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Dr. Elsje van Bergen interviewed by Tes Magazine about her work on the relationship between literacy skills and enjoyment.

Prof. dr. Rashmi Kusurkar received An International Association for Health Professions Education 2022 Research Paper Award.

Lianne Mulder received second prize at the Amsterdam UMC Science Awards 2022.

RASHMI KUSURKAR RECEIVES AMEE

Prof. dr. Rashmi Kusurkar has recently received an International Association for Health Professions Education 2022 Research Paper Award for the theme ‘Assessment’ for her research paper presentation entitled ‘The effect of assessments on motivation and its outcomes in HPE: A review’ in the session on ‘assessment’.

LIANNE MULDER RECEIVES THE SECOND PRIZE AT AMSTERDAM UMC SCIENCE AWARDS 2022

Lianne Mulder, a PhD student in the LEARN! Motivation for Lifelong Learning group, has just published an article titled 'Influence of social networks in healthcare on preparation for selection procedures of health professions education: a Dutch interview study', which can be read here. She has also recently received a prize for her research poster presentation at the Amsterdam UMC Science Awards 2022.

Click here to see the poster up close.

DR ELSJE VAN BERGEN INTERVIEWED BY A LEADING UK MAGAZINE FOR TEACHERS -TES MAGAZINE- ABOUT  HER WORK ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LITERACY SKILLS AND ENJOYMENT 

Reading for pleasure: is it in your genes?

New research suggests that some differences in literacy skill and enjoyment can be explained by genetics. Tes Magazine talks to Dr Elsje van Bergen, who is part of the LEARN! 'Educational neuroscience, learning and development' team, to find out more. Van Bergen set out to investigate the link between literacy skill and enjoyment.

“If you look at the good readers, 43 per cent of them say they like reading. Around 23 per cent of average readers and 4 per cent of very poor readers say they do, too.” 

Click here to read the Tes Magazine article, and here to read the paper published in Developmental Science.