The collections in this section are not content carriers themselves. Instead, they are primarily used to organize, categorize, and tag items in other collections. In practice, it is uncommon to query items from these collections directly. More often, they are used to filter or group content collections.

Below is an overview of the available global categories. For a complete overview of the relationships between these categories and the content collections, refer to the interactive API Explorer.

Topics

GET /items/topics (explore)

Subjects that content items may cover, such as guest teaching, salaries, legislation, and many other education-related topics.

Qualifications

GET /items/qualifications (explore)

The different types of qualifications required in the education sector. This includes teaching certifications as well as qualifications for supporting or leadership roles.

Roles

GET /items/roles (explore)

The roles that professionals can hold within the education sector, ranging from teachers and mentors to administrative staff and school leadership.

Tracks

GET /items/tracks (explore)

Educational pathways through which someone can obtain a qualification for a role in education. Examples include lateral-entry programs, full-time teacher training programs, and educational master's programs.

School Subjects

GET /items/school_subjects (explore)

Subjects taught in secondary education. While the list may not be completely exhaustive, it includes nearly all commonly taught school subjects, with only a few exceptional cases omitted.

Sectors

GET /items/sectors (explore)

The five sectors within the Dutch education system, ranging from primary to higher education. Unlike the other categorization collections, sectors also contain their own content. These items are used, for example, on the “Working in …” pages on onderwijsloket.com.

Phases

GET /items/phases (explore)

The different stages in the candidate journey toward a role in education, from the first moment of interest through long-term retention in the profession. Most data within Onderwijsloket is primarily focused on the orientation phase.

More information about the definition of each phase can be found in this related article.

Audiences

GET /items/audiences (explore)

The target audiences served by the information provided by Onderwijsloket, such as career switchers, prospective students, internal switchers, and returning professionals. Most of the available data is primarily focused on career switchers.