Global Entrepreneurship Week
Global Entrepreneurship Week is a Blended Intensive Programme where students step into the boardroom of a chocolate company, tackling real-world challenges through an immersive serious game.
In the blended learning phase, students join group activities, connect with their project team, and play introductory micro levels of the game. The physical week combines guest lectures, company visits, field trips, workshops, business case challenges, pitching sessions, and a vibrant social programme. Cultural activities, team-building, and networking tasks complete the experience.
Teaching and learning
Teaching by doing: through games, company visits, pitching and field trips, you will work in an international team, conduct research and reflect together, guided by mentors during both the online and on-site weeks.
Who's this course for?
Undergraduate bachelor students pursuing degrees in areas like Business, Finance, Entrepreneurship, HR, Communication or Journalism. Master students are also welcome.
Programme overview
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On campus week
The on-site week at Windesheim is a mix of guest lecturers, company visits and field trips, workshops, business case challenges, pitching sessions and a broad social programme.
Group activities include cultural activities combined with specific tasks related to team building and networking.Monday
- 09:00 – 09:30 Introduction and welcome ceremony
- 09:30 – 10:00 Business case explanation
- 10:15 – 11:00 Team meeting
- 11:30 – 12:30 Lecture intercultural cooperation
- 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
- 19:00 – 21:30 Dinner in Zwolle
Tuesday
- 09:30 – 11:00 Team meeting
- 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
- 14:00 – 17:30 Pitching lecture, tour and work session
Wednesday
- 10:30 – 11:30 Travel to company visits
- 12:00 – 17:30 Company visits + social programme
Thursday
- 10:00 – 12:00 Team meeting + wrap-up
- Free time in the afternoon
Friday
- 09:00 – 10:30 Pitch competition
- 11:30 – 12:00 Lunch
- 12:30 – 13:00 Announcement of winners + farewell
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Results
Cognitive learning goals
- Understand the basics of sustainable and inclusive economic growth, decent work, gender equality, and alternative economic models and indicators.
- Recognize how employment connects to economic growth, and how factors like a growing workforce or new technologies can influence jobs.
- See how innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation can support decent work, a sustainability-driven economy, and reduce the impact of environmental challenges.
Socio-emotional learning goals
- Discuss and critically reflect on economic models and future visions, and share your ideas with others.
- Realize how personal consumption choices affect working conditions worldwide.
- Identify your own rights, needs and values in relation to work.
Behavioural learning goals
- Explore and engage with new ideas and models for a sustainable, inclusive economy and decent work.
- Develop and assess ideas for sustainability-driven innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Plan and carry out entrepreneurial projects.
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When
- On-site: Monday 17 November–Friday 21 November 2025
- Online: Monday 10 November–Friday 14 November 2025
Participants
Max. 50
Credits
3 ECTS credits
Assessment
- Continuous assessment
- Oral presentations (pitches)
Investment
- You are required to apply for short-term mobility (BIP) Erasmus+ funding.
- Windesheim will pay most of the lunch and dinner (1) costs.
- Additional expenses are on your own account.
Contact
Mr Dinand Warringa
d.warringa@windesheim.nl(opens in new tab)
Collaboration
This programme is developed in close collaboration with Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (Finland), GEA College (Slovenia), Thomas More Kempen Campus Turnhout (Belgium) and VAMK (Finland).