Written by Widya, Karin, and Claudia In December, Widya got a chance to visit two ESSET students working on their internship regarding plastic pollution in Indonesia. This internship was made possible by collaborating with a non-profit organisation Clear Rivers and the University of Pattimura. The students, Karin and Claudia, spent approximately 4 months on the... Continue Reading →
Getting to know ESSET staff – episode 2
The long-awaited new episode of "getting to know ESSET staff" is finally here. In this blog, I present to you, Arjen Boon. Arjen has been working in our programme for 2 years now. Before that, he worked as a researcher in Marine Ecology at Deltares, Delft (The Netherlands). He was (among other things) responsible for... Continue Reading →
Young Water Professional (YWP) Conference
At the beginning of April, I attended an international conference in Delft, The Netherlands. The conference was held by the Young Water Professional (YWP) BeNeLux chapter of the International Water Association (IWA). The conference took place in TU Delft, and lasted for 3 days. More than one hundred participants attended the conference. Even though it... Continue Reading →
Getting to know ESSET staff – episode 1
When I was a student, I used to question who my teachers really are. I was curious about their background and why they decided to be a teacher. Now that I am a teacher, I am often curious about what the students think about me. More generally, I am curious what the students think about... Continue Reading →
Be a (food)waste warrior!
Have you ever come across this special "fridge" in Albert Heijn (AH), in which all products inside are labelled with "35% korting samen tegen verspilling" (EN: 35% discount, together against (food)waste) or "35% korting weggoien is zonde" (EN: 35% discount, throwing away is sin)? Would you be interested to buy these products, or would you... Continue Reading →
Learning Dutch while studying/working – Can you do that? (Part 2)
Written by Widya Prihesti Iswarani and Thais de Castro Lima Varella I am back again with more stories about learning Dutch. This time, Thais Varella will share her stories with us. Are you ready to get inspired by Thais? Read her story below! Thais came to The Netherlands for the first time to do her... Continue Reading →
Minor Disruptive Events: Field Trip to Evia
In the fourth year of their bachelor study at ESSET, students are allowed to choose a minor programme. They can participate in a minor programme offered by Avans, partner universities in The Netherlands, or even abroad. This blog will tell you more about one of the minors offered by Avans, and more specifically – a... Continue Reading →
Learning Dutch while studying/working – Can you do that?
The Netherlands is known as one of the countries with the best English as a second language. To be honest, this is one of the reasons why I wanted to study in The Netherlands. Many programmes in universities (especially masters) are offered in English, and outside of the university people also have no problem speaking... Continue Reading →
Clothes swap!
Earlier this year, a friend asked me if I would like to participate in a corona-proof clothes swap in Delft (I used to live there). I was confused. How would you make clothes swap event corona-proof? Then she explained to me. It is called “kettingkledingruil” in Dutch, and this initiative has many members all across... Continue Reading →
Dinner with ESSET colleagues
“Was this the first time you had dinner with all ESSET colleagues?”, asked Stanley, our newest ESSET staff to me. I stopped to think for a couple of seconds when I realised that it was indeed my first dinner with all ESSET colleagues. Lucky Stanley, it was his first week at Avans and he had... Continue Reading →
Summer Holidays have started!
The academic year has ended, and the holidays have started! It was a crazy rollercoaster this year, although it felt like the rollercoaster itself was hardly moving due to the COVID situation. But the students, teachers and staff survived and thrived, and are now looking forward to a well-deserved Summer break. Paul and Maurits, two... Continue Reading →
Become a part of the ‘ATGM LGBTQ+’ Group!
A few weeks ago, a queer community group has been created especially for international students of Avans. This little group is made up of diverse, warm, and welcoming fellow queers who just want to meet other people from the community, chat, and hang out. Currently, our main mode of communication is via an awesome WhatsApp... Continue Reading →