If you follow International Studies on Instagram (@ba.international.studies) you might have noticed that every Wednesday is themed “Well-being” (the alliteration made us do it…). Students have been sharing their best advice and personal experience, telling us how they are getting through these days. During the past months, recognizable stories and tips on motivation, focus and how to stay healthy (mentally/physically/…) have been featured. Interested in what these students had to say? We’ve bundled three of the student stories for you. Enjoy! And if you are interested in reading more, check out our Instagram account!
In November, we specifically asked our students about their well-being in a large survey. The present article summarizes some of the most interesting findings.
Alumna Marte Luesink took both a bachelor’s in International Studies and a master’s in International Politics at Leiden University. Very quickly after graduating she was offered a job as researcher at the Leiden Institute of Political Science.
The start of every year brings a new challenge and additional ‘flavour ’with it. Large numbers of freshmen come in, populating lecture and tutorial rooms, sharing their enthusiasm with each other and with older students, ‘camping’ in de cafeteria, and inside and outside the Wijnhaven building.
An update from the Team Leader Administration of the BA International Studies, Ariënne de Bruijn
In the previous newsletter, we published an article on Things That Talk. In this article, you’ll read about two entries in Things That Talk by International Studies student Sophie Spickenbom. She tells you more about these two wonderful stories, and how she found out about them.
Are you tired of listening to never-ending-success-stories and feel like you might be the only one where things did not go as planned? We, humans, pay so much attention to the “winners” that we don’t know what to do when we’re part of “the rest”. Not all of us do our bachelors in three years, have a great time studying abroad and making new friends or succeed in other parts of what is called studying.
Hello everyone! Our names are Mila and Obaida, and we are both third year students of the International Studies programme here at Leiden University. Over the last few weeks, we have been working with a team of dedicated International Studies students on a project that will help students reconnect, socialise, and meet new people.
In this interview, we’re talking to Bas le Cointre, third year student International Studies. During the pandemic this year, he did an internship for a renowned Dutch radio station, where he produced his own podcast series. We ask him more about this experience, and what his advice is to fellow students.
As this year crawls to a close, its worth reflecting on where we were twelve months ago. That feels like a really long time ago. When I took over as programme chair on 1 February, Corona was looming, but we still had little idea what an impact it would have on everything. Since then its often been hard to maintain a positive vibe about anything.