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<p class="MsoNormal">-- for English, see below --<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Beste opleidingsdirecteuren en -coördinatoren,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hierbij deel ik een oproep om kandidaten aan te dragen voor de ECHO Awards van 2025.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
</span><span style="color:black">De opzet is dit jaar iets aangepast; zie voor meer informatie over de aanleiding voor de herziening en de aanpassingen de website:<a href="https://echo-net.nl/award-25/"> </a><a href="https://echo-net.nl/award-25/">https://echo-net.nl/award-25/</a>.
Bijgevoegd is dit jaar ook een flyer/onepager met een overzichtelijk stappenplan voor studenten die mee willen doen (beschikbaar in het NL/ENG).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Over de ECHO Awards</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">De ECHO Awards zijn een jaarlijkse erkenning voor studenten afkomstig uit niet-westerse gemeenschap die studeren in het hoger onderwijs en impact creëren op urgente maatschappelijke vraagstukken.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Studenten die in aanmerking komen voor een ECHO Award zijn Nederlandse studenten met een niet-westerse achtergrond of vluchtelingenachtergrond die aantoonbare maatschappelijke impact hebben, bijdragen aan beleids-
en systeemverandering en leiderschapskwaliteiten laten zien.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">De winnaars worden geselecteerd door een onafhankelijke jury en mogen een volledig verzorgde Summercourse aan UCLA in de Verenigde Staten volgen (onder voorbehoud).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Award-categorieën</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">De ECHO Awards zijn te verdelen in verschillende categorieën. Aan elke categorie is een award verbonden, namelijk de:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
HBO Award - voor studenten in het hoger beroepsonderwijs;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
WO Award - voor studenten in het wetenschappelijk onderwijs;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
Actualiteiten Award - voor studenten in het HBO en/of WO die bijdragen aan op actuele maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen, ongeacht hun studierichting.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">De VU mag studenten voordragen voor de WO Award en de Actualiteiten Award. Een onderwijsinstelling mag per categorie 3 studenten voordragen. In totaal mag de VU dus maximaal 6 studenten voordragen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">Interne selectieprocedure</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><span style="color:black">Omdat er door elke onderwijsinstelling een beperkt aantal studenten mag worden voorgedragen voor de ECHO Awards, werken we bij de VU met een VU-brede interne selectieronde. Elke
faculteit mag voor deze VU-brede interne selectieronde 2 kandidaten aandragen. Bij meer gegadigden bepalen de faculteiten zelf welke 2 kandidaten ze voor de VU-brede selectieronde aandragen.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">Let op: voordrachten die buiten de faculteiten om voor de VU-brede selectieprocedure worden aangeleverd worden niet in behandeling genomen door de jury.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Bij voordracht voor de VU-brede interne selectieronde moeten de faculteiten en studenten de volgende documenten aanleveren:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="elementtoproof" style="color:black;margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
Volledig ingevuld voordrachtsformulier (zie bijlage, beschikbaar in het NL en ENG. Let op: het formulier moet worden ingevuld door de facultaire contactpersoon die de student voordraagt, bijv. een docent of opleidingsdirecteur.
<b>Het is niet de bedoeling dat studenten dit formulier zelf invullen!</b>).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
Een persoonlijke motivatie van de voorgedragen student, in de vorm van een brief of video (zie voor de richtlijnen van ECHO voor de motivatie de bijlagen van deze e-mail, beschikbaar in NL en ENG).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
Een CV van de voorgedragen student (max. 2 pagina's).<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">BETA gebruikt voor de facultaire voorselectie dezelfde documenten om 2 kandidaten te kiezen uit alle facultaire inzendingen. De
<b>deadline voor de facultaire selectie is maandag 2 juni, 10:00</b> uur en inzendingen kunnen worden ingediend via
<a href="mailto:onderwijsbeleid.beta@vu.nl">onderwijsbeleid.beta@vu.nl</a></span>.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Meer informatie</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Meer informatie is te vinden in de
<a href="https://vu.nl/nl/onderwijs/meer-over/echo-awards" title="https://vu.nl/nl/onderwijs/meer-over/echo-awards">
FAQ op de pagina over de ECHO Awards op vu.nl</a>. Neem bij vragen en opmerkingen vooral contact met mij op via bovenstaande emailadres. We kijken uit naar jullie inzendingen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear programme directors/coordinators,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">I would like to invite you all to submit candidates for the 2025 ECHO Awards. There have been some changes from previous years, more information about the reasons for the revision and the changes,
can be found at: </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://echo-net.nl/en/echoaward/"><span lang="EN-US">https://echo-net.nl/en/echoaward/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">. Attached to this e-mail you will also find a flyer/one
pager with a clear step-by-step plan for students who wish to participate (available in Dutch and English).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">About the ECHO Awards</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The ECHO Awards are an annual recognition for students from non-Western communities who are studying in higher education and are making an impact on urgent social issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Students eligible for an ECHO Award are Dutch students with a non-Western background or refugee background who have a demonstrable social impact, contribute to policy and systemic change, and demonstrate
leadership qualities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The winners are selected by an independent jury and are awarded a fully funded summer course at UCLA in the United States (subject to conditions).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Award categories</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The ECHO Awards are divided into different categories. Each category has its own award, namely:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">HBO Award - for students in higher professional education;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">WO Award - for students in academic education;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US">Topicality Award - for students in higher professional education and/or university education who contribute to current social developments, regardless of their field of study.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The VU may nominate students for the WO Award and the Topicality Award. An educational institution may nominate three students per category. This means that the VU may nominate a maximum of six students
in total.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Internal selection procedure</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Because each educational institution may nominate a limited number of students for the ECHO Awards, we at the VU work with a VU-wide preselection round. Each faculty may nominate two candidates for
this VU-wide preselection round. If there are more candidates, the faculties themselves decide which two candidates they will nominate for the VU-wide preselection round.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Please note: nominations submitted for the VU-wide selection procedure outside the faculties will not be considered by the jury.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">When nominating candidates for the VU-wide internal selection round, faculties and students must submit the following documents:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">A fully completed nomination form (see the appendices for the nomination form, available both in Dutch and in English. Please note: the form must be completed by the faculty contact person nominating the student, e.g. a lecturer or programme
director. <b>Students are not expected to complete this form themselves!</b>).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span lang="EN-US">A personal motivation statement from the nominated student, in the form of a letter or video (see the attachments to this email for ECHO's guidelines for the motivation statement, available both in Dutch and in English).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span lang="EN-US">A resumé of the nominated student (max. 2 pages).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">BETA will use these same documents to choose the faculty candidates from our submissions.
<b>The deadline for submitting candidates is Monday June 2, 2025, at 11:00 AM</b>. Submissions can be sent to
<a href="mailto:onderwijsbeleid.beta@vu.nl">onderwijsbeleid.beta@vu.nl</a></span><span lang="EN-US">.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">More information</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">For more information, please refer to the
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://vu.nl/en/education/more-about/echo-awards" title="https://vu.nl/en/education/more-about/echo-awards"><span lang="EN-US">FAQ on the ECHO Awards page on vu.nl</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">.
If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us. </span>
<span style="color:black">We look forward to receiving your nominations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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