And that requires cooperation. This can be found in the newly established Greenwise Campus in Emmen. The MBO, HBO and the university work together with the business community, the municipalities and the province of Drenthe.
The collaboration between MBO, HBO and the university also ensures that prejudices disappear. “An MBO student is no less than someone who is in HBO”, says Ineke Ganzeveld of the Greenwise Campus. “Everyone has their own talent. It’s not more or less, it’s just different. You need all three.”
But ‘no more or less’ is not the image that many people have of MBO. At least that is what MBO student Quinn Lettinga has noticed. He is studying automotive engineering and opted for hydrogen. Quinn: “People look up to a higher vocational education student more than an intermediate vocational education student. Apparently you can learn better then, so you are automatically better, is the idea. But an mbo student can have much more technical talents. “
This image needs to be worked on so that more students want to follow a technical MBO course. To ensure that the energy transition in Drenthe is not endangered. Deputy Tjisse Stelpstra: “It is incredibly important work and I think it’s crazy that we still make that distinction. You have golden heads and you need golden hands.”