Society Based Education (SBE) supports teachers at WUR with integrating real-life learning into their courses. Our team consists of educational advisors, relationship managers, and a process coordinator. As part of the Teaching and Learning Centre at WUR, our mission is to foster innovation by creating stronger connections between the university and society, enriching the educational journey for both students and academics.  

Being at the interface between education at WUR and society, our work is two-fold: 

1) We offer training sessions and support to teachers and other staff members regarding all aspects related to real-life learning and its integration into WUR’s educational practices. 

2) We seek real-life issues and challenges and build relationships with societal actors, facilitating them with access to student research. 

By combining these lines of work, we aim to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange between the academic community and society at large, leading to both a richer learning environment and direct societal impact. 

Our team is well-equipped to support teachers in their real-life learning journey: 

Our educational advisors have extensive knowledge of real-life learning and its integration in curricula. They offer personalized advice as well as workshops to equip teachers with relevant skills for real-life learning. 

Our relationship managers keep a broad network of societal actors that can provide real cases, acting as matchmakers and translators: from a real challenge or question to a fitting case for your course or study program. 

Our process coordinator is involved in optimizing our internal workflows. She monitors and evaluates our data management and analysis in close collaboration with the relationship managers to identify opportunities for improvement. 

Learn more about our roles below: