Things just don't change. That is the feeling you can get when
studying at a Dutch university. The same big lecture halls, the
same old PowerPoint presentations teachers flip through every year
and during lunch break: the same food that some major university
caterer puts on your plate.
Maaike Reuver and Charlotte van Leeuwen, both participants in
the Learning Lab, broke this cycle. Creating YES WE
CANTEEN, these two students took charge of one of the major
canteens of the University of Amsterdam giving local entrepreneurs
the chance to offer their products.
With more than 700 visitors on a daily basis, YES WE CANTEEN was
running throughout last week. This attracted not only curious
students but also business representatives (Rabobank) and
organizations like ACE sharing the vision of entrepreneurship and
diversity.
Originally, YES WE CANTEEN's catering concept was inspired by
food courts as they are popular at Asian and American universities.
This stands in stark contrast to the current
one-caterer-one-choice approach adopted by most Dutch
universities.
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