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The Platform for Beta Technology (PBT) aims to contribute to the important developments within the Dutch knowledge society through the Universe Program (UP). The UP is intended to encourage more pre-university students to choose beta and technical studies in higher education. So far, there have been four rounds comprising a total of 120 UP schools.
The first round of UP schools began in 2005 and 2008 marked their final year. The UP audit in 2007 revealed that the sustainable anchoring towards a well-organised beta school has not yet been achieved. While operational aspects are progressing well according to the audit, the Universe Program is still insufficiently embedded in many schools: numerous UP schools struggle with a structural shift towards becoming a well-organised beta school where beta innovation is sustainably anchored.
The Sustainable Beta project aims to continue making a lasting contribution to the UP goals beyond the three-year UP period, providing additional support to schools where necessary and meaningful. Dialogic is developing a self-diagnosis tool for this purpose, enabling schools to determine their current position, assess the progress made, and identify improvement options regarding the professionalisation of the school organisation, in order to further evolve towards a successfully innovative beta school. A network of experts will be established to support improvements in the relevant domains.
