A blog by ESSET staff & students
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 →
On the 8th of June from 14:00 to 17:00, the Avans International Community will host its first Job & Career Event for current Avans students and alumni. During the event, participants can connect with various internationally operating companies and organisations in the Netherlands and Belgium, or join some of the workshop and information sessions. Here's... Continue Reading →
Avans University of Applied Sciences has its own Youtube channel. Recently we have started posting new videos on the channel, with many more to follow. The first new videos give some great tips and suggestions regarding your stay in the Netherlands and the Dutch culture. So check them out if you are curious! Link to... Continue Reading →
Earlier I wrote about the new organic waste containers being implemented at Avans. Apparently that is not the only improvement currently being made. In our faculty we now also have new containers which provide visual images to help students and staff separate the waste in the correct waste bin. This kind of visual aid is... Continue Reading →
Sustainability is not only a relevant theme within our environmental science programme, but also for Avans University of Applied Sciences as a whole. One of the main ingredients of Avans's sustainability efforts is the Mission Zero strategy. With the Mission Zero Avans aims for a fully circular business - this covers topics from catering services... Continue Reading →
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