In this guide, all aspects of ombuds work in higher education are discussed clearly and thoroughly, from the implementation and context of the ombuds function, the everyday practice of an ombudsman (m/f/x) to international differences in terms of the ombudsman’s mandate and powers.

How can ombudsmen carry out their work correctly and effectively? What kinds of complaints do they investigate? How do they deal with complainants and respondents? Should complaints of students and employees be h...

Academisch schrijven en presenteren zijn kernvaardigheden voor studenten in het hoger onderwijs. Een goed ontwikkelde schriftelijke en mondelinge uitdrukkingsvaardigheid is van essentieel belang voor het succesvol doorlopen van iedere denkbare studierichting.

In dit boek leren studenten stapsgewijs hoe zij een helder gestructureerde, aantrekkelijke en correcte wetenschappelijke tekst kunnen schrijven. Op dezelfde manier komt ook het voorbereiden en houden van een aansprekende presentatie aan...

In Mastering Econometrics: Exercises and Solutions, Jan R. Magnus and Sean Telg guide you through carefully selected and fully worked-out exercises in econometrics. The book is intended to accompany an introductory econometrics course at the Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD level, where students are assumed to have at least some background in linear algebra and statistics. Designed as a compendium to the first author’s Introduction to the Theory of Econometrics, the book can also be used for...

The replication crisis is hotly debated in all disciplines across the social sciences. Economics is not an exception. However, economics is different from the other social sciences, due to an exceptionally dominant paradigmatic core and an equally dominant methodological backbone, known as neoclassical economics and econometrics, respectively. In this book, we argue how this double strength can be a double weakness, too. We emphasize that any future for economics will benefit from a reduced d...