HI The Hague Student Experience
The ‘Hi The Hague Student Experience’ is created for all visitors who want to taste the atmosphere of The Hague as a student city. You can dance the whole day to music performed by student DJs who participated in the DJ contest.  And you can participate in all kinds of fun sports and game activities planned by the students of The Hague.

Participation Inholland
Multiple Inholland students collaborate for the Liberation Festival. International Creative Business students work on an assignment to explore how to properly communicate the message of 5 May to young people. Students of our Student Success Centre came up with different game activities for the Student Experience area. The Inholland Wheel of Fortune decides what game you will play. You spin the wheel, participate in the game and win a fun prize. 

Find out what else you can do at the student area on studyinthehague.com.  

Attendance of mayor and the executive board of higher education institutions
During the Liberation Festival,  there will be a special welcome in the afternoon for mayor Jan van Zanen and members of the executive board of the participating higher education institutions. From Inholland, Marije Deutekom will be present at the ‘Hi The Hague Student Experience’ to meet students and other board members.

ICB-student winner DJ contest
The winner of the student DJ contest in The Hague is our own ICB student Florian Wessiepe. As the winner, he is allowed to play on 5 May, at 19:00, on the main stage of the Liberation Festival. Will you come and support him?

Opening hours of the festival  
The ‘HI The Hague Student Experience’ is located directly to the left of the entrance of the Liberation Festival and is open from 12:00-20:00. The festival site itself opens at 12:00 until 23:00.

Come celebrate freedom with us!

Aftermovie Liberation Festival 2022
Find out what  the festival was like last year, filmed by Creative Business student Mikki Toirkens.

The students who took part in the programme, which ran from 14 to 18 March, learned to respond to their intercultural differences as they worked together in projects and developed their international competencies. Six students from Business Studies at Inholland Alkmaar, The Hague and Rotterdam collaborated with students from Zaragoza, Madrid, Nantes, Prague, Katowice and Gent. No less than fourteen different nationalities were involved, because students from other countries such as both Russia and Ukraine took part as well.

Cancelled in 2020, online in 2021 
Prior to the week itself, the Dutch and international students had already been able to get acquainted a little during the six-week online programme. The Erasmus+ programme itself had been cancelled due to the coronavirus-related measures in 2020 and was held completely online in 2021, so it was great to meet up in person this time.

Masterclasses, collaboration – and fun 
In the online component the students researched sustainable indexes, fiscal tax policy, sustainable reporting, financing small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), fintech and socially responsible investments (SRI). Then, in The Hague the students took part in a programme with a mix of lectures, masterclasses and workshops. Above all, the students learned by discussing issues with each other. And of course, time was set aside for social events too, such as a boat trip from Rotterdam to Kinderdijk and visits to Delft and The Hague.

Educational and enjoyable
On the first day, the students presented their policy papers, after which they approached the themes from a new perspective each day. On Tuesday, they held debates, on Wednesday they worked from national perspectives and on Thursday from personal perspectives. On Friday, students held the individual presentations, and it became clear this had been a highly educational and enjoyable week.

Positive student responses 
The students experienced the week as a real highlight, as indicated by the positive responses after returning home. One of the students had a great summary: ‘The more people you get to know, the more opportunities you get to learn in your life.’ Other students too were happy to share their insights into this international collaboration. 

Said: ‘It was a really nice experience to meet new people and work together with different cultures. The organisation was perfect: it was hard work, it was challenging, but there was enough free time together as well. It was fantastic!’

Bas: ‘Thanks to the programme I really felt at home. Because home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling!’

Lev: ‘Always watch out for the bikes!’

Krzystov: ‘During the first presentation my voice was shaking from nerves. After this I learned to improvise and became more self-assured.’ 

Paula: ‘I’ve learned to speak in public, to improvise in debates and to work together as an entire group instead of sticking together in smaller (national) groups.’ 

ITEA is a career day for (international) students and graduates who are looking for a job or an internship in the Amsterdam metropolitan area. The event creates an opportunity to meet interesting internationally oriented start-ups, scale-ups and corporates. ITEA is a joint cooperation of Inholland University of Applied Sciences, the University of Amsterdam, VU University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.

Focus on circular economy
All took place in an informal and playful environment that is perfect for networking. During the job fair the actual companies could meet students through interactive sessions. Several workshops and pitches were given by companies such as Waldom, AB InBev, Henckel and Gartner on multiple topics.

This year’s focus was on circular economy. It showed how companies in a changing world deal with the growing impact of sustainability to eliminate waste and to re-use natural resources. Panel discussions allowed to dive deeper into this subject.

Key-note speakers such as Herman Mulder (Chair SDG Impact Economy Foundation) and Jos Akkermans (VU Associate professor Sustainable Careers and Organizational Behavior), and a workshop on the best ways to apply by Adams Multilingual Recruitment made it look like a live event.

Personal career advice
An interesting extra feature of ITEA is the personal career advice by professional career coaches in one-on-one sessions. Many Inholland students benefited from this free coaching. Inholland students represented 20% of all attendees, a new record!

One of the highlights was the panel of three international alumni of Inholland who were interviewed about their experiences after graduation.

Mark your calendar for the seventh edition of the Amsterdam international career event ITEA on November 6, 2020, organized by four universities of Amsterdam, including Inholland University of Applied Sciences. You can register for free to meet international companies, to attend workshops and to get personal career coaching. This time it will be an online event. Some of the workshops will be broadcast from The Student Hotel at the Wibautstraat in Amsterdam. We hope to create a live vibe! ITEA 2020 provides a platform for international companies and international talent in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. This year’s talent edition will pivot around Circular Economy and support international talent in finding starter jobs, internships and research opportunities. Don’t miss it!

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Wij Inholland is a project that seeks to bridge education and practice. It offers students a platform to distinguish themselves with an innovative project that ties in with the themes of either health, sustainability or creativity. The project also has to span multiple disciplines, create value for the region and collaborate with a company, agency or municipality. The winning team will receive assistance to take their project to the next level and a voucher worth 2,000 euros.

Winner 2019
Dried fruit and vegetables slices for consumption. That’s VeggieSlices. Created by Food Commerce & Technology students Mabel Engels and Marije Gelderloos. Worldwide food waste is the reason to develop this product. The other finalisten were Brandaris and Trienos.

Are you or do you know someone who is working on an innovative project? This is your chance to nominate a project for the Wij Inholland award 2020. Make sure you get your nomination in by 10st March via communicatie@inholland.nl.

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Since September 2019, you may be asked to give your opinion on a smoke-free university and your input to help achieve this aim. The promo teams have two tasks: providing information and gathering ideas.

We will implement the top two ideas. This campaign is supported by offline communications from ‘Towards a smoke-free generation’ and online communications including video clips as well as articles on Insite and social media.

We will present information on smoking cessation at the various Inholland locations during the Vitality Days. From January 2020, we will also offer an in-company group training course named Rookvrij? Ook jij! (Smoke-free? You and me!). We will provide further details at a later stage.

Do you have a good idea for a smoke-free Inholland? Tell us!

Pub quiz
We divided the whole group of students in different teams to play a special pub quiz: the best way to get to know each other and find out more about the Netherlands and Haarlem. Kenneth & Andor, students of MEM (Creative Business), were the best quizmasters ever! Team Sweden won the pub quiz and received a basket full of nice typically Dutch products. Swapfiets was also present and gave away two bicycle subscriptions for three months. During the day it was possible to take a picture in the Photobooth in the lounge. A perfect reminder of a new beginning!

ESN Haarlem and Creatrix Populus
Students of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) and Creatrix Populus were also present at the Welcome Drink. ESN Haarlem organises events and fun stuff like cultural activities, international dinners, city trips and more for the international students of Inholland Haarlem. Creatrix Populus is the Student Association of Creative Business. They organise crazy activities, interesting guest lectures, parties and special study trips. To join these networks is the best way to meet new people and make new friends.

Next event: bike tour on 27 September
On Friday 27 September Inholland Haarlem and Swapfiets will organise a bicycle tour in Haarlem for the international students. The tour will start at 4.00 pm just outside Start Up Campus Haarlem (SUCH: opposite the building of Inholland Haarlem). The bicycle tour includes short cycling lessons, a brief explanation of traffic rules and an hour-long cycling past beautiful places in Haarlem. We will end up in the city centre. Therefore we advise you to take your personal belongings with you. Sign up quickly. There are only 30 tickets (and bikes) available.

Winning the Dutch final, the Inholland Creative Business (IMEM) students (Tony Kyriakidis, Oliver Miles, Senna Driessen and Martijn Bos) represented The Netherlands with their start-up Venuepark. After two days of intense pitch training by pitching coach Gleb Maltsev, the students delivered an impressive presentation in front of the international jury and a large audience. During the Q&A the whole team was ready to answer a variety of questions about their start-up Venuepark.

Denmark won the competition with Lapee, the female urinal, which is already being used at the Roskilde festival. Finland came in second with Deafmetal, a company that supplies hearing aid jewelry.

Beside the pitches, international key note speakers (from hip-hop till blockchain) presented and panel discussions were held, all related to the possibilities of start-ups. Overall, the experience was great for the Inholland students. They met a lot of interesting, driven people, learned about pitching and business and had a great time.

A robot assistant. Who came up with the idea, and for what purpose?
URSUS, or the Unmanned Robot System for Underwater Search and rescue, is the brainchild of Aydan Kool, Jorge de Francisco, Marco Krüger, Nora Jakimovska and Thomas van de Laar. Five Aeronautical Engineering students from Inholland Delft, who started Trienos for their subject Engineering Entrepreneurship. “You could say it was a series of fortunate events,” tells Aydan enthusiastically, “our group has a lot of experience in design processes, we really enjoyed working together, and we got a lot of support from our teachers and lecturers. And think about it. Globally, there are 42 drowning deaths, every hour,” Aydan explains. “If our robot could assist in curbing these statistics, it would be amazing.”

What sparked Trienos?
Inspiration hit them at the Delft fire department. “We were struck by their dive site and how the rescue divers currently operate. We felt that we could improve the current process. Make it more efficient. You could say the problem found us really. It was perfect.”

What was the biggest challenge so far?
Aydan: “Getting in touch with the right people. People are too busy to talk to us or send us information, it’s hard to break into that world. And we were just a bunch of students.” Their luck changed for the better when they met Guido Steijaert, owner of Dieperzicht and active member of search and rescue (SAR). “He opens so many doors for us, because he has many contacts in the fire department. Plus, he likes our project and is officially hosting it. So, he’s one of us now. Go figure!”

The world is your oyster, and it shows. What are Trienos’ plans for the future?
Trienos is already looking far beyond their horizon, since several parties have showed interested already. The Almelo fire department might be the first to test URSUS. Aydan: “Rescue diving is our first project right now, but we have many other ideas. URSUS could help build a database of water bodies in the Netherlands. Or, URSUS could appeal to treasure hunters, or might be useful for vehicle recovery from lakes and canals.” Whatever the future brings, the students from Trienos have one main objective in mind: “We would like to have a positive effect on the world,” Aydan concludes, “and for now, if we could save one life, everything would’ve been worth it.”

Venuepark is a go-to event planning platform, making it easier than ever to find and book venues and event services. After a selection procedure at all the applied sciences universities in The Netherlands, the best 7 teams entered into the final in Amsterdam. The competitors would be assessed on the following criteria: how realistic, scalable and financially solid their business is, how well-balanced their strategy is, the motivation and skills of the team and of course, creativity. The incredibly exciting and immensely promising pitches of all the young entrepreneurs made the level of this final very high. Ultimately, Venuepark was unanimously rated as the best. The second place was won by students from Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and the third place by students from University of Applied Sciences Utrecht.

Worldwide final in Copenhagen
By the end of June, the team is going to Copenhagen to compete with national winners from all over the world. This global final is a hugely exciting opportunity for the Inholland team. The start-ups will get additional training, facetime with investors and a chance to win € 50,000 in funding.

Founder Tony: "Of course we want to win in Copenhagen. The prize money would be a huge support for our company as well as the additional training. At this moment, the feeling of being the best of The Netherlands and meeting all these excellent creative entrepreneurs gave us a massive boost."

Go International 2019 will take place at Inholland Rotterdam on February 12^th 2019. This event aims to encourage students to take up the challenge to go abroad. This is an annual event this year organized by the International Office.

The International Office and International Coordinator of your faculty will be available to answer your questions. Also, students who have been abroad for study or internship will also be present to share their experiences with you. And not to forget, external parties (in particular for internship queries) are also represented. Still not sure what to do? Come anyway and get the full picture so you can make the right decision about minors and internship abroad.

Info market (Plaza 1^st floor) 13:30 – 15:30 hours
Presentations (1-320)  13:30 Session 1 | 14:30 Session 2

SMWNL was held from 14 to 16 November at COMM, the Communication Museum in The Hague. This year, Social Media Week conferences across the world explored the theme ‘closer’. This theme celebrates connectivity and the power that technology offers to bring people closer together. With four rooms, over fifty sessions, and more than a hundred speakers, SMWNL offered three days of social media and innovation inspiration. Companies and organisations such as Randstad, BMWi, Lidl, the municipality of The Hague, KPN, Amref Flying Doctors, Tikkie, Growth Tribe, RIFFand Bouwend Nederland provided presentations, workshops and panel discussions.

Second year IMEM student Odevia Johnson explained that attending Social Media Week Holland has really inspired her with great case studies. “I know that influencers are an important tool for marketing today, but it was great to hear the success stories about how companies actually used them. For example, I went to a talk about Salzburgerland. I learned all about the process of how they convinced influencers to come and promote tourism in the region. I really want to pursue a career in events and I now feel like I have a better sense of how to use an influencer to make people interested in a product or an experience.”

Tomisin Akinwole, also a second year IMEM student, loved seeing how new media is being used in so many different fields. “I was amazed by all the people using VR in their work. For example, the forensics division of the Dutch Police was showing visitors how it's using VR to document crime scenes!”

Fellow IMEM student Selina May finds that being a volunteer was actually the most interesting part of her time at Social Media Week. “I knew volunteering would be a great experience for me. It has been interesting seeing how a conference like this operates behind the scenes. It has also been a fantastic opportunity to make real connections in the field.”

The collaboration came into being after a visit from the Taragalte Festival director Ibrahim Sebai to Inholland’s diversity research group in the spring of 2018. The visit was so inspirational that Sebai invited Inholland students to examine the festival features that influence the visitor experience. No sooner said than done!

Five students signed up and went off to Morocco with suitcases full of useful literature and Dutch delicacies. Besides working hard behind the scenes, helping to set up the festival, they also spent a lot of time researching how to bring locals and tourists together.

In the end, they delivered two deceptively simple tourism offers; a henna space and sunrise mindfulness walk. Both provided a platform for meaningful encounters and deepening the quality of the visitor’s festival experience. ‘It has been interesting to see how they organised the festival in a totally different way’, one of the students said. ‘I’m really impressed by how good they are at adapting to the conditions they have and really feel inspired. I think we can learn a lot from that.’ Moroccan superstar Oum was one of the main attractions at the 2018 edition of the festival.

‘This was our first experience working with Taragalte, but certainly not the last’, coordinating lecturer Philippa Collin said. ‘With their rich network of international musicians and social entrepreneurships such as Playing for Change and Carpet of Life, we see plenty of opportunities for more multi-disciplinary collaboration.’​ The students were also enthusiastic and shared their experience:

‘Being at the festival really opened doors to finding new ways of working together with other cultures.’

‘The most important thing I learned this week was making sure you’re able to be flexible. It’s important to be able to adapt to your surroundings because really awesome things can come from it.’

‘It’s useful for my concepting & events course because it takes the theory from the classroom and throws it out in the desert which is very real. It’s a great way of deepening learning.’

Interested in finding out more about this project?
Contact philippa.collin@inholland.nl or abdulkadir.poyraz@inholland.nl
Coordinator of the Concepting & Events minor: Andreas Bischoff

Together with colleagues and international students, Alexander created a translation of the brand story which retained its essence. One of the fundamental aspects for Inholland is viewing diversity as an asset. Alexander: 'A brand story should never be some vacuous story written by a communication department. We really create the brand story together.'

Taking on challenges

Because there are seven international degree programmes, the desire existed to translate the brand story into English as well. 'This way, we hope to create a stronger connection with the international students coming here. We were aware of the fact that you cannot simply provide a literal translation because of the intercultural differences. Together with Loo van Eck, a brainstorm session was organised with international students and lecturers', Alexander says.

The brainstorm sessions revealed striking differences. Alexander: 'Our brand story in Dutch talks about "daring to learn" and "daring to make mistakes". This notion was a real no-go to our international students. There was no way that they could explain to their parents, who were paying for an expensive degree programme abroad, that making mistakes would be involved. So in the English version, we used "taking on challenges" instead.'

Personal & community-based

The students were honoured to have been asked. Alexander: 'It really made them feel that their opinion was being valued and appreciated. They felt that they really had a say, which is just what we wanted. As we claim to be "personal and community-based", we naturally want our approach to reflect that sense as well! For the next degree programme on our schedule, Mathematical Engineering, we will be taking this approach as well.'

If you would like to know more about the approach taken by Alexander and Inholland, you can download the entire Loo van Eck interview at the top right of this article (in Dutch).

Lecturers and students from degree programmes in Business Studies, Finance & Control: Business Economics, Sport Studies, Pabo (primary education teacher-training college), Tourism Management, Social Work and Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy (MBRT) with international experience were ready to answer all the questions that came their way. Naturally, the International Office was also there to provide more information about the international possibilities.

Students on their experiences abroad
Nikkie Visser, Tourism Management (HTRO) student at Inholland Haarlem:
‘During my studies, I did an internship with the Cape Maclear Community Tourism (CMCT) project in Malawi and spent some time studying at Groupe ESC Troyes in France. Working and studying abroad was a very educational and unique experience. You meet people from other nationalities and cultures, and you learn to collaborate with them. In addition, because nothing went as planned, I learned to step outside my comfort zone and enjoy the experience abroad. This helped me to further develop as a person.’

Kelly, Sport Studies student at Inholland Haarlem:
‘During my third year, I did an internship in South Africa at Ready4Life. In a township there, I worked at two schools for children with mental and physical disabilities. We played sports and games with the children that they had never played before. These children go through a lot in the townships, so they really enjoyed the lessons and were able to just be kids again for a while. I enjoyed contributing to that. It was a fantastic experience.’

Melissa Smit, Creative Business – Media & Entertainment Management student:
‘I studied in Lillehammer at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, or Høgskolen I Innlandet. I took two courses: Video Production and Visual Sociology (photography). My tips: it’s a good idea to join the university’s Facebook group beforehand. That way, I was able to get in touch with all the Dutch students at the university before I left the Netherlands. During my stay, I met so many nice students from various countries. It is also very important to explore the country where you’re studying or doing your internship. Travel around, go on fun trips and enjoy it!’

More information
If you would like to learn more about studying or doing an internship abroad, please contact the International Office: intoffice.haarlem@inholland.nl.

On Thursday 22 March, over thirty Information Technology students from Amsterdam (VU University Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam), Diemen and Haarlem (Inholland) met up at the Start Up Campus Haarlem (SUCH) premises. The first cups of coffee were immediately downed, the laptops flipped open and they got straight down to work. Ten hours to complete your project might sound like enough, but it really isn’t. Danuta Lapina, Information Technology student at Inholland Haarlem and one of the organisers of InHack 2018, explains: ‘A hackathon usually lasts several days. We wanted to have this time too, but it wasn’t possible to use the Inholland building overnight. In order to still achieve high-quality demonstrations at the end of the day, the team were allowed to do a lot of preparation. Everything in fact, apart from the coding. That really had to happen on the day itself.’

Three, two, one … GO!
InHack 2018 didn’t have a specific theme: the participating teams were able to decide for themselves what project they wanted to work on during the big day. From meet-up website for international students to time tracker, from time management app to game – the contributions were diverse. Just like the skill levels of the students. Everyone is welcome, whether you’re a seasoned programmer or a newcomer in the world of apps. ‘That works out, too, because the judges take your level into account when assessing the result’, says Danuta. The projects were judged on technical complexity, originality, functionality and degree of completion. ‘And on your presentation. So here’s a tip in advance: ensure that you have enough time to make a properly functioning demo. Come on, guys, let’s get to work!’ After this starting shot, the clock began counting down and the teams got down to hacking and programming in silence.

Creative ‘abuse’ of Windows
The job was done after ten hours. For most of the teams, at least ... Here and there people were still putting the finishing touches to their demo, jittery fingers on the keyboard. Time had come to close the laptops and present the results. The Plantnation team won the prize for the most innovative idea with an app that reminds you to water your plants. The KeyboardKings were the prize-winning team. Their multiplayer reaction-based game was the best technical design. And there was a special mention for the Patrick’s Late team, which ‘abused’ Windows forms in the most creative manner. The prizes were in part thanks to the sponsors Abercrow, IT jobs recruiter and Podictive, specialist in cyber security. At the end of the event Danuta Lapina was tired but satisfied. ‘We’ll certainly be organising it again next year. But then bigger and longer. At least three days and two nights. Whatever happens then ... believe me, it’ll be really great.’

Watch the symposium (in Dutch) 

The library of Inholland has been digitalised in 2015, meaning that this university of applied sciences is playing a pioneering role among fellow institutions. Correspondingly, the Duik in het digitale studieboek! (Explore digital textbooks) symposium was mainly intended to share knowledge. How is the education sector changing? Will lessons still be given on the basis of a book in the future? Why is it that students don’t buy all books? How are publishers responding to the digital possibilities for good teaching resources?

Almost forty interested parties attended the symposium to find answers to these questions. It soon became clear that lecturers and publishers are still struggling with the changes resulting from the digitisation process. Chairman of the day Don Ropes (Inholland Professor of Learning & Development in Organisations) showed his ability to uncover the anxieties lurking below the surface.

Changes in education
Supply and demand are changing. Many choices and directions are now possible and it's not yet clear which will turn out to be future-proof. 'The education sector now needs to take the initiative of articulating the new demand, and for publishers to respond with new products. The cost aspects play a role too, especially when students are paying part of the costs for acquisition of learning resources', explains Stef. 'The role of the library is less about offering learning resources, and much more about providing access to a wide range of specialist literature. With its acquired knowledge of the market, the library can play a mediating role for education or help in exchanging knowledge.'

Open Educational Sources
Speakers at the symposium included Robert Schuwer, Professor of Open Educational Resources at Fontys University of Applied Sciences, an authority in the field of open educational resources. Stef Barendsen says that so far, little attention has been given to this at Inholland, but that it’s a question of ‘simply beginning instead of waiting to see what happens, so assuming our pioneering role once again.’

BUKU
Bertus Jan Epema, founder of the online book service BUKU, recounted how he has adapted the Spotify model to student textbooks and is focusing on collaboration between educational publishers and lecturers. Many lecturers felt encouraged to start experimenting with the free version of BUKU.

‘The success of this symposium should lead to a follow-up in which we expand the issue from digital textbooks to digital learning resources and materials’, says Stef. If it’s up to him, the event will also be opened to other universities of applied sciences, and to students as well.

Meet your future employer at the International Talent Event Amsterdam 2018 (ITEA) on Friday 20 April 2018 in Amsterdam! Whether you’re looking for a multilingual internship or a fulltime job at an international company, at ITEA you can meet potential employers during workshops and presentations.

Taking your first steps into the big, bad workforce can feel like a daunting prospect. Fortunately, there is plenty of work for both Dutch and non-Dutch students in the Amsterdam area. With unemployment in the Netherlands being amongst the lowest in the EU, the odds of finding a job are in your favour! Companies love to recruit internationally-oriented students and graduates because they bring creativity, innovation, increase productivity and provide solutions for companies who are doing business across the border.

During ITEA 2018, you can meet employers from a wide range of disciplines, including IT, business, finance and marketing. Last year, the companies present included Adidas, B Building Business, Booking.com, Club Med, Expatica, Freightex, Monsanto, Newgen Payments, NBC Universal (international), Randstad, TIP Trailor Service, Travix International, UBM, Webster, Whirlpool, Young Financials and many more. Keep an eye on the ITEA website for this year’s participants.

Watch the video for the highlights of ITEA 2017.

Organising the event for the fifth time, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and VU University joined forces with investment agency Amsterdam inbusiness and the Amsterdam Economic Board, a cooperation agreement of which also Inholland is a partner.

So, are you ready to start kick your career? Sign up here for ITEA 2018 and come to the Student Hotel, Wibautstraat 129 on Friday 20 April from 10:00 - 17:00.

Would you like to read more about this event? Go to the website or have a look on Facebook.

A group of second-year students International Media and Entertainment Management has been working on the first edition of ‘The Hague Film Awards’, hosted by Gemeente Den Haag and Culture Clash4U at Filmhuis Den Haag on 17 February 2018.

After this step, the students planned the content of the award show together with the clients. After the submission deadline of the video contest passed, the students nominated the best videos for the upcoming award show. Contestants can win € 500, which can be spend on a future profession in this field. Besides the money, the winning film will be screened at Filmhuis Den Haag for a month! During the award show itself, short documentaries, vloggers, music videos and animations will be shown. During the show, on February 17, the IMEM-students will be working as stage managers and front runners.

More information about The Hague Film Awards can be found on the Facebook page.

HMR? What is this?
In the HMR, ten employees and ten students jointly discuss topics that are important for working and studying within the university. In doing so, they act as the link between the Executive Board and the organisation.

Each Inholland employee may cast one vote for a staff candidate. Unfortunately, colleagues who are not directly employed by the university cannot vote. This includes freelancers and colleagues who work for Inholland through ASA. Each student may cast one vote for one of the student candidates.

The results will be determined by the election committee on 12 February and announced as soon as possible thereafter.

Vote for a colleague 

Vote for a fellow student 

How do you prevent automation leading to conflicts in the workplace? A student team from the international programme Business Innovation (formerly IBIS) at Inholland Diemen won the 24H DAS Innovatie Challenge with their solution to this case study. DAS, a company that offers legal and financial services, organised the 24-hour hackathon to illustrate that young people are better able than anyone to look at the future through an innovative lens.

The participants were all challenged to come up with an innovative concept that contributes to creating a world without legal conflicts and financial worries. In total, some 55 students – including two teams from Business Innovation – and young DAS employees worked on creative solutions.

The winning team – which won a prize cheque worth 2,500 euros – focused on the case study entitled ‘A world without legal conflicts’. Based on a future societal scenario in which robots take over our jobs, the group worked to come up with a solution to prevent labour conflicts.

Career insurance
'Our solution focuses on providing assistance during the transition period from partial automation to full automation', team captain Anuschka Ried explains. 'Companies pay DAS a subscription fee per employee, in exchange for which DAS provides insurance for the employee’s career once they lose their job as a result of automation. At that point, DAS finds a similar position at another company in its network, while the employee continue to receive their salary'.

Getting a feel for lucrative ideas
It was a particularly instructive challenge for the students that participated. Anuschka: 'I learned how to maximise productivity under pressure and how to get a feel for developing lucrative ideas'. 'The most important thing I learned from this challenge is that the knowledge and skills that I gain during my studies are relevant in the real world and can bring about change', her teammate Tim Apthorp adds. 'I find that very motivating'.

Source: Baaz, entrepreneur publication, December 2017

Today’s world is characterised by globalisation and internationalisation – and you are part of this world! Would you like to study or do an internship abroad? Do the international aspects of your discipline intrigue you? Visit the International Week at Inholland Diemen, from 6^th till 8^th February 2018. This is your opportunity to meet international guests and find out more!

Employers prefer employees who show they can work in a diverse and international context and who have experienced study or work abroad. That's why the Tourism, Leisure & Event Management, Business Innovation and Business Studies degree programmes organize this annual international event. It offers you a few days to experience our dynamic, diverse and international world.

Save the date!
During the afternoon of Wednesday 7th February, there is a meet & greet downstairs in front of the International Office. Our guest lecturers and students with international experience will be there to answer all your questions.

You can find the programme of public lectures and meetings at the info desk in the central hall. Most sessions are accessible to everyone, but a handful is limited to specific groups.

Come and join us!