Centrum Nascholing Onderwijs - UAntwerpen

What Centrum Nascholing Onderwijs - UAntwerpen does

Centrum Nascholing Onderwijs (CNO) is the university continuing education center for education personnel operated by Universiteit Antwerpen within its Antwerp School of Education (ASEd). CNO delivers professional development courses, themed days (themadagen), postgraduate programs, micro-credentials, and school-internal team training for teachers, school leaders, support staff, and special-education professionals across all Flemish education levels from kindergarten through higher education. Two physical delivery sites (De Boogkeers in Antwerp and Campus Drie Eiken in Wilrijk) handle the bulk of in-person training, while Live Online Nascholingen, introduced in 2025 via Microsoft Teams, extend reach to remote participants; bespoke school-internal programs (Teamgerichte Nascholingen) and the multi-school Traject Taal+ project with Thomas More Hogeschool round out the delivery mix.

The technology backbone is an ASP.NET-based CMS powering the cno.uantwerpen.be site and the CNOweb self-service portal, which supports both individual teacher accounts and institutional school accounts for enrollment, evaluation, and attendance certificate download. The stack is augmented with Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for traffic analysis and uses cookies such as liquifi_language to preserve visitor language preferences. Learning content is developed by ASEd researchers, CNO instructors, or within project frameworks, and is delivered via in-person workshops, live online sessions on Microsoft Teams, and freely distributed leermiddelen (lesson packages, guides, and webinar recordings).

Commercially, CNO runs a course-fee model with one-off per-participant pricing ranging from approximately €46 for a single live online course up to €840 for an eight-day comprehensive program, supported by administrative cancellation fees (€10 for cancellations 15+ days out; full fee otherwise). A small share of events (e.g., Scholen voor Iedereen) is offered free, and free learning materials are distributed as top-of-funnel content. Marketing and distribution rely on the CNO website, personalized email newsletters, seasonal themed brochures (physical and digital), Facebook, LinkedIn, and a YouTube channel hosting webinar recordings, with self-service individual registration and direct enterprise sales for school-internal programs. CNO is not an independently owned commercial entity; it is structurally embedded within Universiteit Antwerpen, a public Belgian university (VAT BE 0257.216.482), and is not independently funded, venture-backed, or publicly traded.

Name

Centrum Nascholing Onderwijs - UAntwerpen

Legal name

Centrum Nascholing Onderwijs - UAntwerpen

Website

https://cno.uantwerpen.be

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centrum Nascholing Onderwijs (CNO) is the University of Antwerp's continuing education center for Flemish education professionals, delivering courses, theme days, postgraduate programs, micro-credentials, and school-internal training for teachers, leaders, and support staff across all education levels.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Education and Training Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Professionals (Teacher/Administrator CE, CPD) (EDAAALAE)

Keywords

• Continuing education training
• Teacher professional development
• Postgraduate education programs
• Themed study days
• Education personnel training

Headquarters

HQ city

Antwerpen

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Course Fees: CNO generates revenue through course registration fees. Participants pay for continuing education courses, studiedagen (themed days), and postgraduates. Pricing varies by course type and duration. Schools can also pay for their staff's enrollment.
2. Cancellation Fees: Administrative fees are charged for cancellations: €10 if cancelled at least 15 calendar days before course start; full course fee if cancelled less than 15 days before.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CNO is the university continuing education center for education personnel at Universiteit Antwerpen, delivering professional development courses, themadagen (themed days), postgraduate programs, micro-credentials, live online nascholingen, and customized school-internal training for teachers, support staff, and school leadership across all education levels (kindergarten through higher education) in Flanders, Belgium. Learning materials are developed by the Antwerp School of Education, CNO instructors, and project frameworks, and delivered at the Stadscampus (De Boogkeers) and Campus Drie Eiken (Wilrijk) as well as online.

Product overview

CNO offers a comprehensive continuing education ecosystem with multiple delivery formats: on-site courses at De Boogkeers (Antwerp city campus) and Campus Drie Eiken (Wilrijk), live online nascholingen via video conferencing, school-internal team training, and themed theme days. The portfolio includes individual courses organized by education level (kindergarten through higher education), postgraduate programs and micro-credentials, freely available learning materials, and specialized projects like Traject Taal+. The organization primarily serves educational professionals in Flemish Belgium, offering courses in areas such as pedagogy, subject didactics, student guidance, school leadership, and self-care.

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Products and services

• Nascholingsaanbod (Continuing Education Course Catalog) Comprehensive catalog of continuing education courses for educational staff covering all education levels from kindergarten through higher education, including regular and special education. Courses cover pedagogy, subject didactics, student guidance, school leadership, language support, STEM, and self-care.
• Themadagen (Theme Days) Full-day themed events featuring lectures, workshops, and sessions focused on a specific topic or target audience within education. Scheduled throughout the academic year with dedicated days such as Dag van het buitengewoon onderwijs, Welzijnsdag, Dag van de directeur, Taaldag, STEM-dag, etc.
• Postgraduaten en Micro-credentials Postgraduate programs and micro-credentials for specialized professional development, offering recognized certificates in areas such as student guidance (Leerlingenbegeleiding), process coaching, and educational leadership.
• Live Online Nascholingen Real-time online continuing education courses delivered via Microsoft Teams video conferencing, allowing remote participation from anywhere in Belgium. Topics include palliative care in the classroom, developmental psychology insights, and personnel administration.
• Teamgerichte Nascholingen (School-Internal Training) Customized team-based training programs delivered at individual schools upon request, tailored to specific school teams' needs and professional development goals.
• Leermiddelen (Learning Materials) Freely available educational resources developed by CNO and the Antwerp School of Education, including lesson packages, practical guides, inspiration guides, and webinar recordings.
• Traject Taal+ Language trajectory project for elementary school teams to professionalize around language pathways, developed in collaboration with Thomas More Hogeschool using six building blocks from Taaltrajecten research (www.taaltrajecten.be).

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Thomas More HogeschoolcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Collaborated with Thomas More Hogeschool on the Traject Taal+ project (2022-2024) which involved 18 schools initially and an additional 35 schools from May 2024. The partnership focused on developing language trajectories and school team professionalization in language policy for primary schools.
• Antwerp School of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNO is part of the Antwerp School of Education (ASEd) at the University of Antwerp. Learning materials are developed by ASEd, CNO instructors, or within project frameworks. This structural integration provides academic grounding for all professional development offerings.
• Participating Schools (Traject Taal+)minorOthers18 primary schools initially and approximately 35 additional schools from May 2024 participated in the Traject Taal+ project, working on developing language trajectories and school language policy plans with scientific framework support.
• Departement Onderwijs en VormingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNO references and collaborates with the Department of Education and Training, particularly regarding educational materials like WAI-NOT, a website for children and young people with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities developed by the Kenniscentrum Digisprong.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Onderwijsvereniging van Steden en Gemeenten (OVSG): OVSG is a Flemish education umbrella organisation providing pedagogical advisory, training, and support services to municipal schools across Flanders. Comparable as a broader-scale provider of teacher PD and school-support services to the same education ecosystem.
• Pedagogische Begeleidingsdienst (Katholiek Onderwijs Vlaanderen): Pedagogical advisory service supporting Catholic education network schools in Flanders with teacher guidance, training, and curriculum support. Comparable as an established Flemish education support ecosystem competitor providing overlapping professional development services.

Direct peers

• UC Leuven-Limburg (UCLL) - Centrum Nascholing Onderwijs: UCLL runs a similar university continuing education center for teachers in the Leuven-Limburg region. Comparable because both are Flemish higher-education institutions offering CE courses, themadagen, and postgraduates for the same education professional segments.
• Thomas More Hogeschool: Thomas More is both a CNO partner on Traject Taal+ and an independent provider of teacher professional development in Flanders. Comparable as a Flemish higher-education institution competing for the same educator CE budgets and offering overlapping pedagogical training.
• VIVES Hogeschool: VIVES offers teacher training and continuing education for educators in West Flanders. Comparable as a Flemish higher-education institution serving the same education professional segments with overlapping course formats.
• Arteveldehogeschool: Arteveldehogeschool in Ghent offers teacher education and continuing professional development for the Flemish education sector. Comparable as a Flemish hogeschool providing CE to the same teacher segments across similar subject domains.
• AP Hogeschool Antwerpen: AP Hogeschool is an Antwerp-based hogeschool providing teacher education and continuing professional development in the same city as CNO. Comparable in subject scope, geography (Antwerp region), and target audience (Flemish education professionals).
• Universiteit Gent - Centrum Nascholing Onderwijs: Ghent University's affiliated teacher continuing education center serves the same Flemish teacher PD market with comparable course catalog structure. Directly comparable as a sister Flemish university CE center operating in the same regulatory and cultural context.
• KU Leuven - Centrum Nascholing Onderwijs: KU Leuven operates its own teacher continuing education offerings as part of a major Flemish university. Directly comparable in target audience (Flemish teachers), content scope (pedagogy, didactics, leadership), and structural model (university-affiliated CE).

Emerging players

• Kenniscentrum Digisprong: Government-affiliated knowledge center developing digital tools and resources for Flemish education (cited by CNO via the WAI-NOT initiative). Comparable as an adjacent specialist in teacher-facing educational resources and digital capacity-building for schools.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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