Within the ESSET programme, we actively collaborate with organisations, companies and institutes to increase the real-world testing of our students's contributions, and to foster valuable career skills for students. This does not only happen in the 3rd and 4th year, where students conduct an internship and graduation assignment at a company or organisation, but also... Continue Reading →
As the resolutions of the new year slowly begin to fade, this is the perfect moment to reflect on the major challenges ahead—and to introduce a small but powerful strategy for making a lasting impact: microactivism. Feeling overwhelmed In our programme, we explore numerous environmental issues from regional, international, and even global perspectives. This makes... Continue Reading →
When my son turned 6 yesterday, he received a LEGO set from his grandparents. He already has a few LEGO sets (all second-hand, there is a whole market for that), but this one did spark my interest nevertheless. It is set 41749, which depicts a young buy (Peter) demonstrating against the felling of a tree... Continue Reading →
The seven nominees for the Rachel Carson Graduation Prize 2025 have been announced. This award, organized by the VVM—an association of environmental professionals—and several environmental study groups, recognizes outstanding theses in the fields of environment and sustainability. The aim is to increase awareness of students’ research contributions. The prize includes two categories: master theses from... Continue Reading →
Every year, Avans is cohost of the Biobased Battle, a focused "pressure cooker" in which students of different nationalities work towards a solution for a pressing environmental problem. Our colleague Thais Varella wrote the following about this: "Last week, the 12th Biobased Battle was organized by Living Lab Biobased Brazil. Students from Avans University of... Continue Reading →
(Article by our guest write Francesca Figaroli, ESSET student) Have you ever wondered, while walking to your campus all worried about how you will survive this semester, how many organisms are minding their own business right next to you? Well, I sometimes did because I find the animal and plant kingdom extraordinary. But how many... Continue Reading →
Every year, we conclude the specialisations for our 3rd year students with a mini symposium here at Avans University of Applied Sciences. During the symposium, students present their final project work and receive feedback from the clients, peers and teachers. This year the symposium took place on the 24th of June, a wonderful sunny day.... Continue Reading →
Our ESSET programme has several interesting collaborations with partner universities. one of these is with the Ghent university of Applied Sciences in Belgium. Together with a number of ESSET students, our colleagues Samet and Marjon went to Ghent for the "Ghent-Breda exchange to work on an interesting environmental problem. Our colleague Marjon has written the... Continue Reading →
This morning I was checking my Linkedin feed, and received a post from "Linkedin News UK", which discusses UK jobs which are growing in demand. The article mentioned 25 different jobs, and the first one was the position of "Sustainability Manager". It furthermore mentioned relevant skills such as carbon footprint accounting, Lifecycle Analysis and Corporate... Continue Reading →
Important dates for 2024! Mark these in your calendar 2 February: World Wetlands Day 3 March: World Wildlife Day 30 March: International Day of Zero Waste 22 April: International Earth Day 20 May: World Bee Day 22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity 5 June: World Environment Day 21 September: World Cleanup Day 22 September:... Continue Reading →
On behalf of our staff and students, we wish everyone a welcoming, green and sustainable 2024! It is an important year for our environmental science programme, as after the Summer break we will start our new curriculum. Our current programme is strong and well developed (as shown by the awards we have received over the... Continue Reading →
Contribution by our guest author Femke Min (ESSET student). Author's profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/femke-min-90594821b In my third year of my bachelor, I worked on a semester project at the Avans hogeschool in the commission of the Urban living lab Breda. The goal of the project was to give the Urban living lab an inspiration for measures that... Continue Reading →
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