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On our website, you have already been able to read a lot about the ICT Lab Utrecht. Recently, the ICT Lab Utrecht has been receiving even more attention as the initiative has been nominated for the Computable Award 2017. This makes the ICT Lab Utrecht the only (and also first!) vocational education programme to be nominated for this prestigious award. A remarkable achievement, we believe, for this young initiative.
Since 2016, students from the ICT College at ROC Midden Nederland have had the opportunity to work with Dialogic consultants on innovative ICT assignments for real clients in the field. The ICT Lab Utrecht was established in response to the shortage of IT professionals in the Utrecht region. EBU (Economic Board Utrecht) and the province of Utrecht have called on the business community to achieve better alignment between education and the job market. Dialogic responded to this call and, together with ROC Midden Nederland, created an innovative learning environment: the ICT Lab Utrecht. This turned out to be a good move, although success, of course, did not come automatically. "Creating an ICT Lab can be done by more parties, but you need people who are on top of things," said Sven Maltha. "The success lies in students and teachers benefiting from the knowledge, research, and consultancy practice of Dialogic."
The winner of the Computable Award 2017 will be announced on 31st October 2016.
Also, read the interview with the department manager of the ICT College Baudina Speerstra, Dialogic partner/director Sven Maltha, ICT and media management teacher Nawzad Delawi (ROCMN), and application and media development teacher Jim Dunk (ROCMN).