2024 Student Conference
Registration is now Closed for the Student Conference which took place from 3-7 March 2024 in Antwerp
Businet has hosted a student conference annually for over 20 years. The student event is designed to enabled students to interact with new people from different cultural backgrounds, to work and develop together in the beautiful city of Antwerp. Students had the chance to sample Experiential Learning (Experiential learning is the process of learning through experience and is more specifically defined as “learning through reflection of doing”) in a different environment. The concept of bringing students from different countries and institutes together, to network and learn, has been one that Businet has championed since 1997. The conference was hosted by Thomas More in Antwerp in 2023 and 2024.
The "Thinking Employability" event 2024 featured a programme that enabled students to:
- identify and explore Employability Skills
- encourage Reflective Thinking
- provide the opportunity to sample Experiential Learning
- introduce the concept of Emotional Intelligence.
- assist students to identify and develop skills and self-awareness through reflection
- have students attend sessions on intercultural competencies
- include a guided tour that will allow you to get to know Antwerp: its diamond centre; its art scene; its fashion; and its logistics
- be introduced to local companies / organisations
The programme was be delivered by members of industry and by academics in the disciplines that underpin the conference aims.
In Antwerp the conference events was held at the Campus National of Thomas More (address:
Kronenburgstraat 62, 2000 Antwerp Belgium).
A “Businet for students” Basecamp environment was made available before the conference to help delegates get maximum benefit from the event and to assist with communication between delegates.
There were 80 places available. Registrations closed on 20 January 2024. The conference brough together students of differing nationalities from participating universities throughout the network.
Fact sheet
The Event
Businet Student Conference
The Dates
14.00 on Sunday 3 March to 14.00 on Thursday 7 March 2024
Location of Accommodation
Stduents stayed in The IBIS hotel. Meistraat 39, Belgium which is centrally located and a km from the
conference venue.
Location of Activities
Kronenburgstraat 62,
2000 Antwerp
Belgium
Target Students
Level 5 students (EQF) studying any discipline
Cost
€320
Which included
- 4 nights in a centrally located 3-star hotel on a shared room basis.
- breakfast
- one evening meal, plus a subsidy towards a meal with working group members
Travel to Antwerp not included. Travel arrangements and costs are the responsibility of the
individual, or their institution.
Please contact griet.barrezeele@ucll.be for more information.