About the trip
Every year around April the VSAE travels with a group of around 40 students to a city in Europe. Last years the trips went to Warsaw, Prague and Copenhagen. The committee is responsible for the entire organisation before and during the trip. Together with the committee, you determine the location, arrange the hostel and find the best clubs to make the city unsafe during the night.
About the committee
Period: October - May
Applications: September
Positions: 5 (including a chairman)
Hours per week: 1 - 2 hours
Responsibilities:
- Determine the location of the trip
- Arrange accommodation
- Finding transportation
- Booking a restaurant
- Putting together a programme
- Promotion
Experience Joris Neu (Chairman SFT 2025)
In the second year of my bachelor’s degree, I had the honour of serving as Chair of the Short Foreign Trip (SFT) Committee. I applied because I wanted to turn my passion for travelling into something that also gives back to the student community. To me, university is so much more than skipping lectures, it’s also about being actively involved and connecting with your peers in a non-academic environment.
That’s exactly what I enjoyed most: working closely with my fantastic committee and the board, getting to know everyone better, and building something together. We began by letting each committee member pitch their ideal destination for that year’s trip, followed by a vote. The winning choice: Prague!
After months of planning, budgeting, and shaping the most memorable trip possible, we finally embarked on a four-day journey in May with a bus full of 50 enthusiastic VSAE students. Each day included a sightseeing highlight and each evening somehow ended with €3 pints in a pub, which might explain why some memories are a bit blurry. What I do remember is that it was an incredible time from start to finish.
I can really recommend joining a committee, especially the SFT one, to anyone reading this. It’s one of the most fun and rewarding ways to get involved in student life.
Members
Voppen, Y.H. (Yuri)
Coordinator
Heetkamp, B (Bram)
Chairman