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Corona crisis offers opportunities within ICT, especially for women 01/09/2020 The shortage of well-qualified ICT staff has been a factor in Dutch business life for some time now. The corona crisis adds to that. More and more companies are experiencing difficulties in filling ICT vacancies. High time to turn the tide and increase the pond from which ICT talent can be fished. According to Renate van Oosten, education manager at Fontys School of ICT and responsible for the retraining programme Make IT Work, the key lies in retraining, especially of female candidates. Read more

Hundreds of online conversations during the Online Career Day 15/05/2020 We have organized ​​​​​​​our first and successful Online Career Day on Thursday May 15th! With more than 200 students, 80 people from 50 companies and about 900 online conversations, a major online event in its entirety. Students and companies were matched based on preferences and thus all received personal planning with speed dating sessions and company pitching. Read more

Information from Fontys about Coronavirus approach: No education in Fontys buildings 09/03/2020 We can imagine that the recent developments concerning the spread of the new corona virus (COVID-19) also concern the minds within your organization. Due to the cooperative relationship that your organization has with Fontys, we use this message to inform you about the approach and the way in which Fontys prepares itself for various scenarios. Read more