2022 Cohort
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edits
Changes
The 1st and the 3rd priority were completely updated given the ideas of the new cohort in 2022.
'''1. Connecting students among facultiesCreating more awareness about entrepreneurship as an option after graduation and during the studies'''Our team According to the statistics made available to us, only 2 % of UIF fellows for the 2021-22 cohort consist of four studentsat EUR choose to take the entrepreneurial route upon graduation. However, each from a different study programme within different faculties. From the very beginning, we noticed that we have a lot number of interests and passions in common- however, at Erasmus University, it successful entrepreneurs is often hard to interact with students from programmes and faculties besides your ownstill unknown given the size of this student sample. From We believe this, we have decided that our overarching strategic priority would might not be due to connect the fact that students across faculties, with initiatives and activities, whether new or existing, that would be inclusive not want to everyone and encourage diversitybecome an entrepreneur. Rather, they do not even consider it an option during the course of their time here at EUR.
The primary reason behind this is the lack of awareness about the entrepreneurial spirit our university boasts. We as UIF candidates hope to change this and bring a lot more awareness to how students, regardless of their faculty, could bring about change towards positive societal impact through an entrepreneurial approach. Through this, students have an opportunity to discover new interests and abilities. Moreover, the university also has an opportunity to work closely with students towards the Strategy 2024 (an initiative by the university). We hope to increase awareness about entrepreneurship as an option by hosting various different events campus-wide, that revolve around the theme of entrepreneurship. We can ensure that through our other strategic priorities, such as increasing collaboration of our entrepreneurship ecosystem, we also create awareness. '''2. Connecting students with opportunities to develop themselves and their interests outside of academics'''
Another common idea that all of our fellows shared was the fact that there are a lot of opportunities to develop yourself outside of your study programme at Erasmus University. However, from the students that we talked and interacted with, many say that these opportunities are sometimes not promoted well enough, that there is too many to know where to start from or that they were not aware of certain opportunities that are available to them. Thus, we have made this one of our strategic priorities- to enhance the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, and the extra-curricular activities offered at our university, by trying to make students more aware of and engaged with them.
'''3. Connecting students with their learning environmentthe entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus'''Our university Erasmus University Rotterdam is a large organisationfamous worldwide for its business and economic faculties. However, students pursuing their degrees in different departments can also find various opportunities to develop entrepreneurial skills, starting with thousands multiple student organizations all the way to entrepreneurship hubs such as Erasmus Enterprise. The area of improvement that we, as the Innovation Fellows, observed in that area of being students across faculties and programmesat EUR is the lack of connection between those various organizations. This provides great variety Once a student finds and diversityjoins one of them, however it can is sporadic that they also make it hard look for students another one, therefore missing some of the opportunities that are unique to feel connected to their peerseach organization. Furthermore, the staff and students outside organizations themselves rarely cooperate in spheres that directly involve their immediate academic and extracurricular circlesstudent members. Especially during the pandemic and online education, One of our aims for this gap was widened according academic year is to create a strong network between those organizations in order to many students, both incoming and currentencourage them to cooperate on a more regular basis. By acknowledging When thishappens, we students of all backgrounds will have formed our third student priority, which is access to help students connect even more self-development opportunities tailored to their academic environmentareas of interest. We plan to achieve this goal by organizing networking events for members of the various associations and additional events that would also serve as meeting spaces for all of the entrepreneurial-minded Erasmians.
'''4. Connecting graduating students with alumni'''