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. 

Newways Training Company: practical experience in (business) events and travel.

What is it all about? 
As a student doing a traineeship at Newways Training Company you will organise field trips, congresses and events, such as Industry Days, Everything Procedural conference, placement experience days, etc. In this way, you will learn to run a business! In addition, you and your colleagues will be responsible for run-ning the Newways Travel Desk and arrange all business trips for employees of Breda University of Applied Sciences. 

What‘s in it for me? 
By doing so, you will gain a lot of experience and expand your professional network in the leisure and tourism industries, which can be very helpful in your future career. It is a valuable year in which you will work hard on your personal development. And what’s more, you will regularly be ‘on the road’ - when possible and needed also abroad - and work as an event manager.  

How about my graduation? 
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 traineeship at Newways Training Company. So if you want to engage in practice- oriented learning, take this chance to graduate with a portfolio instead of a thesis.

• Running a business with (considerable) responsibility and autonomy
• Creating / improving organisational and communication skills
• Personal development (partly) demand-driven, i.e., your own demand

To achieve these goals, Newways Training Company provides:

• One year of work experience, solely with real life assignments
• Personal and intensive coaching ‘on the job’
• A professional work environment with great colleagues!

Sophie, a former Newways employee about her experiences at Newways Training Company:  

“During my Newways year I organised several field trips (even one to China!) and events (I remember the Everything Procedural Conference for the Academy for Games & Media, which was quite a challenge). All this practical experience was of added value in finding a job after my studies. I now work as a groups & incentives project manager at a great company.”  

We are happy to welcome students from outside BUas. If you are you studying in the field of Tourism or Leisure & Events, and willing to work in an inspiring learning environment five days a week for one year, please join Newways! 

Provided by Newways Training Company

Development interviews: these are about your performance and the circumstances related to your performance, making wishes and needs known and translating these into goals for personal development. Both you and your supervisor submit discussion points. 

Competencies
If you would like to be part of the Newways team 2025-2026 you are:

• Able to work independently and in a team
• Innovative and creative
• Creative with budget and time with a strong customer focus
• Stress resistant, accurate and systematic
• Communicative and you have a service- oriented approach
• In possession of a positive and energetic attitude

Are you enthusiastic or do you want to have more information? It is also possible to have a look around our office and talk to the current Newways students. Just make an appointment with one of the Newways members via newways@buas.nl or tel. 076-533 23 90.  

Structure of the minor
During the entire academic year, you will be working for Newways Training Company full-time, from which one day is dedicated to your portfolio. When a field trip, event or conference is your responsibility, you will consult the client, contact suppliers, negotiate prices, establish a programme, handle all communication with the participants and usually, you are also 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 the current Newways team members; this happens in weeks 27 and 28 (between 30 June and 11 July 2025). In the new academic year, your contract will start on Monday 1 September 2025. 

Teaching methods
Learning by doing!

At Newways Training Company you need a hands-on mentality which basically means that you are continuously learning on the job. You will be coached and supervised while you are executing your tasks.

International context
During this traineeship you will have several international contacts. When organising an event or field trip, you will be in contact with national and international suppliers and sometimes your client is international as well. Within BUas and especially the Innovation Square (where Newways Training Company is located) you will be part of an international environment. 

Costs
Not applicable