At Texel Tourism student Niels tells about his special internship. After Joy and Nigel have landed safely again, the CRB on Tour camper continues on its way to Diemen. Where colleagues and students hilariously compete with each other on the storm track.

This month the CRB on tour camper will travel to the Citylab Haarlem, where we will be hearing more about the new year 3 and 4 of the Communication and Facility Management programme and we will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Tourism Management programme.

This fourth episode starts at the Citylab Haarlem where we will understand more about how to work, learn and research within the context of a lab track. Learning director Ine Hustinx, Lab partner Aldert Messemaker from the company “Jopenbier” and student Frans Vellinga will tell you all about it. 

We will also take a closer look at the pilot that the Communication and Facility Management courses are going to start after the summer. Joy and Nigel will talk to teachers, students and team lead Arsjad Imami about this pilot. You will get to hear all about what the new year 3 and 4 will look like in order to connect students even better to the ever changing workfield. And above all, this type of education offers students a maximum freedom of choice and flexibility. If you still have questions after seeing this item, take a look at the Q&A education concept Creative Future. 

We will wrap up this episode with a party. The Tourism Management course organized a real festive week for their 20th anniversary. After two Corona years with little to no excursions, about 300 students and colleagues went on an excursion to Disneyland Paris, De Efteling and Cologne. And of course we went with them! Enjoy watching. 

In this third episode the camper is in Diemen. Do you like sports? Then take a look at how students from different years set up an Urban Sport Community in Amsterdam. And listen to the special and brave story of student Charlotte. She talks about a difficult period in her life and gives some good advice. 

Team 7AM is a European based professional esports organization, home to both professional and non-professional teams from different game titles. Their aim is to provide gaming athletes a great environment to grow and perform to the best of their abilities.

Masterclass “The Future of Entertainment”
More than 80 students from across the Creative Business programme in Haarlem, Rotterdam and The Hague joined and streamed a digital masterclass called “Esports: The Future of Entertainment” with Smith-Howell. During this masterclass, Smith-Howell shared a behind the scenes looks at how an esports business really operates and shared his insight as to where he believes esports is heading.

Unique collaboration
According to Smith-Howell, it is unusual for an esports organization to partner with a university like Inholland.”Until quite recent, esports were not typically seen as viable career option or part of the mainstream media industry when in fact esports are the fastest growing sports industries in the world. Everyone here at Team 7AM is excited to work with the students of Inholland. Our goal is to provide an entrance into the esports industry for those who choose this path whilst also gaining an outside view which will enable us to be ahead of our competition.”

“This collaboration will provide our students with an interest in esports the tools and the learning opportunities to explore and pursue a possible career in the vibrant and growing esports industry”, shared Susannah Montgomery.

Both Montgomery and Smith-Howell hope that this collaboration will help video game enthusiasts and students with real ambitions to enter the esports sector to find an exciting and fulfilling way to grow themselves professionally. Any Inholland student interested in volunteer opportunities with Team 7AM can reach out directly to Smith-Howell at: john@team7am.com.

The experience of students “video games can be serious business ánd serious fun!”
This year, students will have the opportunity to work directly with Team 7AM in various parts of the ICB and IMEM curriculums and to volunteer on exciting upcoming tournaments.

Noah Mizrahi, a fourth-year IMEM student, is planning to conduct his graduation research for Team 7AM after having an eye-opening placement experience working for a gaming event and broadcasting company in Belgium. “Working for Team 7AM would be a great way for me to show my enthusiasm for esports and prove my professionality. As somebody that has been excited about esports and been part of the scene for quite some time, it would be a fantastic opportunity for me to get my foot in the industry as a first career step at an exciting young organization.”