{"id":157239,"date":"2023-07-06T13:24:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T11:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=157239"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:52","slug":"an-inclusive-eureka-week-participants-well-being-is-the-most-important-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/07\/06\/an-inclusive-eureka-week-participants-well-being-is-the-most-important-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"An inclusive Eurekaweek: ‘Participants’ well-being is the most important thing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year’s Eurekaweek will focus on diversity and inclusion, says chairwoman Veerle Petersen. Sustainability and student well-being will also be high priorities. \u201cWe want everyone to feel welcome here.”<\/p>\n

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Veerle Petersen is the president of Eurekaweek 2023.<\/span><\/p>

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Chairwoman Veerle Petersen fondly remembers her Eureka week as a freshman in 2019. \u201cI walked into Ahoy for the opening ceremony and thought: \u2018Jeez, it\u2019s huge!\u2019 The week was overwhelming, but the programmes helped me get around. I\u2019m also still friends with fellow students I met during Eurekaweek.\u201d<\/p>\n

As inclusive as possible<\/h2>

She hopes everyone will get such a good start. \u201cWe want everyone to feel welcome\u201d, says the master student in Medical Business and Innovation. \u201cWe are focusing on diversity and inclusion this year. To this end, we are collaborating with the IDEA Center, which is dedicated to achieving inclusive working and learning environments at EUR. For example, the IDEA Center has contributed ideas on how we can reach different students, and it reviews our texts and offers advice on inclusive language.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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