2003: three journalists, Maurice Dekkers, Teun van der Keuken and Roland Duong discover that a huge part of cacao, the main ingredient in chocolate, is produced by (child)slaves working in horrible circumstances in Ghana and Ivory Coast. They also uncover that the big chocolate companies are totally indifferent to do anything about this huge problem. 2005: […]
Career
My first experience with Aureus was the European Study Trip to Lisbon in my first year. A week of company visits, cultural activities and, of course, experiencing nightlife in Lisbon! After Lisbon, I decided to apply for committee membership and got accepted to organize the European Study Trip to Istanbul. The social activities of Aureus […]
As your study continues, you need to start looking to the future. We as students have to stand out in order to be recognized – not to put pressure on you or something. While this can be quite stressful at sometimes, there is no need to worry. The Aureus Career Platform is your call from […]
Member of Quote 500, 4000 employees, owner of 420 shops, women lover and father of three children. Roland Kahn is the founder of fashion brand CoolCat, owner of America Today, Sapph and MS Mode. The Aureus Blog Team went to the headquarters of ‘Cool Investments Group’ in Amsterdam East to ask him about the secrets […]
Before the holiday, an awesome event took place at the VU: ‘Kick Start your Future!’, organized by Aureus and Student Talks. Five motivational speakers where invited to the VU to share their stories and passions in life, with the goal to motivate other great thinkers here at our university. Feeling the lack of motivation to […]
If you haven’t seen them yet, you have probably been living under a stone or you just came back from vacation. The ‘Swapfiets’ is taking over our capital city since last summer and it was a gift from heaven during the introduction week as everyone could instantly have a proper bike to use. The concept […]