Abstract
The dutch ministry of education, culture, and science established the sirius programme in 2008 as an official initiative designed to strengthen the innovative capacity of the netherlands by enhancing the public knowledge infrastructure. The ministry invited all higher education institutions (research universities as well as universities of applied sciences) to submit a plan for the promotion of excellence, either independently or in collaboration with other institutions. The largest portion of the sirius budget, €48.8 million, was allocated to bachelor’s programmes and was launched in 2008. Maastricht university applied for funding from the sirius programme to develop bachelor’s research opportunities as a new form of problem-based learning, which is the characteristic educational format of the university. Maastricht university named this bachelor’s excellence programme maastricht research-based learning for excellence or marble. With the introduction of marble, maastricht university was given the opportunity to introduce new forms of problem-based learning to extend the research experience of students. This chapter explores a number of educational concepts within the content of the marble programme.keywordsexcellenceproblem-based learningresearch-based learningundergraduate research.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Research-based learning |
| Subtitle of host publication | Case studies from Maastricht University |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 23-33 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319509914 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |