A blog by ESSET staff & students
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 →
5-minute read Although many of us are over this “new normal”, the COVID situation has been a blessing in disguise for at least one of our fellow students. So why not live vicariously through him?! Eighteen-year-old Jerhemy Owen went back to Indonesia over the Christmas holidays, and despite what is currently happening in the Netherlands,... Continue Reading →
The Breda municipality, the home city of the ESSET programme, recently welcomed a new groceries shop. A rather different shop than what you might be used to, as this shop only sells goods without a package! Rather than stuffing everything in plastic wrapping (which isn't that environmentally friendly), the shop "Elemental" encourages you to bring... Continue Reading →
From left: Nisalyna, Nicki, Lauren (5-minute read) Hello and Welcome! Based in Breda, the ESSET Student Blog Team (ESBT) is a blog initiative started by Lauren, Nicki and Nisalyna. We are first year students at Avans' ESSET program who are really excited about engaging our readers through our writing. So far, it has been an... Continue Reading →
Together with other Dutch universities, Avans University of Applied Sciences organises the SDG-Challenge this year. Read more about it below and apply if you are interested! The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or the Global Goals, are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and... Continue Reading →
The Dutch-based internship of one of our 3rd year students (Marsha) was completed at the Waardenmakers in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. For this internship Marsha considered pathways to make the municipality of Meierijstad more climate resilient, with a focus on the air quality. The resulting poster is a nice visualization of what she worked on... Continue Reading →
It is not just the students, but also teachers feel the need to distract them from the Corona lockdown and to keep the team spirit alive. For this our new colleague Widya offered us an Indonesian cooking class, in which we made (organic) chicken or vegetarian Sateh! Every Dutch person's favourite Indonesian dish. First we... Continue Reading →
Welcome to our official ESSET blog! This blog is used by the staff and students of the ESSET programme to give an insight to the environmental science programme offered by Avans University of Applied Sciences, located in Breda, the Netherlands. Happy reading!
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