SHE Fund

SHE

The School of Health Professions Education (SHE), with its three pillars of research, education and valorisation, has expertise in research and education in the broad field of health, with a social impact. SHE is probably the largest and most productive group and wants to share its expertise and thereby have an impact on innovating and improving the field of education. Not only regionally and nationally, but also internationally. SHE supports its mission of educating and training health professionals in developing countries and invests in this through its SHE Collaborates department.

SHE Collaborates

SHE Collaborates is the international department of SHE, which serves as a driving force for educational innovation in many parts of the world. SHE Collaborates is the knowledge broker between the external demand for educational change and the expertise of SHE and Maastricht University in Problem-Based Learning. The world of education in the health professions is changing rapidly. The fundamental backbone of this change is the growing emergence of educational units, including in vulnerable areas.

Scholarships for professionalisation in vulnerable areas

There is a great need for curriculum renewal in education, good leadership, digital innovations and change management, particularly in developing countries; hence the creation of this SHE Fund. By offering scholarships, we want to contribute to the training and equipping of these future change managers in developing countries. Many SHE alumni become educational leaders and change agents in their home institutions. Alumni of the SHE PhD programme have become productive scientists in the field. Providing equal opportunities and more opportunities in developing countries is therefore an important objective of the SHE Fund.

Objective of the SHE Fund

Through the SHE Fund, SHE aims to contribute to the professionalisation of educational professionals in the health sector in vulnerable areas by means of SHE education and collaboration in research and projects. The SHE Fund strives to achieve this objective by:

• Offering scholarships to students at various levels (bachelor’s/master’s/PhD) who wish to enhance their skills as professionals in healthcare education.
• Providing scholarships for courses aimed at future professionals (change managers) who are learning to manage and lead change (with an impact) within their field in vulnerable areas.
• Offering research grants and contributing to high-quality research and (international) projects within SHE.
• Contributing to various activities of the School that promote multicultural interactions between students and alumni.

‘Today’s students in these programmes are tomorrow’s leaders in healthcare in their countries.’

Would you like more information about this fund?

For more information about SHE, please visit the SHE website. For more information about the SHE Fund, please send an email to: SHE@maastrichtuniversity.nl. You can also find more information about the work of SHE in this animation.

Spending committee

Spending from the SHE Fund for the intended scientific research will be assessed by a committee of experts affiliated with this fund. The members of the committee are:

• Ms. Prof. Dr. A. De Bruin;
• Ms. Dr. H. Roebertsen;
• Ms. Dr. M. Verheggen.