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The subsidy scheme VIS in het HO aims to provide as many students as possible at Dutch higher education institutions with the opportunity to gain experience in international orientation on subjects and science through virtual international collaborative projects (VIS projects). In these projects, students in the Netherlands collaborate with students at institutions abroad to carry out a project together. The subsidy scheme will fund a total of 700 projects between September 2021 and September 2024 to support the design and development of the projects.
In late 2021, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science commissioned Dialogic to conduct an evaluative study on the VIS projects (see here for the description of this study). In this study, we track the VIS projects through analyses of grant applications and online surveys among project leaders (teachers and/or educational specialists) and participating students. An interim report is produced annually in October to provide an update on the study's progress.
For the 2024 report, the first six cohorts (September 2021, February 2022, September 2022, February 2023, September 2023, and February 2024) have been examined. A total of 454 VIS projects have been funded to date. Of these, 277 projects have completed the project leader survey and 302 projects have been finalized. The report describes the 454 projects based on their grant applications, the 277 projects based on the online survey among project leaders, and the 302 completed projects based on student surveys.
In Round 1, collaboration takes place with institutions from 31 different countries. This number has doubled each year to 62 different countries in Round 6. For all rounds, the focus of partnership lies in North America and Europe. Over the past six rounds, there has been collaboration with 403 institutions in Europe, 106 in Asia, 68 in North America, 67 in Africa, 40 in Central and South America, and 7 in Oceania. A total of eight VIS projects have involved institutions in the Caribbean region. The figure below shows the top twenty countries with which collaboration is most common.
The development of international competences is mapped out using student surveys. Students report significant progress in all categories, as shown in the figure below.
The majority of students indicate they did not face any challenges during the project. The most commonly cited challenges include insufficient time for the project and a poor working relationship with international partner(s).
Download the 2024 interim report here. Want to learn more? Contact Max Kemman or send an email to visonderzoek@dialogic.nl.