Communications & Student recruitment

In this combined role, you work at the intersection central educational services and admissions.

You strengthen communication and coordination within the Centre for Educational Support (CES) and work closely together with the department of Marketing & Communication (MC) for student recruitment in the Netherlands and abroad.

Your primary responsibility is to ensure effective, efficient and appealing communication towards current and prospective Dutch and international students, as well as educational staff.

Your responsibilities and tasks involve:

• Coordinate internal and external communication for CES in close collaboration with the Marketing & Communication Department (M&C).
• Act as linking pin between CES and M&C, ensuring smooth cooperation and alignment.
• Identify areas for improvement in communication processes and advise colleagues on appropriate communication methods.
• Coordinate and optimise website architecture and content, ensuring a user-friendly structure and supporting colleagues in day-to-day content management.
• Contribute to communication and marketing of the Open Days with the MC colleagues.
• Coordinate participation of CES colleagues in participating in online and offline recruitment and information events (Open Days, webinars, wo-dag and others). Of course, you also participate yourself.
• Develop multimedia communication tools and write SEO-proof, clear texts
• Support communication within CES-related IT projects (e.g. introduction of new tools for teachers or communication about tender trajectories) and Life Long Learning developments.

In this role, you work independently within a complex organisation, motivate colleagues, think out of the box and ensure that communication channels are effectively connected to target audiences.

Service Desk employee

• Als Medewerker Servicedesk ben je, samen met de Medewerkers Interne Dienst, het aanspreekpunt voor bezoekers, medewerkers en studenten voor onderwijs, onderzoek en diensten van Universiteit Twente (UT).
• Je helpt bezoekers gastvrij en oplossingsgericht naar aanleiding van opmerkingen, klachten, service verzoeken en overige vragen.
• Je borgt de klantvraag/-wens en geeft deze door aan de backoffice, onder andere door invoering in het FMIS-systeem Planon. Zo nodig informeer je de klant over voortgang of mogelijkheden betreffende zijn verzoek.
• Je valt zowel hiërarchisch als functioneel onder de verantwoordelijkheid van de Facilitair Teamleider.

Postdoctoral Researcher on Trust & Governance in Digital Product Passport Ecosystems

This fully funded 3-year Postdoctoral Researcher position is part of the project TRUPASS, funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The vision of TruPASS is that Digital Product Passports (DPPs) not only serve as a trusted technological artifact but, through their use and technological functioning, enable trust as a shared organizing principle amongst the ecosystem stakeholders.

We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join our interdisciplinary research team and examine how trust interacts with (structural) governance principles, ecosystem properties, and stakeholder expectations/behaviour, amongst others. You will map ecosystems relationships through trust mapping and stakeholder analysis, using methods such as literature review, qualitative interviews, and network analysis to identify key actors, trust flows, and governance dynamics.

Building on these insights and those from Engineering sciences also involved in TRUPASS, you will help develop and validate a Trust Strategy Framework through industry case studies and stakeholder engagement. The research will generate empirically grounded insights and strategies to support trustworthy data exchange and effective collaboration in emerging DPP ecosystems.

The position offers the opportunity to conduct high-impact research at the intersection of digital innovation, governance, and sustainability, while contributing to top-tier academic publications and collaborative research activities.

PhD position on: “High pressure CO2 electrolysis to formate / formaldehyde”

Are you passionate about electrochemical engineering and materials for electrochemical conversion?

We offer a challenging PhD position in our group on “High pressure CO2 electrolysis”.

You will carry out research on materials for electrochemical conversion and electrochemical engineering within the largest program in Europe on green carbon conversion, i.e., the Dutch consortium HyCARB.

Converting CO2 into valuable chemicals using renewable electricity is a key challenge for the sustainable chemical industry. Electrochemical CO2 conversion offers a promising pathway to utilize renewable energy while producing essential chemical building blocks. However, achieving selective and efficient production of specific molecules remains a major scientific challenge.

This PhD project aims to develop a new electrochemical route for converting CO2 (or CO) into formate / formaldehyde, important platform chemicals for the chemical industry. By enabling the direct production of formate / formaldehyde from carbon-based feedstocks using renewable electricity, the project contributes to the development of sustainable chemical manufacturing and carbon utilization technologies.

The research will focus on the development of novel electrocatalyst materials and electrochemical reactor concepts. In particular, the project will explore high-pressure continuous flow electrochemical cells and advanced electrode materials to enable efficient conversion of CO2 to formate / formaldehyde.

To understand how catalyst properties and operating conditions determine product selectivity, energy efficiency, and system stability, as a PhD candidate, you will:

• Design and synthesize novel electrode materials for electrochemical CO2 conversion.
• Perform electrochemical testing and product analysis.
• Develop and operate high-pressure continuous flow electrochemical cells.
• Apply in situ spectro-electrochemical techniques to study reaction mechanisms.
• Relate catalyst properties and operating conditions to selectivity, energy efficiency, and system stability.
• Publish results in scientific journals and present at international conferences.

The project combines fundamental mechanistic research with applied reactor engineering, aiming to move the technology from early proof-of-concept towards higher technological maturity.

During the project, you will:

• Gain expertise in electrocatalysis, electrochemical reactor engineering, and advanced spectroscopy.
• Work in a large national research consortium with academic and industrial partners.
• Build an international research network and present your work at conferences.
• Develop both fundamental scientific insight and applied engineering skills.
• Receive mentoring to support your academic or industrial career.

You will work in Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Twente, also in collaboration with researchers within the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology. The project will be supervised by Marco Altomare and Guido Mul, who will support you in developing your scientific profile, publishing your work, and building your professional network.

The project is part of the HyCARB program within the GroenvermogenNL initiative, involving a large network of academic and industrial partners across the Netherlands.

Medewerker onderwijspractica

De SLT-groep beheert laboratorium infrastructuur voor het practicumonderwijs van de verschillende opleidingen binnen de faculteit Technische Natuurwetenschappen. Deze laboratoria omvatten moderne specialistische laboratoria voor de domeinen, Natuurkunde, Scheikunde en (Bio)medica. De practicumgroep heeft ook het beheer over projectruimten en een universeel laboratorium voor activiteiten gericht op middelbare scholieren en andere doelgroepen. De groep, bestaande uit acht personen heeft elk hun eigen expertise om, in samenwerking met wetenschappelijk staf, te komen tot goede en moderne practica voor diverse opleidingen.

De diverse activiteiten in de laboratoria worden in samenwerking met opleidingen en individuele docenten gepland, voorbereid en ondersteund. Ook worden er, in samenwerking met docenten, experimenten ontwikkeld en vormgegeven. Met name bij projecten is er ook directe ondersteuning aan de studenten. Door de omvang en de diversiteit van de practica en verscheidenheid aan randvoorwaarden van de verschillende opleidingen, is een goede logistieke planning van essentieel belang.

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De medewerker onderwijspractica wordt aangesteld bij de Studenten Laboratoria Twente groep (SLT) binnen de faculteit TNW van de UT en valt hiërarchisch onder het hoofd van de Studenten Laboratoria Twente groep.

Jouw takenpakket bestaat uit een breed scala aan wisselende werkzaamheden binnen studentenlaboratoria, met een focus op de fysica:

• De planning van alle practica in onze specialistische laboratoria in afstemming met de diverse opleidingen, docenten, collegae en het roosterbureau.
• Zorgdragen voor de logistiek rondom de laboratoria, zodat de practica zo efficiënt mogelijk verlopen.
• Voorbereidende en afrondende werkzaamheden met betrekking tot onderwijspractica.
• Ondersteunen en adviseren van docenten, begeleiders en studenten bij het verrichten van practica.
• Ontwikkelen, beheren en onderhouden van de laboratoria infrastructuur in overleg met docenten.
• Mede-evalueren van practica en verbetersuggesties aandragen.
• Bijdragen aan de open dagen, introductiedagen en de ouderdagen van de verschillende opleidingen.