{"id":142590,"date":"2022-08-05T12:48:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T10:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=142590"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:22","slug":"eurekaweek-modernises-more-sustainable-more-focus-on-wellbeing-and-more-inclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/08\/05\/eurekaweek-modernises-more-sustainable-more-focus-on-wellbeing-and-more-inclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurekaweek modernises: more sustainable, more focus on wellbeing and more inclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soon, she will be standing here, delivering a speech to thousands of students in Ahoy. The chair of the Eurekaweek board, Ty Nijbroek (23) from Elst, used to be ‘more in the background’ but is really looking forward to it now. “It is going to be awesome. I think I will feel immensely proud at that moment, about everything we have managed to achieve with Eurekaweek.”<\/p>\n

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Ty Nijbroek, chair of the Eurekaweek board.<\/span><\/p>

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Never before has the master\u2019s student in Criminology stood in front of such an enormous venue. \u201cMy largest audience so far was at the constitution reception, with around three hundred people\u201d, she laughs. In any event, she regards the past few months of preparation as a very good learning experience. \u201cYou are forced to step out of your comfort zone. It is a fantastic challenge; I can recommend it to everyone!<\/p>\n

That speech on 15 August is not only an exciting occasion for her, it is also that for the more than four thousand participants in the introduction week. Nijbroek can still vividly remember the feeling Eurekaweek evoked in her when she took part back in 2018. \u201cI felt completely at home here straight away. It really is the start of your new life, it gives you a glimpse into what awaits you in your student years,\u201d she recalls in the small office of the Eurekaweek organisation in the G-building basement.<\/p>\n

No more doom scenarios<\/h2>

Last year\u2019s board was still burdened by all kinds of \u2018doom scenarios\u2019 during the preparations: what if corona rears its ugly head again? What if the government introduces new measures? Although in the end a lot of things could go ahead, it still put a lot of stress on the preparations. This year, everything is back to normal. \u201cOf course, we do take such scenarios into account,\u201d Nijbroek points out. \u201cBut we now consider last year\u2019s week to represent the minimum of what is possible. However, we have contingency plans at the ready to split up and rotate events.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now that there was less time needed to think about corona lockdowns, there was more time to spend on new developments. Eurekaweek also keeps up with the times, so this year it will all be more sustainable, more inclusive and there will be more focus on student welfare.<\/p>\n\n\t

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