Upstream brings entrepreneurs, talent and investors together

Upstream Festival_Rotterdam Bart Heemskerk

Upstream is a multi-day festival in Rotterdam, where scale-up founders, investors, students, policymakers, and corporates with guts come together to talk about the big changes in the world.  From May 31 to June 2 Upstream takes place in Rotterdam once again. This time the center of the festival is Bird.  This year Upstream focuses on […]

Four educational institutions initiate a new cultural campus

Four educational institutions in Rotterdam are joining forces to significantly boost arts education in Roterdam

To significantly boost arts education in Rotterdam the administrators of Willem de Kooning Academy, Codarts, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, and Erasmus University Rotterdam signed a declaration of intent to achieve their ambition. The four educational institutions will open a new cultural campus in the Southern part of Rotterdam. The new university of the arts aims […]

Schools are making their students become entrepreneurs

Schools

What better way for students to gain experience right away. Various schools let their students run their own restaurants, shops, or brands. The restaurants of Zadkine and Albeda are great places to enjoy dinner for example. Now Vak College Hillegersberg and Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam also offer working experiences. Vak College Hillegersberg operates a brand new […]

Pop festival by students

Pop op de Kaap Students from the School of Arts perform at the Katendrechtse Deliplein. This all-round festival ‘Pop op de Kaap’ includes a wide variety of performances: from singer-songwriters to electro, from reggae to rock and from dance to funk. Over 29 Codarts Pop bands perform their own work on the various stages. The […]