Leisure & Events

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Leisure
  • 'Hier ben je geen stagiaire die een klein klusje doet'

    'Hier ben je geen stagiaire die een klein klusje doet'

    Live Music & Dance Events studenten Fay Laan en Jan Delfgaauw lopen momenteel stage bij Sfeermeneer. De ideale plek om werkervaring op te doen en uit...

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  • Digital human 'MAI' opens new MindLabs building

    Digital human 'MAI' opens new MindLabs building

    On Wednesday, 27 September, MindLabs proudly opened its doors to a brand-new building. MindLabs is a partnership involving three educational...

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  • Visit to Barcelona

    Visit to Barcelona

    Students of the Events for Business specialisation had a fieldtrip to Barcelona. Several students reflect on this fruitful journey to Spain.

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  • Do you remember Albert van Schendel?

    Do you remember Albert van Schendel?

    Albert van Schendel is retiring soon. Did you used to take lessons from him?

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  • 'Werk en Bewonder'

    'Werk en Bewonder'

    Marcia van den Wildenberg started her Vrijetijdsmanagement (Leisure Management) programme in 1997. After that, she attended a bachelor’s and a master...

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  • Theatre director before the age of 40!

    Theatre director before the age of 40!

    A clear goal and it worked out. Colinda Vergouwen studied Leisure & Events at BUas and has been director of operations at Chassé Theatre Breda since...

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    Avans and BUas Students Collaborate for an Optimistic Vision

    As the world grapples with unrest and conflict, students from Avans and BUas are taking a proactive approach by working together on an optimistic...

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  • Exploring Amsterdam’s Inclusive Side

    Exploring Amsterdam’s Inclusive Side

    We all know Amsterdam. The Capital of The Netherlands with its picturesque canals, historic architecture, and vibrant cultural scene. But while it may...

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  • Breda Guardians - Building a local esports community

    Breda Guardians - Building a local esports community

    In the heart of Breda, a passionate group of individuals came together to create an esports community known as Breda Guardians. Founded in 2015 by...

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    Exploring the Placemaking Week in Strasbourg

    At the end of September, lecturers and students of the Urban Life & Placemaking specialisation (UL&P) participated in the 2023 edition of Placemaking...

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  • Do you know or remember Mike Fieuw?

    Do you know or remember Mike Fieuw?

    Read an interview with Mike Fieuw. He is an alumnus of Leisure & Events Management and currently working as a lecturer at this academy.

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  • Bonding and bridging in third places

    Bonding and bridging in third places

    Lecturers Olaf Ernst and Marisa de Brito wrote an article about the importance of meeting like-minded and others. The article is part of Uncover...

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    • Uncover
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    First edition SDG Action Festival Events for Business students

    Last April all 43 students following the specialisation Events for Business at the Academy for Leisure and Events, executed their own pop-up event for...

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  • Interview alumna: It makes you see the bigger picture

    Interview alumna: It makes you see the bigger picture

    Karine Cochetel from France obtained her master’s degree in Strategic Events Management in 2022. ‘Sounds cliché, but for me it was the perfect match!’...

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    Performatory in Berlin, rethinking study trips

    Creating your own study trip? Students and lecturers Frank Crucq and Suzan Lindhout of Social Innovation did! They went to Berlin.

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    Inclusive research at Maczek Memorial with LFB, advocacy organisation by and for people with intellectual disabilities

    Last week, STERK students and experiential experts with an intellectual disability of LFB STERKplaats Goes, together with Urban Life & Placemaking...

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    Study trip to Belgium and France

    From 11 to 15 April, the third-year Attractions and Theme Parks Management students went on a study trip to Belgium and France to visit Pairi Daiza...

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  • Help crowdfund the making of a documentary on the Bocaina Communities

    Help crowdfund the making of a documentary on the Bocaina Communities

    BUas students alongside students from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), a public institution in Brazil, are set to create a documentary that...

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    A dream come true?

    Working for Disney – a dream of many. Especially when you studied Leisure & Events! I spoke to Lisa Padding, Tom van Bommel and Jasper Wilms. All...

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  • Pinkpop

    No bells and whistles at Pinkpop

    One had never even been to Pinkpop before, the other came there as an eight-year-old girl with her parents and knew immediately that one day she would...

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