Olive Award

The Olive Award is presented to the team of lecturers that succeeds most effectively in working together with the workfield.

Winners Olive Award 2024

Winners Olive Award 2024 jury- and public award

European Studies 
Faculty Management & Organisation
Team Gender and Sexuality in Europe

Motivation of the professional jury

The European Studies programme has demonstrated with this module how inclusive education can be put into practice. Not only does the subject of the module tie in with inclusivity, the way in which the module is designed is also inclusive. This makes it a good example of how education can embrace and promote diversity. For example, attention is paid to various ways of acquiring knowledge for students, with different learning needs/ preferred styles. The student can master the subject matter and can choose from multiple sources, by reading, listening or watching videos.

Nominees

Nominated teams Olive Award 2024

  • European Studies
    Faculty Management & Organisation
    Team Gender and Sexuality in Europe
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  • Facility Management
    Faculty Management & Organisation
    Team Personal and Professional Development 
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  • Public Administration
    Faculty Public Management, Law & Safety
    Team Kingdom Affairs
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Jury members

The professional jury of the Olive Award consists of the following members

  • Arend Hardorff (member of the Executive board)
  • Annemarie de Witte (lecturer, and former Olive Award winner 2023)
  • Charina Ori (inclusive officer)
  • Rynell Offerman (advisor education)

Pim Breebaart Research Award

The Pim Breebaart Research Award (PBRA) is an award for inspiring research conducted at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. With this prize we want to reward partnerships between research-education-practice.

Winners Pim Breebaart Research Award 2023

Winners Pim Breebaart Research Award 2024

THUAS buildings as a living lab
Faculty Technology, Innovation & Society and Faculty Management & Organisation
Witesh Bharos, Rolien Blanken, Anton Hanemaaijer, Frans Joosstens, Sander Mertens, Baldiri Salcedo Rahola, Patrick van Tol 
Research Center Mission Zero/ Energy in Transition

Motivation of the professional jury

The project has clearly defined the subject, the problem definition and the design of the research are easy to follow and the research method is of good quality. Four conference papers have been published. The students are given a clear role in conducting research and one of the buildings of the university was used for the measurements. The practical applicability of the results is high and the results are therefore already being used in practice. The jury appreciates that THUAS buildings as a living lab scores good to very good on all parts of the research.

Nominees

Nominated teams Pim Breebaart Research Award 2024

  • Cybersecurity awareness and online behaviour on the work floor
    Faculty IT & Design
    Madelief Akkerman, Michelle Ancher, Guus Derks, Susanne van ā€˜t Hoff- de Goede, Rutger Leukfeldt
    Research Center Cyber Security
  • Start Skilfully 
    Faculty Health, Nutrition & Sport
    Bente van Dijk, Pim Koolwijk, Sanne de Vries, Annemarie de Witte
    Research Center Health Innovation
  • THUAS buildings as a living lab
    Faculty Technology, Innovation & Society and Faculty Management & Organisation
    Witesh Bharos, Rolien Blanken, Anton Hanemaaijer, Frans Joosstens, Sander Mertens, Baldiri Salcedo Rahola, Patrick van Tol 
    Research Center Mission Zero/ Energy in Transition
  • TranSIT (Transferable Smart Industry Templates)
    Faculty Technology, Innovation & Society
    John Bolte, Henk van der Burgh, Jenny Coenen, Margot Custers, Antoine Dunand, Rufus Fraanje, Jip Rasenberg, Madeline Sebastian, Karin de Smidt- Destombes
    Research Center Digital Operations & Finance
  • Young people as global citizens
    Faculty Social Work & Education 
    Jos Beelen, Olivier Bello, Gijs Giesen, Rosa Groen, Vasileios Karakasis, Maaike de Loor 
    Research Center Global & Inclusive Learning 
Jury members

The professional jury of the Pim Breebaart Research Award consists of the following members

  • Pim Breebaart (former chair of the Executive Board of THUAS) 
  • Lieke Hubregtse (strategic advisor Township The Hague) 
  • Jeroen Oskam (director Research Centre Hoteschool The Hague)
  • Johan Woudstra (former lecturer of THUAS, and former PBRA winner) 

Golden Staff Award

Golden Staff Award rewards the team that stands out by adding value to the research or educational process.

Winners Golden Staff Award 2024

Winners Golden Staff Award 2024

Central Examination Organization Team
Department Education, Knowledge & Communication- Unit Educational Logistics and all Faculties

Motivation of the professional jury

The Central Examination Organization team was unanimously chosen as the winner of the Golden Staff Award 2024. This entry is entirely in keeping with the spirit of the Golden Staff Award. It shows a beautiful co-creation between the OKC manager and all Faculty Office managers. The jury finds this collaboration impressive.

What started small as a pilot to improve the test organization has subsequently been rolled out to all HHs locations. There is broad collaboration between faculties and services. It shows that we need everyone at all levels. This collaboration is unique within the HHs because for the first time, OKC and all faculties are working together without a decision by the Executive Board or directors. It is a good example for the coming years, it is not only short-cyclical but it is also educational and efficient. 

The jury members are looking forward to the results in the future and promising initiatives that will hopefully follow.

Nominees

Nominated teams Golden Staff Award 2024

  • Central Examination Organization Team
    Department Education, Knowledge & Communication- Unit Educational Logistics and all Faculties
  • EU-aware and EU-skilled knowledge centres at THUAS Project team
    Jos Beelen, Olivier Bello, Gijs Giesen, Mendeltje van Keulen, Maaike de Loor, Paul Schuchhard, Jerke Verschoor, Remmelt de Weerd
    Research Center Global & Inclusive Learning/ Global Citizenship 
  • Facilities team 
    Department Facilities & IT
  • Funding Support Office Team
    Department Business Administration & Control
  • Study Essentials Team
    Eline Bouwman, Roderick Klijn, Janneke Platenkamp, Naomie Rietdijk, Martijn Sondorp, Jaimy van Zundert
    Faculty Health, Nutrition & Sport 
Jury members

The professional jury of the Golden Staff Award consists of the following members

  • Sandy Bosman (Director HRM department)
  • Richard van Ommeren (Manager Faculty office ITD)
  • Jacco van Uden (Researcher Change Management)

Doctoral Candidates

We would like to reward doctoral candidates with a prize. Doctoral candidates of 2024 (between November 2023 and November 1st 2024) received a figurine during THiNK FeST.

Doctoral candidate

Lonneke Frie
Faculty Management & Organisation
Thesis-phd: 'From expert to flexperts: How workers meet new expertise needs throughout their career'

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Lonneke Frie

Doctoral candidate

Andries Hiskes
Faculty Health, Nutrition & Sport
Thesis-phd: 'Disability and Its Affective Affordances'

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Promovendus Andries Hiskes

Doctoral candidate

Erik Wilmes
Faculty Health, Nutrition & Sport
Thesis-phd: 'Monitoring in Football and Field Hockey: The Potential of IMUs in Human Motion Analysis'

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Promovendus Erik Wilmes

Doctoral candidate

Theo Zijderveld
Faculty Public Management, Law & Safety
Thesis-phd: 'The Instagrammable Authority of Religious Leaders'

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Promovendus Theo Zijderveld

Thesis Awards

The Thesis Award is presented to students who carry out the best graduation research project.
The goal is to draw attention to theses that reflect the philosophy of the school, both within and outside of the university of applied sciences.

Every nominee from each faculty receives 250,- euros pp.

At the Opening of the Academic Year on 5 September 2024, 7 Thesis Awards have been presented for exceptional performances. 

Thesis Award winners of 2024:

Faculty of Business, Finance & Marketing - International Business

Matt Barlow
Title final thesis: 'Bringing innovative MedTech devices to the USA: Research into the US healthcare sector'

Afstudeerder Matt Barlow

Faculty Public Management, Law & Safety - International and European Law 

Ashleigh Mulder
Title final thesis: 'Empowering Kigali City: An Analysis of Legal Innovations in Public Transport Laws Shaping Public-Private Partnership Initiatives for E-Bus Services in Kigali, Rwanda'

Afstudeerder Ashleigh Mulder

Faculty of Health, Nutrition & Sport - Health Technology

Chiara Terpstra
Title final thesis: 'Adviseertool rolstoelen'

Afstudeerder Chiara Terpstra

Faculty IT & Design - Information & Communication Technology

Alborz Farhangi
Title final thesis: 'Een professionele beschouwing over het Information Security Management vakgebied'

Faculty Management & Organisation - International Communication Management

Sara Khermjioui
Title final thesis: 'Creating an Emotional Connection with the UNICEF Brand across Germany & Putting Children at the Foreground of Brand Communication'

Afstudeerder Sara Khermjioui

Faculty Social Work & Education - Education in Primary Schools

Hatice Kavrik
Title final thesis: No title

Afstudeerder Hatice Kavrik

Faculty Technology, Innovation & Society - Industrial Design Engineering

Franziska Ziergiebel
Title final thesis: 'Music & Dementia (Groover)'

Afstudeerder Franziska Ziergiebel

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