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In order to regain better 'control' over its ICT knowledge and expertise, the Dutch government intends to collaborate intensively with higher education, both in terms of ICT education and research. This was recently established by the steering group 'Collaboration Higher Education and Government', partly based on research conducted by Dialogic.
Commissioned by the Dutch government, Dialogic conducted research last spring on promising forms of collaboration. We interviewed a large number of stakeholders within the government, as well as in higher education institutions. The main conclusion is that the government can increase its attractiveness as a partner for higher education by collaborating on content. This can be achieved by presenting challenging, socially relevant issues to educational programmes and providing resources to investigate these issues. One recommendation is to focus on a national IT development agenda where research and education go hand in hand.
The full research report by Dialogic will be published later this year. Want to know more? Read the article Steering group focuses on Partnership in Higher ICT Education and Research or contact Robbin te Velde.