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Academics for Development Utrecht will be at the NGO Fair!

Have you always been interested in working at a NGO or a social enterprise? Or would you like to learn more about these organizations? On Tuesday the 3rd of May various NGO’s and social enterprises will tell you more about their activities and opportunities for you. We hope to see you there, you can sign up by clicking here.

This event is a collaboration between the study associations JSVU, Perikles, Urios and ECU’92 from the faculty REBO of the Utrecht University.

Are you our next board member? We are looking for our successors!

Tired of theoretical classes? Ready to turn this knowledge into a practical experience? Are you currently in your 2nd bachelor, 3rd bachelor or 1st master year and looking for a way to spend your time in a useful way? We are looking for you!

Let’s be honest, we are at a time when the world is changing at a pace never seen before. Take your chance and participate in this change. Joining AFD is your opportunity to become part of a bigger movement we call social entrepreneurship. We are a group, team, family of students dedicated to have durable social impact through a hands-on approach.

At this info-event, you’ll be able to ask all your questions!

Find more about each board member function: http://afdimpact.org/branches/utrecht/board-recruitment/

Join between 20:00 and 21:00 on Wednesday the 20th of April!

Click here to join

Academics for development is excited to present you our first event: Equality in a company!

In recent years, equality, diversity and inclusion have become increasingly important in our society, as they are in businesses. How do organizations today take account of these topics?  How do these businesses ensure that everyone feels welcome and doesn’t feel discriminated against?

This event will consist of three speakers from different companies who will each share how their company incorporates these hot topics. Do you want to know which companies are coming to this event? Follow our event on Facebook to keep yourself up to date!

When

-October 19th 

-Doors open at 19:00, starts at 19:30

Location

-Group T

The Louvain School of Management will be hosting its first ever LSM DIGITAL JOB & INTERNSHIP FAIR on Wednesday 28 April 2021 (from 13:00 to 18:00) via a visually stunning platform with excellent functionalities.

This year’s Social Fair will be held in conjunction with the LSM Digital Job & Internship Fair. The LLN Social Fair organized by Academics for Development and the Louvain School of Management seeks to bring together companies that are socially integrated or have a social impact in a dedicated networking space for new professionals.

Some of the functionalities are:

• personalize your booth
• video-chat with the visitors
• display your Jobs and Internships Offers
• consult some dropped CVs
• have multiple representants / recruiters on your booth
• host a conference
• and more

Ciné-débat à propos du film “The East” réalisé par Zal Batmanglij (le réalisateur de “The OA” sur Netflix) avec Brit Marling (l’actrice de “The OA”), et Elliott Page (l’acteur de “Umbrella academy”).

Le film raconte l’histoire de Sarah, une femme qui travaille pour une agence de renseignement privée qui protège les intérêts de puissants hommes d’affaires. Elle s’infiltre dans un groupe anarchiste écologique appelé “The East”, ce groupe à pour but de s’attaquer aux multinationales qui ne respectent pas les droits humains. Mais plus elle infiltre le groupe, plus elle remet en question ses valeurs.

BRAUZZ.: The new way of cleaning!

Team Brightminds and Team Events are joining forces and present to you an interactive workshop: What is sustainable coffee? Let’s debate!

During the workshop we will dive deeper into the coffee industry and the challenges they are facing concerning sustainability. We will welcome Nespresso and Ngopi. You, as a student, will be able to confront/ask them on their used processes and resources. How do they package their coffee? Are they paying their farmers truthfully? What about ‘reviving origins’ and ‘CO2 neutrality’? We want to challenge you to gain better insights and to reach an equilibrium between all the players of the coffee supply chain.

Join us during the interactive workshops and let’s discuss what sustainable coffee is!

The same workshop is organised three times on the same day. Register and choose your timeslot through this link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-is-sustainable-coffee-lets-debate-tickets-127322905237

We have organised this ONLINE job-/internship- and inspiration fair especially for YOU, the student that “doesn’t know yet what they want to do, but definitely wants a job where they make some kind of difference”. We feel you, buddy. Let’s get together virtually on the 9th of June and explore your options. ✨

We’ll be announcing our amazing partners very soon!

Learn about what they do, what their vision for the future is, and get inspired. Maybe, there’s a future job waiting for you! 🌱

Difficult times ask for innovation! AFD Utrecht will host IMPACT 2020 ONLINE. All of our partners will be introduced to you one-by-one through this page. So be sure to mark “going” to be updated about all opportunities. ✨

See you online on the 9th of June!

🔸 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗨𝗦 🔸
Academics For Development is a global student organization founded on social entrepreneurship. Every year we organize hands-on projects across the world and on-campus events. Through these projects and events, we strive to give students the opportunity to enrich themselves and have durable social impact.

But what the heck is social entrepreneurship?! How can 1 person have such an impact? And what does that even mean, durable social impact?

🔸 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧🔸
During this 1 hour during event, we want to inspire you and clarify…
… How you, as a student, can have real impact through social entrepreneurship
… What it means to be part of AFD

For the first part we therefore invited two inspiring speakers who will each tell you a story on how they got in touch with social entrepreneurship
→ Speaker 1: Laurens De Poorter is an MBA Candidate at Harvard Business School and the co-founder of TeleCorona and AFD. He will tell the story on how he encountered social entrepreneurship for the first time.

→ Speaker 2: Diane Delava is an expert on the topic of social entrepreneurship and co-founder of Mattrvest, an inclusive impact investment firm. She will tell you the story on how she was able to pull off her start-up.

Finally, we will provide you with some information on what it means to be part of our international student organization. We will represent the different branches from all across the world, our mission and the different functions involved. Time is foreseen for you to ask all your questions regarding the organization and the stories of our speakers.

‼️ Reserve a spot via the ticket link. Registering is free, afterwards you you will receive the link to join the session.

🔸 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗙𝗗 🔸
For more information about a specific branch and their recruiting policy, click the links below.

Ghent:
https://www.facebook.com/AcademicsForDevelopmentGent/

Stellenbosch:
https://www.facebook.com/AFDStellenbosch/

Montreal:
https://www.facebook.com/AFDMontreal/

Utrecht:
https://www.facebook.com/AFDUtrecht/

Leuven:
https://www.facebook.com/AFDLeuven/

Louvain-La-Neuve:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/AcademicsForDevelopmentLLN/

Antwerp: mail to
expansion@afdimpact.org

⭐ INFO SESSION BOARDYEAR at AIESEC / Enactus Utrecht / SOLVE Consulting / Academics for Development / UtrechtInc Students⭐

Are you interested in a challenging parttime ór fulltime boardyear? Then join the board year information session of AIESEC Utrecht, SOLVE Consulting (Dutch only), Enactus Utrecht (Dutch only), UtrechtInc Students and Academics for Development all together on April 21! We will give presentations about the ins- and outs of a board year at our organizations and afterwards you can walk by our stands to ask the board members all your questions, learn more about the different positions and their own experiences and have some drinks. If you are interested in a board year, this is your chance! Be there!

Are you our next board member? We are looking for our successors!

Tired of theoretical classes? Ready to turn this knowledge into a practical experience? Are you currently in your 2nd bachelor, 3rd bachelor or 1st master year and looking for a way to spend your time in a useful way? We are looking for you!

Let’s be honest, we are at a time when the world is changing at a pace never seen before. Take your chance and participate in this change. Joining AFD is your opportunity to become part of a bigger movement we call social entrepreneurship. We are a group, team, family of students dedicated to have durable social impact through a hands-on approach.

At this info-event, we’ll present all the available positions within the board and you can talk to us to get more personal information about what each function entails. Don’t hesitate, get out of your comfort zone!

Find more about each board member function: http://afdimpact.org/branches/utrecht/board-recruitment/

Let us know if you’re coming by signing up via Eventbrite!!

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS APRIL 21st!

Tiraillé(e) entre l’appel écologique et ta vie d’étudiant(e) pas très eco-friendly?
Envie d’envoyer valser le stress, les deadlines et les sollicitations quotidiennes?
Fatigué(e) des notifications à répétitions, tu rêves de créativité et de reconnexion au présent?
Tenté(e) d’entreprendre pour atteindre ces objectifs ?
Ou simplement curieux(se) de découvrir le monde fascinant de l’HABITAT LÉGER?

Si tu as répondu oui à au moins une de ces questions, BLOQUE LE MERCREDI 25 MARS !

Las des chemins tout tracés par notre société de consommation, Adrien Pham, professeur à l’UCL a opté pour une alternative: l’HABITAT LÉGER. Avec sa famille, c’est une véritable aventure qu’ils ont entamée, un retour à l’essentiel aussi inspirant… qu’effrayant.

Lors de cette soirée exceptionnelle, M. Pham nous racontera les bienfaits qu’il retire de son habitat réduit, mais également les difficultés et les mythes entourant ce mode de vie encore méconnu. Il nous propose à nous- étudiants, (futurs) locataires ou propriétaires- de reconsidérer les choix «par défaut» en matière d’habitation et d’opter pour un habitat à l’image de nos valeurs.En deuxième partie de soirée, il nous racontera comment, poussé par un élan de partage, il est également devenu ENTREPRENEUR SOCIAL. Impliqué dans de multiples projets tous plus inspirants les uns que les autres, il nous prouvera que nous pouvons, tou(te)s, agir à notre échelle.

Convaincu(e)? Viens écouter son histoire, le rencontrer, lui poser toutes tes questions et nous donner ton avis sur l’habitat léger et l’entrepreneuriat social!On vous attend nombreux et nombreuses pour cet événement qui s’annonce mémorable!

Inscription ? Eventbrite (lien à venir)
Prix ? Gratuit

What will you be eating in 2050?

Our current food system is one of the biggest catalysers of the most pressing environmental issues. Moreover, the population keeps growing and growing, with less and less resources available. This is creating a big shortfall between the amount of food we produce today and the amount needed to feed everyone in 2050.

As incomes rise, people will increasingly consume more resource-intensive, animal-based foods. At the same time, we urgently need to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural production and stop conversion of remaining forests to agricultural land. This calls for questions on how to make our food production more sustainable. How will we sustainably feed a constantly growing population? And what is necessary to make changes to more sustainable forms of food production? How do we motivate our population to consume these sustainable alternatives?

Fortunately a lot of entrepreneurs and consumers are already challenging the way we currently think about, produce and consume food. Many people are adapting a vegan lifestyle, restaurants are putting insects on the menu, scientists are experimenting with lab grown meat and many entrepreneurs are finding solutions to reuse food waste.

By inviting several guest speakers that are paving the way, like @buggznl, we will explore the issues relating to the future of our food industry in an informative and interactive session. The end goal: becoming aware of what you eat!

The event is free, but seats must be reserved!

https://web.facebook.com/events/814225555758069/

Academics for Development Utrecht presents the mid-year presentations!

Are you interested in finding out how our project teams are doing on their projects so far? Would you like to share your knowledge with our project teams? Or do you simply want to learn more about our interesting projects in the Philippines, Tanzania and Uganda? Come join us on the 16th of January!

During this event, our three project teams will present the findings and ideas they have worked on from October until January. For them, their presentation is an opportunity to share their project ideas with an audience and receive feedback from invited experts. After the presentations, there will be a short break. Hereafter, the audience will leave and the teams will proceed to critically reflect on and improve their ideas under guidance of their coach, in order to work further towards a successful project implementation.

Every presentation will be followed by a questions and feedback session from the audience, which you are invited to be part of!

Afterwards, you are welcome to join us for drinks at Hofman Café!