Building New Blocks was a funding programme through which we provided financial support to EUR students and staff for the development and evaluation of their own outreach projects. Below are the six awardees from the 2022 funding round.
Community Sharing - Buddy programme
In line with the goals of the Academic Outreach Programme of the IDEA Center, the aim of this project is to connect students of EUR and youngsters (in this case young status holders) with different backgrounds and world perspectives to learn from each other. We would like to make more students of EUR more conscious about the social circumstances of less privileged youngsters and to create a more nuanced world perspective and increase social engagement.
Erasmus Hispanic Cultural Organization (EHCO)
The Erasmus Hispanic Cultural Organization (EHCO) is a student association founded by Erasmus University Rotterdam students belonging to diverse Hispanic countries. The aim of the association is to offer a solution to the (abrupt) adaption of students from their Hispanic society into the Dutch society and the city of Rotterdam.
Inclusion through Narration and Mentoring (INM)
The project ‘Inclusion through Narration and Mentoring (INM)’ develops an innovative training and peer mentoring programme for PhD students and MSc students at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS). Joining ISS from different educational backgrounds and diverse communication trajectories, our students have expressed the need for support in scientific communication, which, in turn, affects their feeling of belonging to the academic community.
Grades and Student Origin
The ‘Grades and Student Orgin’ project will evaluate current and past grading practices at two EUR faculties (i.e., ISS and ESSB). Understanding the present educational practices and the experiences of international students is important towards ensuring equality in educational opportunities for students with different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, as well as for supporting student academic success and wellbeing. Project results with be shared with important stakeholders, including teaching directors, D&I teams, teaching and learning communities, and student representatives. The project will also yield policy recommendations for adoption within wider EUR structures.
Association of Students of African Heritage (ASAH)
The Association of Students of African Heritage (ASAH) is a student association, founded in 2006 by Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) students. The 17th board of this association is continuing the legacy with the primary purpose to give students of African ancestry a voice and representation both at EUR and in the Netherlands.
Blossoming Tulips: A contribution to diversity and inclusion (Mozaik)
There are many students with a Turkish background in Rotterdam. For many of them, studying at a university is uncommon or new, since their parents mostly came to the Netherlands as immigrants and feel at the cross-section of Turkish and Dutch cultures and languages. Mozaik Student Association (henceforth referred to as Mozaik) aims to bring together Turkish and non-Turkish students with events on a social, cultural, educational, and professional level. The aim of the current project is to connect students of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) with job and/or internship opportunities.
