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Using evasins as tools to regulate the activation and recruitment of leukocytes to injury sites KU Leuven

Pedro Elias Marques Pereira Silva
Molecular Immunology (Rega Institute), Universiteit Maastricht
Uncontrolled inflammation is a major public health issue. It is difficult to treat clinically and is not restricted to the devastating pneumonia resulting from covid-19 infections. Thus, there is an urgent need for anti-inflammatory therapies that apply to covid-19 but also to the many inflammatory disorders affecting humans. During evolution, ticks had to circumvent an attack by the immune system of their mammalian host. As such, ticks ...

Towards a stronger and appealing academic teacher education. University of Antwerp

Tom Smits
Didactica
This project is aimed at strengthening and supporting the university teacher education programmes in the transition to the new teacher training courses, as described in the draft memorandum "Strengthening teacher education courses: recruiting and qualitative teacher training courses as a basic pillar for high-quality education" of 25 March 2016 and the draft decree on the development of graduate courses within colleges and transfer measures for ...

Careers for Carers (CforC) AP Hogeschool Antwerpen

Beno Schraepen
Humans and Society, Uciliste Ambitio ustanova za obrazovanje odraslih, Challedu, Xenios Polis. Culture, Science and Action, FONIX AS, AP Hogeschool Antwerpen, Eurasanté

CONTEXT OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM 
The healthy ageing (HA) and elderly care sector faces several challenges.
• According to Eurostat, in 2022, 21.1% (more than one-fifth) of the EU-27 population was over 65 years old. The pace of this aging of the population is different from country to country. Indeed, in 2022, people aged 65 and over are, relative to the population of the country, more in Italy (23.8%), Portugal (23.7%) and Finland ...

SINREM-PLUS 2020 (SINREM-PLUS 2020) Ghent University

Gijs Du Laing
Department of Green Chemistry and Technology

A highly innovative and interdisciplinary approach is essential to create technologies for a modern circular society that closes material loops and minimises waste. It can only be achieved if scientists, engineers and economists have an overarching understanding of the entire materials cycle as well as deep knowledge in their specialised field. The term "T-shaped Professional" has been coined for this approach and educating such ...

Choosing art: distribution, organisation, structure, accessibility and attractiveness of part-time art education in Flanders (OBPWO project) Ghent University

John Lievens
Department of Sociology

This study aims to evaluate the decree on part-time arts education (2018).

The system of part-time arts education (PTAE) in Flanders has experienced a considerable growth in terms of the number of enrollments over the past decades. Nevertheless, the student population is still not an accurate representation of the overall population of Flemish citizens. The socially unequal participation can be explained sociologically using ...

URGENT UnderRepresented Groups of ENgineering sTudents: Role of professional awareness in inclusion (URGENT) KU Leuven

Greet Langie
Manufacturing Processes and Systems (MaPS), Social and Cultural Psychology, TRANSFORM
The shortage of engineering talent leads to a loss in economic output. This shortage-combat has to be fought on several fronts, one of them is attracting and retaining under-represented students. Driving diversity in engineering not only results in a more prosperous society, it also makes industry smarter.Research has shown that identity development and motivation have high impact on persistence and study success. In this interdisciplinary ...

Biopsychosocial approach to burnout and reintegration KU Leuven

Lode Godderis
Environment and Health

1) WeMeds is an interuniversity project (including the five Flemish Universities) that aims to unravel the most important predictors of burnout and engagement in medical students and doctors in training, while at the same time gaining insight into effective interventions to prevent burnout. The longitudinal design of the study encompasses the full training path of physicians; including a wide range of medical ...

Can teachers reduce school bullying and its mental health consequences? Randomized controlled trial with an intervention promoting positive teacher-student interactions. University of Antwerp

Heidi Vandebosch
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Media, ICT and interpersonal relations in Organisations and Society (MIOS)
Being bullied at school seriously undermines mental health on the short and long run. Teachers have the potential to be key players in preventing and reducing bullying through their daily interactions with students and their reactions to bullying. However, many teachers do not fully assume this role. This randomized controlled trial study aims at investigating whether a straightforward intervention focused on teachers' general interactions with ...

Can teachers reduce school bullying and its mental health consequences? Randomized controlled trial with an intervention promoting positive teacher-student interactions KU Leuven

Hilde Colpin
School Psychology and Development in Context, Universiteit Antwerpen

 Being bullied at school seriously undermines mental health on the short and long run. Teachers have the potential to be key players in preventing and reducing bullying through their daily interactions with students and their reactions to bullying. However, many teachers do not fully assume this role. This randomized controlled trial study aims at investigating whether a straightforward intervention focused on teachers’ general ...

URGENT UnderRepresented Groups of ENgineering sTudents: Role of professional awareness in inclusion KU Leuven

Greet Langie
TRANSFORM, Social and Cultural Psychology, Manufacturing Processes and Systems (MaPS)

The shortage of engineering talent leads to a loss in economic output. This shortage-combat has to be fought on several fronts, one of them is attracting and retaining under-represented students. Driving diversity in engineering not only results in a more prosperous society, it also makes industry smarter. Research has shown that identity development and motivation have high impact on persistence and study ...