About Us

Over 40 boards of volunteers managed the Stichting Bètabanenmarkt. Our mission is to close the gap between the students of Leiden University and Leiden University of Applied Sciences closer and companies. We achieve this by organizing the Bètabanenmarkt and Bio Science Park Excursion.

How it all started

Over 40 years ago, the study associations of the science faculty of Leiden University saw the value of creating a shared career event for all science students. Although it started small, the event has grown ever since. Many companies were enthusiastic about this concept, and an annual Bètabanenmarkt has been organized since then.

The event kept growing, and it became clear that the Bètabanenmarkt was an established career event. In 1991 the Stichting Bètabanenmarkt was founded to organize the event from an independent entity.

Over the following years, the science faculty grew in number of students, and new studies arose. The Bètabanenmarkt was keen to accommodate all those new science students and keep improving the event. Meanwhile, many students with a science background were studying at the LUMC (Leiden University Medical Center). These students are nowadays an audience of the Bètabanennmarkt since they are a great match with students and companies already visiting the Bètabanenmarkt.

For the last ten years, we have focused on making the career event even more relevant to students and companies. We achieved this by inviting PhD candidates and international students. Also, the career event has proven valuable to sciences students of the Hogeschool Leiden. So now they are also visiting the event. We moved the event to a new location at Leiden University to accommodate the growth, providing more space to invite even more students and companies. Both companies and students are very enthusiastic about this growth, and there are many happy returning visitors.

This all resulted in the Bètabanenmarkt exceeding all expectations and growing from just shy of 300 visiting students to over 1200 students in a few years.

Do you, as a recruiter, student, next board member or volunteer, want the become part of our rich history?

The 41th board of Bètabanenmarkt

Sofia Bouwmeester

Raniya Asgarali

Secretary & Commissioner of Promotion

secretaris@betabanenmarkt.nl
promotie@betabanenmarkt.nl

Manne Vermeulen

Florian Velten

Commissioner of Logistics

logistiek@betabanenmarkt.nl

Niek Verdaasdonk

Commissioner of External Relations &
Vice-chairperson

extern@betabanenmarkt.nl

Maja Wohlfarth

Commissioner of IT & of Promotion

IT@betabanenmarkt.nl
promotie@betabanenmarkt.nl

The Supervisory Board, who are they?

The board of the Bètabanenmarkt allow students to develop (soft) skills during their studies. Every year a new board takes place and manages the organization. To coach the board and assert the organization’s continuity, the Bètabanenmarkt has a supervisory board. The supervisory board comprises former board members with over 40 years of experience.

The following people are on the supervisory board:

Hannah Rakers

Voorzitter
Logistiek 2023

Benthe Smit

Vice-voorzitter
Externe Relaties 2024

Nick Tijsterman

Voorzitter 2021

Jorn Ticheler

BSPE 2020

Merel Korstanje

Logistiek 2024

Zoë Nieuwenkamp

Secretaris 2024

Max Verhage

Promotie 2024

Simone Verburgt

Lid Kas Commissie
Penningmeester 2022

Michiel Otte

Lid Kas Commissie
Penningmeester 2021

Jasmijn Loggers

Lid Kas Commissie
Penningmeester 2024

Sophia van Goor

Lid Kas Commissie
Penningmeester 2023

Remi Baar

Lid Kas Commissie
Voorzitter 2015

You can contact the supervisory board at rvt@betabanenmarkt.nl 

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