Flemish Dissertation Award
Students from Flemish University Colleges or Universities can subscribe to the dissertation award and win €2500! BAMA-students have to write a fluent journalistic article about their thesis and Scriptie vzw spreads the actual articles in national newspapers and magazines. The thesises are also published in an Online Dissertation Bank, which boosts their future career. On average 500 people a day gratefully use the databank for their research.
Eos, Agoria, Klasse-award
Dissertation within the field of the exact sciences, or a subject related to technology and innovation or education can enter respectively the "Eos", "Agoria", or "Klasse" Award. Tick the right box when filling in the registration form of the Flemish Dissertation Award and perhaps win two awards!
Previous year
Last year Hannes Pieters of the University of Ghent won the prestigious Flemish Dissertation Award. The desirable prize was awarded by Ingrid Lieten, Minister of Media and Innovation, under the watchful eye of Her Majesty Queen Paola. A report of the evening can be found here.
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Athletes and social media
"My dissertation discusses how top athletes promote themselves through social media such as Hyves, Twitter and Youtube. And especially what are the do's and dont's", says Joris Coppes. He has won the Wagner Group | Sport Management Institute-award with his thesis on 'Dutch topathletes and personal branding'.
Academization higher education
Will the Bachelor Polytechnics soon no longer be given at college universities? Wilson De Pril, General director of Agoria Vlaanderen, tells in De Ochtend on Radio 1 that he is not in favour of the academization of higher education.
Marleen Temmerman about science communication
Gynaecologist, professor and senator Marleen Temmerman (SP.A) is a passionate advocate of promoting and stimulating scientific research, especially that of young researchers.
Grants and awards
Leiedal promotes your dissertation
Leiedal is the Flemish intermunicipal organization for socio-economic and environmental development in the Kortrijk region. The organization awards five students who write a meritorious dissertation about the region with a 1000 euro prize. More info.
Umicore Award
The Belgian research foundation FWO grants two awards, saluting excellent theses that contribute to research in specific technological domains. More information.
Reading Association
The Reading Association Thesis Prize worth €2500 is a joint initiative of the Reading Association of Belgium and the Netherlands. The prize is awarded to the author of the best dissertation on reading and the promotion of reading. Last year, the prize was won by the winner of our own "Klasse" Award, Annick De Vylder. More information.
Minister builds bridges
The ‘Extreme Blue- project’ is a joint initiative of the Flemish government and IBM, the world's largest ICT-company. Together, they want to facilitate research accessibility for Flemish small and medium-sized businesses. This will enable academics as well as entrepreneurs to keep up with the latest changes in the field of research and development. The project offers four graduating students the chance to help build a better and more accessible information network in Flanders.
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Dissertations in the press
Therapy for PR and journalism
In her dissertation Liesl De Ruyck asks herself why a good relationship between journalists and the PR people is still a bridge too far. With this dissertation, she was selected for the prize of the best Communicantion Management dissertation at the Artevelde University College. Mediakritiek.be, a forum with media-critical articles and comments from the Fund Pascal Decroos discusses the phenomenon in more detail.
Read the complete dissertation here.
News or rubbish? These are the criteria.
Kitchen waste is source of energy
In the search for alternative energy sources, even kitchen waste turns out to be a source of green power.
Marianne Smits, Master in Agricultural Engineering at the University of Ghent, was nominated with this discovery for the 2009 "Agoria" Award. Knack.be goes into detail. Knack is a Flemish quality magazine.
Or read the complete dissertation here.
Whaling in Japan
Japan mainly uses science as a cover to circumvent the global moratorium on commercial whaling to maintain its political power. Consequently, the distrust against political government institutions is large. That is what Judith Wouters, Master of Japanese Studies at the Catholic University of Leuven, discovered when writing her dissertation. Knack.be and dagkrant K.U.Leuven devote an article to the topic.
Read the full dissertation here.
Football for life
Spotted in Metro and on Knack.be: the social activation effect of football. Griet Malfroid investigated what positive effects the Homeless Worldcup had on drug users and homeless people in Antwerp North.
Read the complete dissertation here.
'Dos Cervezas por favor'
Gitte Wolput, Master of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the Free University of Brussels, asked herself in 2004 why some tunes get stuck inside our heads and others don't. Read more about it in today's Metro. Metro is a daily free newspaper spread in railway stations. !Mistake!: the names mentioned in Metro are those of last year's judges. This year the jury will again be kept a secret until the night of the award ceremony!
The complete dissertation can be found here.
The house of Sexe-Coburg
Ever since the 19th century, royal sex scandals have been used for political profit. Bram Bombeek of the Ghent University made a historical analysis for his dissertation. Knack.be published an article about it.
Take a look at the full dissertation here.
Young nuns
As a graduating student in Journalism at the Erasmus University College Brussels, Hadewijch De Baene wrote her thesis on young nuns in Flanders. She got the opportunity to interview four young women who pursued their calling to become a nun and entered the convent. Read more on Knack.be.
The complete dissertation can be read here.
Rinsing energy drinks
Cyclists who rinse their mouths with energy drinks containing carbohydrates can boost their time-trial performance. That is what was discovered by Wim Gilis and Toon Roels, Masters of Physical Education at the University of Ghent. Sport-voetbalmagazine devotes an article to it.
Read the thesis here.
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Dissertations under the spotlight
Europe
Europe is everywhere. Europe decides when food is organic; Europe decides what message will be written on a pack of cigarettes, ... . Waaris.eu challenges you to make a short movie on the European Union and what the organization means to you. The Pascal Decroos Fund will present this online competition on "The One Minutes Belgian Open", a film festival for one minute films. Let's dive into the archive and take a look at dissertations on Europe.
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