UT Journeys

Have you ever wondered how to make your own solar car? Are you competitive? Then, the Solar Team Twente is waiting for you! Daan Nibbering and Vera Leeman shared their amazing experiences working in the technical team. Get inspired as they reveal the excitement of racing across continents powered purely by the sun! 

More than 2000 students attend Kick-In annually. It is a place to meet your fellow students, future best friends, and maybe a love of your life 😉. It's a week full of great events, activities, and parties. But how it is organized? You'll hear in this episode. 

Links:
https://www.kick-in.nl/en/

52 years ago a group of students went to Sweden and joined a running race. After they came back they had a strange urge to run 175KM. So they organized the biggest student relay race in the world. In 2012, the race was recorded in the Guinness World Records as the relay race with the highest number of participants (8,509).
Want to hear all ins and outs of this journey? Tune in to this episode!

Link:
https://www.batavierenrace.nl/

Timecode:
00:00 Introduction
01:34 What is Batavierenrace
11:14 A day of a board member
21:35 Fun fact about board composition
33:35 How to apply for a board?

In today’s episode we are talking with Jorg Wellink.

Is it a good idea to start your new venture during your studies?
What could be the problems with doing so at the University of Twente?

Jorg has shared his experience with opening his own startup during his study time: all the good things and pitfalls.
Tune in to hear more!

Link:
https://linktr.ee/JorgW

Negotiation. It’s not something you do every day, but when you do, it’s always about something that matters a lot. Think of a salary negotiation, selling negotiation, contract negotiation… 

Here we talked about Negotiation Project Twente, the Dutch Negotiation Network and great negotiation competitions. So yeah, you got it right, there’s a lot on negotiations. 

How to improve your negotiation skills at UT for free? You can find out by listening to this episode

Link:
https://www.negotiationproject.utwente.nl/

Timecode:

00:00 Introduction 

01:20 Great Negotiators

23:53 Negotiation Project Twente

35:01 Dutch Negotiation Network 

Discover the new "all U need To know" series: a series where we invite students from different associations to reveal all the secrets and hot topics about those associations

This episode is all about Harambee volleyball association with Lina Costea. 

Did you know that they are one of the biggest sports associations with ~300 members?

Or that they organize themed tournaments? 
Listen now to learn more!

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/vvharambee

Have you heard of Homemade? Now it's time to find out how it was founded!
This time we invited Wakil, a co-founder and CEO of Homemade.
- What makes Homemade unique?
- What is the OceanLove program?
- Was an MBA diploma useful in business and life?
- What opportunities Novel-T provides students with?

Links:
Homemade
OceanLove

Timecode: 
01:18 - Homemade 

19:44 - MBA talks

29:15 - OceanLove

33:15 - Novel-T

43:10 - Do you wish to be the next Thuisbezorgd?

Do you recognize the guy on the cover? It's Akin. You have probably seen him somewhere on Instagram or TikTok. He is a Content Creator for U-Today and the Marketing department of UT.

- How did he get his job?
- What are his ambitious plans for sports?
- How did he find his internship in the chemical engineering field?
You will find all the answers in this episode!

Links:
Drienerlo

Timecode: 
00:00 Intro
02:20 Work at the Marketing department
07:45 Teaching (Laboratory) assistant job
10:20 Sports journey
20:05 Internship talks 
25:36 Homemade reels

In this episode with Wouter Trieling we talked about:
- New ECIU program (extra courses next to your studies)
- Mindblowing exchange experience in Uganda
- Wouter's jobs
- Week of Inspiration

Links:
Week Of Inspiration: https://www.utwente.nl/woi
ECIU: https://engage.eciu.eu
Wouter's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wouter-trieling/
Those interested in the student team can reach out to [email protected] or [email protected]

Timecode
00:00 Intro

01:20 Week of Inspiration

06:32 ECIU 

14:59 Wouter’s jobs 

30:34 Exchange semester in Uganda 

Episode 10! In this episode we talked with Simon Horacek about
- How to join Break-even ? 🕺
- Is honours in Business & Entrepreneurship worth it? 👨🏻‍🎓
- Simon’s creative solution to balancing studies and extra activities ⚖️

Break-Even Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakeven_utwente

Timecode:
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Talks about the Advanced Technology program 
11:20 Break-Even
18:50 Startup on Smart Mouthguards 
29:21 Challenges during studies