Leisure & Events

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Leisure
  • It’s all about the people

    It’s all about the people

    Yvonne Klerks worked at BUas for fifteen years. Currently she is working for the Ministry at the Dutch Embassy in Jakarta.

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  • How can we make leisure more accessible to people with mild intellectual disabilities?

    How can we make leisure more accessible to people with mild intellectual disabilities?

    Communicate understandably and tactfully; certainly do not talk over people's heads to address their ‘attendant’ instead.

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  • Hoping the WLO can help resist voices of the illiberal right

    Hoping the WLO can help resist voices of the illiberal right

    The Department of Tourism at the University of Otago, also known as Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, has been a World Leisure Center of Excellence since 2018...

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  • Preparing for the World Leisure Congress in 2025

    Preparing for the World Leisure Congress in 2025

    Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas) is proud to house one of the six World Leisure Centers of Excellence. BUas has arranged its education...

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    Exploring the dynamics of Canada’s World Leisure Centers of Excellence

    The World Leisure Organization (WLO) has two Centers of Excellence (WLCE) in Canada: one in Nanaimo, British Columbia, and the other in Trois-Rivières...

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    Leisure as a national strategy for a better life

    International cooperation and future prospects of China's leisure environment.

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    Dutch-Brazilian experiences: Fostering education initiatives in an international environment

    When it comes to real projects, connecting diverse contexts and contrasting backgrounds is challenging.

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    The internationalisation perspective of the World Leisure Organization

    Introducing its World Leisure Centers of Excellence Network programme.

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    BUas stimulates a diverse community with BUas Clubs

    A personal story from the manager of the BUas Clubs.

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  • Organising intercultural encounters in the city

    Organising intercultural encounters in the city

    This Uncover provides the opportunity to explore the theme of internationalisation@home in many directions.

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  • Inclusive education towards more sensitive leisure managers

    Inclusive education towards more sensitive leisure managers

    BUas sees working towards a more inclusive leisure sector as an important challenge, which needs to be tackled together with representatives of the...

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    Inside Breda Guardians

    A haven for gamers, a home for internationals.

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    The future of education is Glocal

    How to transform classrooms into learning communities.

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  • Exchanging cultures, sharing passions, building friendships

    Exchanging cultures, sharing passions, building friendships

    Lecturer Carlo Pareti is from Italy and reflects on his time in the Netherlands. He started in 2017 as a student at BUas.

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    Navigating cultural crossroads

    Researcher Ana Carolina Jordão describes how she ended up from Brazil to the Netherlands.

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    Participating in a workshop in Barbados

    Lecturer and researcher Ilja Simons took part in a workshop in Barbados, called Caribbean World Heritage Sites in the light of today’s global...

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  • Exchange and the value of intercultural perspectives

    Exchange and the value of intercultural perspectives

    Leisure & Events has exchange agreements with 57 partner universities.

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    Connection to Industry: Where do we stand now and what are the challenges?

    "A shift towards more openness towards non-Dutch-speaking placement students will be needed."

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    War-Life balance

    A personal story of Anastasiya Vaganova about the war in Ukraine and her life life now in the Netherlands.

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  • Erasmus Student Network Breda

    Erasmus Student Network Breda

    ESN Breda is one of over 500 sections that are part of the Erasmus+ programme, present in more than 40 countries. As a smaller branch of ESN...

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