About us

The Dutch Higher Education and Research Act (WHW) requires every institute for higher education in the Netherlands to have one or more co-determination councils. Co-determination plays an important role in the decision-making process at Hotelschool The Hague. Starting in September 2019, the representative advisory council joined forces with the education committee to become the Co-determination Council (CDC). The CDC consists of an equal number of student and employee representatives who are democratically elected. Employee members include teaching staff, instructors and administrative staff. Student representatives include students from both campuses and from all stages of their education.

The CDC is involved in advising the board of directors on a number of topics related to the organisation and to education. The CDC aims to involve everyone at Hotelschool The Hague by coordinating and encouraging discussions on key topics so it can form a well-balanced and substantiated opinion. The CDC helps to shape the future of Hotelschool The Hague by giving solicited and unsolicited advice on important topics, and sometimes the CDC has the right to consent (for example, regarding the education and examination regulations).
Topics that the CDC is currently focusing on include a curriculum renewal, organisational optimisation and the renovation of the building in The Hague.

The Exam Committee is the body established for the purpose of determining both objectively and professionally whether a student satisfies the requirements set by the EER with reference to the knowledge, understanding and skills required to earn a degree. Besides other statutory duties and authorities of the Exam Committee are: Monitoring and safeguarding the quality of assessments and exams; establishing rules and guidelines within the framework of the EER to assess and determine the results of assessments and exams, granting exemption for one or more examinations and/or a shortened study programme; the right to sanction a student who has committed fraud; appointing examiners.

The primary responsibility of the Curriculum Innovation Committee is to ensure that the bachelor curriculum remains innovative and aligns with internal and external trends and developments. The committee monitors whether the curriculum meets all the required quality standards and ensures horizontal and vertical alignment of courses within the curriculum. Furthermore, the Curriculum Innovation Committee is responsible for approving new course designs.

Universities in the Netherlands are administered by boards, in our case the Board of Directors. However, these boards do not function alone but require the involvement of students and staff.

The Education Committee consists of four elected students and four elected staff members. It advises and provides consent to the BoD on matters related to guaranteeing the quality of HTH’s study programmes.

Based on Article 10.3c. of the WHW (Higher Education and Research Act) article, the committee is tasked with:

• Issuing advice regarding the course and exam regulations (EER) before the board of directors adopts the regulation,
• Annually assessing the way in which the EER is executed; and
• Issuing solicited or unsolicited advice to the board, as intended in article 10.25, and the faculty board or the board of the relevant organizational unit or, if the university does not include faculties, to the governing body, regarding all other matters relating to the education provided in the applicable course/s.

The Education Committee of Hotelschool The Hague fulfills the above responsibilities for both the bachelor's and master's programs within the school.

If you have topics you wish to be further discussed or have noticed points for improvement, please feel free to reach out to the education committee at any time via educationcommittee@hotelschool.nl. All inquiries will be handled confidentially.