Experiential learning
At WHC, we believe that knowledge is more valuable when you know how to apply that knowledge. Therefore we incorporated as much real life work experience in the curriculum as possible. Below you find a couple of examples of assignments within courses, projects and extracurricular activities. They give a clear image of the fact that learning at the College is definitely not confined to the classroom!
Assignments within courses
Course: Media production
Production of daily Conference Newspaper at European Conference on Tobacco or Health 2011.
Course: Organization & management
Writing a business plan for competition BrainsXChange, aimed at finding a solution for the housing problem in the slums of Cape Town. Our students won this competition! Read about their trip to Cape Town
Read more about the BrainsXChange competition
Projects
Orientation on the Profession
In this project you get to know your future work field interviewing people with a career in Public Health or Communication & Media.
Visual Problem Appraisal
Training in which you work to develop strategies to improve the livelihoods of communities in India. Stakeholders are brought to the classroom by means of recorded interviews.
International Sustainable Business project
In 2011, the second year students spend three weeks working with agricultural communities in Kenya, in a real life project in cooperation with local NGO Saasol. Aim is to increase the profitability of the agricultural activities of the Kitui Community.
During June of this year, the second year students will go on a trip to Uganda. They will help to start up a project in collaboration with connect2uganda. This trip will consist of a three-week stay in which the students will meet with important officials, local citizens, and other important stakeholders, after which they will finalize their project proposal and present it to their client.
Extracurricular activities
Business trip
Every year, our students organize a business trip to a European capital, and visit organizations where they would like to do an internship or where they aspire to work after graduation.
Movies that matter
Students arranged all publicity for the Movies that Matter film festival, edition Zwolle. Organized by Amnesty International, this festival raises awareness for human rights issues.
Read more about Movies that matter