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… when faced with dilemmas. All PhD candidates take a compulsory course in scientific integrity, which serves as the basis for other courses, in particular the various research methodology courses. New faculty members take part in a mandatory workshop on Research Integrity and Professionalism. Questionable research practices (such as HARKing) are addressed with the help of the EUR Dilemma Game. In the committee’s opinion, this application, with which participants can gauge their knowledge on … that junior professors are provided with generous research time through the Research Voucher System, where excellence in research leads, indirectly, to more dedicated research time (up to 60%, or 80% when acquired research grants are used to buy time). Interestingly, the vouchers earned by professors accrue to their Research Review Economics and Business 2015-2020 13 department as additional budget to hire lecturers, enabling the department to reduce the overall teaching load. This system … is generally high and suggestions for improvement are taken seriously. Course sharing agreements with other leading business schools are in place and PhD candidates are encouraged to take specialised courses at other universities. External courses are checked for quality and relevance. Individual study paths are detailed in the Teaching and Supervision Agreement (TSA), which is drawn up in the first three months of appointment. A new feature is the requirement for candidates to add an individual …

… to revise several programmes, while revision plans were being implemented in others. Both staff and students are involved in W We want our students to become independent, lifelong learners block, module or line with the help of the PDCA cycle (Plan-Do-Check- Act; see page 14). In addition to our own evaluations, data obtained from the annual NSE (Dutch Student Survey) and the UM Studentmonitor also provide information about the quality of our education. These data have helped us in recent years to … contrary, FHML’s study associations organise all sorts of activities for students who actively seek to prepare themselves for life after university; ranging from career events, where it is possible to speed date with alumni and professionals, to work- shops and workplace visits. ‘This also happens within bachelor’s and master’s pro- grammes,’ says Van Raak. ‘Students nonetheless often have the idea that they’re not sufficiently being prepared for the labour market, and that’s partly because a lot … HIS NATIVE SOIL LIMBURG KEPT DRAWING HIM BACK. 26| EducationMatters Prizes THE ELEVATE LECTURER AWARD On June 14, 2017, Francine Schneider (Department of Health Promotion) won the Elevate Lecturer Award. The award was granted by students of the online ‘Health Education and Promotion’ programme. Students were very positive about the programme as well as the development of the online learning environment. NOUSJKA VRANKEN WINS AWARD AT THE STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE IN NIJMEGEN Nousjka Vranken …

… thank Arabesque Asset Management for having access to its S-Ray tool and data regarding Tobacco firms. Special thanks go to Cardano, a leading risk management firm based in the Netherlands, for supporting the creation of this document by hosting a workshop in Rotterdam on scenario thinking and scenario analysis for the entire team of authors of this report. Last but not least, we would like to thank the members of Tobacco Free Portfolios Working Group, for time and again providing input and feedback … threats, and thus can be seen as a key driver when looking at their revenue streams. The Future of Tobacco Stocks: A Scenario Analysis 16 16 1.4. SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT 1.4.1. BOYCOTTS: GENERAL “A boycott is an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for social or political reasons” (Elliott, 2018). There is a growing trend among colleges and universities in the United States to opt to become smoke- or … Wire, 2018). ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT Even though 181 parties have signed the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC, 2017), and even though an increasing number of institutional investors including the Axa Group (2016) and BNP Paribas (Pionline, 2018) have announced plans to divest tobacco from their funds, the tobacco industry will continue to achieve strong results. According to Business Wire (2018), a Berkshire Hathaway The Future of Tobacco Stocks: A Scenario Analysis 22 22 …

… 27 Article 10.1 Aim Master’s thesis and requirements .............................................. 27 Article 10.2 Registration Master’s thesis first sit and resit ..................................... 27 Article 10.3 Plagiarism check ............................................................................ 27 Article 10.4 Deadlines Master’s thesis ................................................................ 27 Article 10.5 Resit of the Master’s thesis based on Personal … Universiteit Amsterdam channels) to inform students of or to communicate about the study programme, exam(ination)s, (to announce) decisions and/or other topics related to the Master of Science in International Accountancy. 2. Students must regularly check the (digital) communication channels throughout the entire academic year. It is the students’ own responsibility to inform themselves by checking these channels. Information disseminated via the (digital) communication channels is assumed to be … the MScIA webmail account, or at a location approved by the Board of Examiners to safeguard the quality of examinations. 2. Examinations are held at a location as stipulated in 4.12.1 unless the Board of Examiners allows the examination to take place online. Article 4.13 Special examination arrangements Upon request, students with a disability and/or chronic illness are offered the opportunity to take examinations or teaching and learning activities in a manner adapted as optimal as possible to …