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Life after International Studies 15 December 2020
Did you ever wonder about your opportunities after graduating? Did most International Studies students go to find a job or did the majority go on to pursue their Master’s degree? And maybe more interesting, in what kind of sectors do they end up once they start working? This year, the Career Service Humanities conducted a survey amongst alumni who graduated between 2016 and 2020 to hear about what happened after graduation….
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UN Youth Delegate Dennis Jansen: 'We live as if there are ten earths' 03 December 2020
Alumnus Dennis Jansen was recently elected as Youth Delegate at the United Nations. For the next two years, he is committed to the area of Sustainable Development and will discuss this topic with young people.
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Area Fair 2020 02 November 2020
On the 23 October, an online version of the Area Fair took place. At the Area Fair the various regions and languages that students can choose from to specialize in at International Studies present themselves. Also, students can ask questions to some of the lecturers teaching the courses and to fellow students who have already chosen their specializations.
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Roos Imkamp on Sustainable Young 100 27 October 2020
Roos Imkamp is an alumna of the first International Studies cohort from 2015. She is now a Sustainability Medior Consultant and has been elected as one of the Sustainable Young 100 (Duurzame Jonge 100) of the Netherlands.
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The student self-care roadmap 27 October 2020
Roadmaps are hot. Since this week, the corona measures roadmap is released in the Netherlands. Clearly, difficult times require helpful documents that provide an overview of the situation. Also for students, it’s not always easy to navigate through our website or know where to go with a certain question. That’s a shame, since the University offers quite some helpful support when you perhaps do not feel as happy, healthy, or positive as you used to.
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International Studies and Being Critical 27 October 2020
What does it mean to be critical? Are there any ground rules for pursuing a critical line of thinking, or is everything permitted? Should arguments be based on identity or rationality? Is it ever acceptable to negatively typecast someone we disagree with? These are increasingly crucial questions for any academic environment. For us as International Studies, it is important that we recognise the basic principles of where we are – a university – and who we are – a scholarly community.
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International Studies online Pubquiz (Friday 13 November, 17:00) 27 October 2020
Don't miss this unique opportunity to show your knowledge, connect to others from your own couch and win that tasty prize!
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Meet Rose Rorije 27 October 2020
Meet Rose Rorije - career advisor and internship coordinator - and together with Atse Fokkens she takes care of the career service for International Studies. That means, she gives you a hand in checking what your options are right now when looking for an interesting job after graduation. She can also help you with searching and applying for an internship. And how to arrange it according to the faculty’s procedure. In this mini interview she'll tell a bit more about herself:
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Meet the students on the Programme Board 27 October 2020
The Programme Board International Studies is a very important body, as it is responsible for the teaching programme, i.e. for designing and implementing the teaching programme. The Board comprises of: the Programme Chair (Giles Scott-Smith), the Programme Manager (Jaap Kamphuis), and two students from International Studies. Who are this year’s students of the Programme Board, taking care of your wishes? They will introduce themselves here.
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About Mat, Grace and your thesis 27 October 2020
Your thesis. It’s the final achievement crowning your studies. It asks for hard work, patience, research and persistence. Not only from the students, but also from the thesis seminar supervisors and, maybe you weren’t aware: the Thesis Seminars Coordinator. At International Studies, we’re very lucky to have a dedicated Thesis Seminars Coordinator – devoted to smoothly coordinating the process of planning and organization.