Minor Newways Training Company
Are you good at making things easier? Then join our Newways Training Company in the last year of studies. A great opportunity to leverage your skills and start your career by organising field trips, events and seminars in the fields of travel and business events.
Come and meet us
Choosing a minor is an important decision. That's why we will help you make your choice.
Why choose this minor?
- You are enthusiastic about running your own business together with a group of colleagues
- You are interested in organising excursions, events and seminars in the fields of travel and business
- You want to expand your network in the tourism and events industry
- You will be coached ‘on the job’ to improve your skills right away; learning by doing!
About this minor
As a student working at Newways, you will gain a lot of practical experience and expand your professional network in the tourism and events industry, which can be very helpful in your future career.
It is a valuable year in which you work hard on your personal and professional development. And what’s more, you are regularly ‘on the road’ - when possible and needed also abroad - and working as an event manager. The combination of hands-on experience, networking opportunities, and personal growth makes this traineeship an important stepping stone towards your future.
You will graduate with a portfolio. In this portfolio you demonstrate your learning outcomes (both knowledge and skills) gained via the projects (e.g. events and field trips) you worked on during your time at Newways. So if you want to engage in practice-oriented learning, take this chance to graduate with a portfolio instead of a thesis.
More information:
- Language of instruction
You can apply for a traineeship at Newways Training Company if you have a good grasp of Dutch. It is not necessary to be able to speak Dutch.
- Admission requirements
Admission requirements for BUas students:
- Propaedeutic certificate obtained/successfully completed year 1
- This is for all third-year students at the Academy for Tourism and the Academy for Leisure and Events.
If you are not a student of either of these academies, this traineeship must be approved by the Board of Examiners of your academy.
The 2026-2027 Newways team will be selected through an application process.
Apply?
There will be two application rounds:- To apply for round 1, please send your application letter and CV via email to [email protected] by Sunday 11 January 2026. The application process will take place during calendar week 3 or 4.
- To apply for round 2, please send your application letter and CV via email to [email protected] by Sunday 8 March 2026 at the latest. The application process will start in calendar week 11 or 12.
Admission requirements for external students:
- Propaedeutic certificate obtained
- We are happy to welcome students from outside BUas! If you are studying Tourism or Leisure & Events and are willing to work five days a week in an inspiring learning environment for one year, please join Newways!
- Learning outcomes & competencies
- Running a business with considerable responsibility and autonomy
- Creating and improving organisational and communication skills
- Personal development driven partly by your own demands
To help you achieve these learning outcomes, Newways Training Company provides:
- One year of work experience with real-life assignments
- Personal and intensive ‘on-the-job’ coaching
- A professional work environment with great colleagues!
If you would like to be part of the Newways team for 2026-2027, you are:
- Independent and team-minded
- Innovative and creative
- Creative with budgets and time, with a strong customer focus
- Stress-resistant, accurate and systematic
- Communicative and service-oriented
- In possession of a positive and energetic attitude
Are you enthusiastic or do you want to have more information?
You can take a look around our office and talk to our current Newways students, if you like. Make an appointment with one of the Newways members via [email protected] or 076-533 23 90.- Topics and structure of the minor
Throughout the academic year, you will work full-time for Newways Training Company. When you are responsible for a field trip, event or conference, your duties will include consulting the client, contacting suppliers, negotiating prices, establishing a programme and handling all communication with participants. You will also usually be present during the event. As a tour/event manager you are (partly) responsible for the success of the field trip/event. At the Newways Travel Desk, you will arrange business trips for employees of Breda University of Applied Sciences.
During your traineeship you regularly update your portfolio based on the work you carried out.
Of course, you will be trained by current members of the Newways team, this will happen in weeks 27 and 28.
Your contract will start on Monday, 31 August 2026, in the new academic year.- Teaching & assessment
Learning by doing!
At Newways Training Company, a hands-on mentality is essential, meaning you will continuously learn on the job. You will receive coaching and supervision while carrying out your tasks.Development interviews focus on your performance and the circumstances related to it, and give you the opportunity to express your wishes and needs and translate them into personal development goals. You and your supervisor will both submit discussion points.
- Required study material
Provided by Newways Training Company.
- Minor coordinator
Sabine van Steen: [email protected] & Marieke Hommelberg: [email protected]
The Newways Training Company is based in the Innovation Square, Fe0.043, Frontier building, Breda University of Applied Sciences.
After this minor
After a full year at Newways Training Company, you have developed your skills and knowledge to kick-start your career in the tourism and events industry.
Practical information
When
Monday 1 September 2025 – Friday 10 July 2026
Where
Newways has its offices in the Frontier Building on the BUas campus in Breda.
Teaching method
You will be coached ‘on the job’ to improve your skills right away; learning by doing!
How to apply?
You can choose this minor if you study at BUas, but students from other higher education institutes are also warmly invited to join. This makes for a diverse and inspiring classroom!
- How to apply: BUas students
For BUas students, the application option in Osiris opens from 23 to 27 March 2026 (fall semester) & 5 to 9 October 2026 (spring semester). When you apply in Osiris you can indicate two preferences, these can be two different minors at BUas, but you should also indicate if you prefer to take an external minor. For more detailed information please visit the Minor Desk page on the student portal.
Please note that applicants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis or via a selection procedure as mentioned at the admission requirements on this page.
- How to apply: non-BUas students
All information regarding the minors for 2026 -2027 is available on Kies op Maat. From 2 February to 15 May, the application option and thus the download of the learning agreement will be open on Kies op Maat.
The full step-by-step plan:
- Download the learning agreement on Kies op Maat. Ask your own university of applied sciences to sign the learning agreement for approval.
- Start your application via Studielink – this is possible until 26 June. Go to the Study Programmes tab and click 'add new enrolment application'. Then click at 'Educational institution' on Breda University of Applied Sciences and enter 'Minor' or 'KOM' as search term. A list of BUas KOM minors per academy will appear. Make sure you apply for the right minor. Check the learning agreement to see where your minor belongs to. After registering in Studielink you will receive two emails: one confirming your registration with BUas and immediately afterwards an email containing the login codes for and the link to Osiris Registration from BUas. If you do not receive the second e-mail, check your spam first and otherwise send an e-mail to [email protected].
- Receive access to My Online Application. Here you can complete – and keep track of – the next steps of your application.
- Upload the signed learning agreement in My Online Application (note: the learning agreement must be signed by your own university of applied sciences and yourself before uploading it on My Online Application)
- Since you are coming to BUas temporarily for a minor, it is important that you arrange payment in a correct manner via the following steps to arrange your proof of payment, a so-called BBC (Bewijs Betaald Collegegeld).
- Arrange the payment at your own institution
- Go to Studielink and request a BBC for BUas. Click here to go to the correct webpage (search on this page for the "Request for proof of paid tuition fees") for the step by step plan.
Make sure you complete all steps on time, as mentioned there are deadlines for downloading the learning agreement and starting your application. Once you have made a start in My Online Application, you have until 1 September / the start of the minor at the latest to complete your steps. Please note:
- Some minors have limited numbers of places available. Students will be admitted in order of application.
- If you are a student of an institution affiliated to Kies op Maat, the rules and agreements of Kies op Maat apply. The costs of the minor will be settled between BUas and your home institution. As a student, you won’t notice anything about this.
- If you are a student from a government-funded institution that is not affiliated to Kies op Maat, we will make separate arrangements about financing the minor before the start of the minor.