As a secondary school graduate, choosing the next step in your education may feel like a scary leap. Nothing to worry about: Pulsed Empower is here to support you. This inspiring, challenging program enables secondary school graduates to uncover their uniqueness and put it to satisfying use. Empower focuses on your wants, needs and abilities and helps you find the direction that fits you like a glove.
Empower is all about the strength of creating. The emphasis is on learning through experiencing, doing, sometimes failing, and starting all over to finally succeeding. That is why books are optional, not mandatory. Empower turns every day into an innovative field trip filled with technology, entrepreneurship, and creativity. At the same time, you stay socially connected with other students and lecturers.
Our Master Digital Technology Engineering students jumped on an unforgettable three-month adventure through an international Blended Intensive Program (BiP). Embarking on this diverse experience that integrated online lectures and face-to-face workshops, surpassing geographical boundaries and time zones, nurtured their ability to work effectively in international and multidisciplinary teams. Read more about this journey that peaked in the program's physical phase in Chania, Crete, where the master students gathered with 200 international staff members and students from partner universities and companies.
Fontys Pulsed Academy partnered with institutions like Hellenic Mediterranean University, University of Maribor, University of Niccolo Cusano, and more, believing in the transformative power of diverse perspectives. This collaboration, supported by Erasmus+ and the European Commission, enhanced the program's quality, providing students with the necessary skills and preparation to succeed in an interconnected global society.
Biweekly online sessions were critical to engaging the students with BiP topics such as emotional intelligence, intercultural communication, socio-technical systems thinking, healthy boundaries, and assertive communication. In addition, these sessions equipped them with essential soft skills to help them work in diverse and multicultural teams. One student, Micaela, expressed her thoughts on the experience, stating, "Being able to learn about the soft skills for the professional environment is not just a CV plus; it means being aware of the strengths and weaknesses that can affect even our personal life. Such a good experience, especially to learn this with so many different cultures!".
This collective experience showcased the power of the BiP course, equipping students with practical skills and allowing them to navigate diverse environments, embrace challenges, and truly learn from one another. During their time in Crete, Milou, actively involved in the internationalisation efforts of Pulsed, found great resonance in the quote from Gandhi: "I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any." It reinforced her belief that fostering an inclusive environment and embracing diverse cultures is crucial for shaping a future where internationalisation remains a driving force in education. The transformative experience of the BiP program further strengthened Milou's commitment to empowering students as they become an influential part of global change within the Pulsed community and beyond.
Smashing the status quo, breaking the mould, shaping a new one … just to break it again. Our fast-paced, ever-changing world demands equally evolving education. That is why Fontys Pulsed Academy puts its daring spin on it, based on better, broader, exciting design-based learning. Our curriculum is never finished, our thirst for knowledge and skills is never quenched, and our ambition is never fully achieved.
Fontys Pulsed Academy offers student-centred, talented-based teaching approaches captured in five act-provoking programs. These are primarily aimed at a challenging cocktail of technology & craftmanship, entrepreneurship & business, and design & creativity. Additionally, we offer expeditions for educators to take ownership and (re)design the education of their institute.
As a secondary school graduate, choosing the next step in your education may feel like a scary leap. Nothing to worry about: Pulsed Empower is here to support you. This inspiring, challenging program enables secondary school graduates to uncover their uniqueness and put it to satisfying use. Empower focuses on your wants, needs and abilities and helps you find the direction that fits you like a glove.
Empower is all about the strength of creating. The emphasis is on learning through experiencing, doing, sometimes failing, and starting all over to finally succeeding. That is why books are optional, not mandatory. Empower turns every day into an innovative field trip filled with technology, entrepreneurship, and creativity. At the same time, you stay socially connected with other students and lecturers.
Smashing the status quo, breaking the mould, shaping a new one … just to break it again. Our fast-paced, ever-changing world demands equally evolving education. That is why Fontys Pulsed Academy puts its daring spin on it, based on better, broader, exciting design-based learning. Our curriculum is never finished, our thirst for knowledge and skills is never quenched, and our ambition is never fully achieved.
Fontys Pulsed Academy offers student-centred, talented-based teaching approaches captured in five act-provoking programs. These are primarily aimed at a challenging cocktail of technology & craftmanship, entrepreneurship & business, and design & creativity. Additionally, we offer expeditions for educators to take ownership and (re)design the education of their institute.
