Interview
Open Call: Looking for student trainers
* Are you a WUR student?
* Do you have a skill/talent that could benefit other students?
* Would you like to share this in a workshop/training?
Student Training & Support is looking for YOU !
Are you a student at WUR, do you have a talent, experience or skill that could help fellow students in e.g. their personal development or well-being, and are you willing to share this in a workshop?
Student Training & Support is looking for you!
Each study period STS organises various inspiring workshops and training courses for WUR students. The trainers are student psychologists and external experts.
In addition to this we are actively looking for student (experience-)experts who know what their fellow students need, and how to address these issues in a way that strikes the right chord.
What’s in it for you?
As a Student for Student trainer you get:
• an adequate financial compensation;
• professional supervision on content and presentation;
• valuable experience;
• you help other students to overcome obstacles in their study -or life path.
I have an idea! How to proceed?
Check the Student Training & Support website www.wur.eu/sts, to find out if your plan fits within the themes of STS. Do you have the skills and ambition to give this workshop? Send your proposal to student.trainingsupport@wur.nl and we will contact you as soon as possible.
We aim to start with at least four new Student for Student workshops before the end of this year, so do you have a brilliant plan? Do not hesitate and contact us via the contact form in the rigt top corner of this page.
Student for Student: Inspiring students to follow their dream
Interview with (Ex) WUR Students Sanne Swinkels and Laura Grootes, two experienced Student for Student trainers.
Early 2020 they started giving their ‘Vision Board’ workshops, followed by the workshop ‘From Vision to Practice’. What advice do they have for aspiring new Student for Student trainers?
We have something good on our hands
Sanne Swinkels - recently graduated - experienced the power of Vision Boards, making one for herself. “I liked how the creative process guided me in structuring my thoughts and planning my future. During an AIESEC board weekend, I organised my very first vision board workshop. Very laid back, on a Sunday morning. Next year the AIESEC board asked us to give another workshop and that’s how it started.”
Laura Grootes - currently doing a master in Nutrition & Health and Food Technology - “The workshops were very well received and this gave us courage for the next step: ‘We have something good on our hands! Maybe the Uni is interested in our workshop as well’. So, we talked to the people of Surf your Stress. They were immediately interested and really empowered us to put our plans to practice.”
Making an impact
Laura: “Giving these (online) workshops taught me: ‘If you have a good plan, just go ahead and do it’. We received some very sweet thank-you messages from participants that made us think: ‘Wow, we're just standing here in our living room, inspiring fellow students to follow their dream’.”
Sanne:
Our workshops make a difference in the lives of our participants. That gave us the confidence that we are good at what we do. Even if we just started and we don’t have much experience yet, we do make a valuable impact, and this value also translates into a financial reward.”
TIP Laura: Start before you’re ready
“If you have a good idea, just go and do it. Don’t try to make it perfect beforehand but adjust it on the way. When we started, we told our participants honestly: ‘Ok, this is the first time we give this workshop’. After every workshop we send out an evaluation form and act on the feedback, this way we can keep improving the workshops.”
What’s on our own vision board?
Sanne: “We are thinking about giving these workshops to companies too. That would mean a different approach, switching from personal, to team interests. It is not our priority yet, but it has a place on our own vision board…
If you have idea’s for a workshop, and would like to discuss it with Sanne and Laura, just contact them via LinkedIn and they are happy to answer your questions.