020

"The PISA program, and the related OECD Test for Schools, is known as the premier assessment tool to measure educational outcomes and student satisfaction across the world," said Matthew New, the CEO of The Better Education Company. "We want to greatly expand usage of this test in the United States, as part of our effort to improve American education, and Janison is the ideal partner for this effort." In 2019, Janison signed a cooperation agreement with the OECD to develop th...

edsurge | April 08, 2020

When Elizabeth Self starts teaching her 11 a.m. class via Zoom, she has to remember that it isn’t 11 a.m. for all of her students. She’s in Tennessee—where she is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University—but some of the students she’s teaching are now taking the class from California, where it’s only 8 a.m. And a couple of students are back home in China, where it’s midnight. Even when students are all in the same time zone—such as for most ...

Study International | January 16, 2020

What will the future of finance look like in the new decade? A question on many aspiring financial professionals’ minds, it is one that leads to a variety of answers. From the perspective of Marcus Treacher, the Senior Vice President (SVP) of Customer Success at US blockchain startup Ripple Labs Inc, the future of finance will see new consumer purchase solutions emerge for travellers that don’t require cards or card rails. “For example, imagine if a Japanese tourist visiting Th...