Hogeschool Rotterdam Reviews

Pros

good company, nice people and fun atmosphere

Cons

high working pressure, lack of enough staff.

Pros

Fine company to work for.

Cons

No cons really, it was all fine.

Pros

Good International Environment, Good Infrastructures, Good Opportunities for Personal and Professional Development.

Cons

Lack of Communication, Lack of Structure, Lack of Supervision and Management, Lack of Care for the students.

Pros

Good students, knowledge employees, nice cafeteria

Cons

Inefficiency, bureaucratic administration, no help or support

Pros

Never had any issues with anyone

Cons

Sometimes slow to get things done

Pros

good working conditions great colleagues and students

Cons

peak times during assessment period communication

Pros

Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences offers plenty of opportunities and support to grow and to develop yourself. You're a given quite a lot of responsibilities and often its you and your colleagues who decide which direction to take (as long as concerns teaching). Over the past 10 years I have learned a lot while working for the orginastion.

Cons

The payoff 'Exceed Expection' seems to be a rather hollow phrase. Once you decide to really to challenge yourself to 'exceed expections' (of students, colleagues, and industrial partners), you'll end up drowning in a Kafkaesque bureaucracy, which is managed and developed by a host of staff members who have no clue about education or teaching. Furthermore, it seems that the organisations lacks the capacity to learn from its mistakes. I see managers making the same mistake over and over again. This illustrates the real problem of Rotterdam University. Most of its senior management is rather incompetent, they simply lack some basic management skills and domain expertise (education). They rather optimize processen than really caring about the real value of an educational organisation. Overall, the operational quality of the organisation is poor, which makes working for Rotterdam University very stressful.

Pros

Diverse student population. A large institute as a whole but various smaller locations so it doesn't feel massive, yet many career opportunities. Dedicated staff. Good teaching facilities.

Cons

Working hours for teachers are systematically underrated. Sometimes too little support from administration. Eating facilities are limited. Beginning of term is always chaotic.

Pros

Knowledgeable and dedicated colleagues made it a pleasure to work here. Students were keen to be involved in research projects, and we could support them to be involved easily.

Cons

Management changed policies in a way that made most research projects impossible, Also had difficulty making links with academicsa/courses outside immediate department.

Pros

More than average time to spent on personal development Nice colleagues to work with Able to plan your career within the organisation

Cons

Lack of clear vision by board members Poor information sharing and communication tools No vision on education and ICTs