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You can now register for the national conference against internship discrimination higher education
On 23 November 2023, the National Conference against Internship Discrimination in Higher Education will take place at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. Registration for the conference is now possible. Working language will be in Dutch. Continue reading here for...
Kick-off work programme against internship discrimination
On 26 January 2023, the kick-off of the Work programme against internship discrimination in higher education took place at Inholland University of Applied Sciences The Hague. The work programme concretises the joint ambition of the VH (universities of applied...
INVITATION 2-day Summit Opportunities for a More Inclusive Higher Education 2022
You are cordially invited to the two-day summit Opportunities for a More Inclusive Higher Education on 1 and 2 December 2022 at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). In 2016, ECHO, Expertise Centre for Diversity Policy, and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science...
The ECHO Mentoring Program of 2022- 2023 is starting soon, register now!
Last week, the offical Kick-Off of the 13th edition of the ECHO Mentoring program took place at the Alliander office in Arnhem! The mentoring program is aimed at advancing equal opportunities in the labor market by connecting professionals with starters. It was nice...
ECHO-UCLA StudyTrip October 2022
ECHO-UCLA StudyTrip 2022: making admission, access and excelling in higher education inclusive What does inclusive education look like in practice, in relation to admission, selection, affiliation, transfer and student success? What is the influence of social...
Manifesto against internship discrimination in higher education (in Dutch)
Manifesto signed to combat internship discrimination Text taken from the website of the Dutch government, click here for link. 13 July 2022. For many students in higher education, internship discrimination is everyday reality. They find it difficult to get an...
Final Conference Students-4-Students
In recent years, ECHO, expertise centre for diversity policy, has coordinated the national Students-4-Students (S4S) campaign on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Culture & Science. This campaign started in 2017 with the aim of inspiring and supporting higher...
Wednesday 18 may in-house day @Kearney
Ben je benieuwd naar wat het werk als strategic consultant inhoudt en wat je kan verwachten in het sollicitatietraject? Wil je graag meer weten over hoe je jouw studieachtergrond en talent in kunt zetten in het oplossen van complexe vraagstukken? Meld je dan...
Sign up for the Google mentoring program and meet your personal mentor!
New start date for the MBO mentor program of the municipality of Amsterdam announced! Are you about to graduate or have you recently graduated and are you motivated to explore and expand your opportunities in the labor market? Do you want to develop yourself...
Program ECHO Award February 3rd, 2022
ECHO Award 2021 February 3rd, 2022 On Thursday, 3 February, the 21st edition of the ECHO Award will take place live from the congress center of the Dutch Railways. The ceremony can be followed live between 15:00 - 17:00 via a live stream. We will introduce the 14...
Meet the ECHO Award Finaslists of 2021
Last week the ECHO Award jury had the opportunity to meet and decide on the ECHO Award finalists of 2021. It was up to the jury to make a selection of finalists out of 42(!) nominated candidates in the categories ECHO Award HBO, ECHO Award WO, Loyens & Loeff Tax...
Boston Consulting Group Mentor Program! Application open!
This year we are partnering up with Boston Consulting group in their unique mentor program - BCG For You! BCG for You is BCG's latest Mentor Program for students from underrepresented ethnic or cultural backgrounds in higher education. The program gives you the unique...
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) latest partner of the ECHO Award
We are happy to announce BCG as our newest partner of the ECHO Award 2021! Their business expertise and drive for societal change are a great fit with the core value of the ECHO Award: unlocking human potential and celebrating excellence. To welcome BCG we have...
#IBelong Inclusiveness Meet up
Please join us for the online #Ibelong Multiplier event: ''Building Belonging During Lockdown, Learning: a Whole Team Approach'' Belonging underpins student success. The #Ibelong project sought to develop an evidence-informed suite of activities to improve the...
Meet the ECHO Award Finalists of 2020!
BEKIJK DE LIVESTREAM HIER>BEKIJK DE LIVESTREAM HIER>BEKIJK DE LIVESTREAM HIER> De finalisten zijn bekend voor de ECHO Award 2020, een prijs die dit jaar voor het 20e jaar wordt uitgereikt aan excellente studenten met een niet-westerse achtergrond in het hoger...