Prize Parade 2025

Winners Olive Award 2025 | Jury award

• Nursing
  Faculty Health, Nutrition & Sport
  Team Nurse of the Future
  Teammembers: Hanneke Broekman, Norbert Huyer and Trienke IJmker

Motivation of the professional jury

The jury is impressed by how the program considers language-aware education a fundamental principle in its curriculum revision. To this end, the lecturers involved in the revision completed the language-aware education e-learning program to familiarize themselves with the principles of TBO. Remarkably, the program involved students from the very beginning of the learning outcomes' design phase. They contributed ideas through focus groups, including the formulation of the learning outcomes. Finally, the design team consulted intensively with the professional field regarding the requirements and future needs within nursing. In summary, the jury considers the entry "Nurse of the Future" to be communicative, practical, and sustainable. This approach could also inspire other programs to realistically integrate students' language development into their curriculum.

Winners Olive Award 2025 | Public award

• European Studies
  Faculty Management & Organisation
  Team Project Ñ de España
  Teammembers: Anabel Díaz, Elena Cabrera and Claudia Bulnes

Nominated teams Olive Award 2025

• European Studies
  Faculty Management & Organisation
  Team Project Ñ de España
  Teammembers: Anabel Díaz, Elena Cabrera and Claudia Bulnes
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• Law
  Faculty Public Management, Law & Safety
  Team Self- regulated learning at PLS
  Teammembers: Annelies Oudshoorn, Mark Winius, Metin Akyol, Naomi Semeijn and Cynthia Veldhuizen - Ponsen 
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• Nursing
  Faculty Health, Nutrition & Sport
  Team Nurse of the Future
  Teammembers: Hanneke Broekman, Norbert Huyer and Trienke IJmker
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Jury members Olive Award

• Arend Hardorff (member of the Executive board)
• Marije Minkman (English lecturer, and former Olive Award winner 2024)
• Eveke de Louw (researcher Centre of Expertise Global and Inclusive Learning)
• Janneke Kelter (lecturer and team leader Language team)

Project NextGEM

Centre of Expertise Digital Operations & Finance/ Research Center Smart Sensor Systems
Faculty Technology, Innovation & Society
Teammembers: John Bolte, Erdal Korkmaz, Sam Aerts, Astrid Jansen, Derek Land, Xavier van Rijnsoever, Jonathan Gnanadhas, Merel Hillen and Jacobine de Zwaan

Motivation of the professional jury

Project NextGEM combines advanced measurement technology with biomedical analyses and is supported by collaboration with international partners. The results are assessed through independent validation and result in multiple peer-reviewed publications to ensure scientific quality. Project NextGEM has led to the establishment of a specialized laboratory environment within the THUAS, where both researchers and students can work with advanced measurement equipment. This infrastructure not only supports the NextGEM project but also strengthens other educational programs and research activities. What makes this team special is their ability to connect international collaboration, education, and practice. By linking substantive expertise to societal relevance, Project NextGEM demonstrates the purpose of the PBRA: to connect research, education, and practice, thereby creating lasting value both within the university and beyond.
 

• Project Cyber Security Living Lab
  Centre of Expertise Cyber Security
  Faculty IT & Design and Faculty Public Management, Law & Safety
  Teammembers: Peter Roelofsma, Niek Jan van den Hout, Wissal Mestour, Anouk Vos, Jan Treur, Debby Bouma, Herman de Bruine, Nick Barelds, Marcel van der Lem and Madelief Akkerman
• Project evidence- informed evaluation of EdTech and AI in education
  Centre of Expertise Global & Inclusive Learning
  Faculty IT & Design
  Teammembers: Manika Garg Shandilya, Theo Bakker, Sunčica Bruck- van Marrewijck and Aslam Tanjung
• Project NextGEM
  Centre of Expertise Digital Operations & Finance/ Research Center Smart Sensor Systems
  Faculty Technology, Innovation & Society
  Teammembers: John Bolte, Erdal Korkmaz, Sam Aerts, Astrid Jansen, Derek Land, Xavier van Rijnsoever, Jonathan Gnanadhas, Merel Hillen and Jacobine de Zwaan
• Project Troostwijs
  Centre of Expertise Health Innovation
  Faculty Health, Nutrition & Sport
  Teammembers: Yvonne van Zaalen, Marleen Eikelenboom, Tsjitske Haanstra and Natasha Labohm
   

Jury members Pim Breebaart Research Award:

• Pim Breebaart (former chair of the Executive Board of THUAS)
• Gerben Hagenaars (director Youth, Education, Culture & Media Township The Hague)
• Karlijn Olijslager (research policy advisor Vereniging Hogescholen)
• Jeroen Oskam (director Research Centre Hoteschool The Hague)
• Johan Woudstra (former lecturer of THUAS, and former PBRA winner) 

The Lighthouse & Events

Department Education, Knowledge & Communication- Unit Marketing & Communication
Teammembers: Annelies van Rosmalen, Chantal van Enst, Amanda Tielemans, Gideon Reid, Anja Plugge, Mirjam Schoenmaeckers, Eva Smarius and Robin Bormans

Motivation of the professional jury

The Lighthouse & Events team was selected as the winner of the 2025 Golden Staff Award. It demonstrates strong connections within and outside The Hague University of Applied Sciences and is energetically committed to current issues. The team is innovative, creative, and collaborates extensively with others both within and outside the university, having done so for 10 years. They reinvent each other every year with a wide variety of events. The team's regular acceptance of initiatives from within the organization is appreciated. The team utilizes a network organization.
 

• Global Office BFM
  Faculty Business, Finance & Marketing
  Teammembers: Casper Verschoor, Noor Verwoerd and Liselotte van der Vaart
• Projectteam HR2day
  Department Human Resource Management, Department Business Administration & Control and Department Facilities & IT
  Teammembers: Monique Koenders, Diana Schel- Plugge, Marijn Zondag, Ricardo Bolman, Laura Lodewijk- Schmidt, Miranda Mellegers and Cees Endhoven
• The Lighthouse & Events
  Department Education, Knowledge & Communication- Unit Marketing & Communication
  Teammembers: Annelies van Rosmalen, Chantal van Enst, Amanda Tielemans, Gideon Reid, Anja Plugge, Mirjam Schoenmaeckers, Eva Smarius and Robin Bormans

Jury members Golden Staff Award: 

• Sandy Bosman (Director HRM department)
• Richard van Ommeren (Manager Faculty office ITD)
• Jacco van Uden (Researcher Change Management)