428 Results found for "international studies"
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The world through an academic lens
When assessing the quality of teaching in an educational Program, the information provided by students on their course evaluations is often considered very relevant information to take into consideration.
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Latin America
Read the stories of our alumni specialized in Latin America here.
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East Asia
Read the stories of our alumni specialized in East Asia here.
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Curriculum update: programme changes in 2018/2019
As most of you know, we made some important changes to our curriculum last year. It is time for an update on some relevant changes. In this article you will find an overview of the most important changes.
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Word from the Chair
For the past few years I’ve been invited to give a couple of lectures at a diplomatic academy outside of Europe. I suspect they found me through a chance meeting between a couple of algorithms and a search engine, but I’m grateful for that. The lectures are about regional organisations, specifically ASEAN (Association for South East Asian Nations) and the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation).
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Africa
Read the stories of our alumni specialized in Africa here.
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North America
Read the stories of our alumni specialized in North America here.
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Q&A with Commonland: What makes PRINS so valuable for your organisation?
Annelies Sewell, from the Science and Education department at Commonland, was on hand 17 May 2018 to help jury the pitches of student teams. Commonland is a foundation putting soil remediation science into practical action. Its mission is to create an investable large-scale landscape restoration industry – aligned with international guidelines and policies – in close cooperation with experts and existing initiatives, with an approach based on a sustainable business model: 4 returns, 3 zones, 20 years.
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21st century skills: Tutors in the Wild, Arnout van Ree
In these articles we highlight tutors’ international and intercultural experiences. Leiden University strives to enable students to develop so called "21st century skills" which are defined as "the ability to work in teams, international and intercultural skills, entrepreneurship, leadership qualities and digital competences".
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Starting the new academic year with an astonishing football match!
I always heard that the Netherlands is famous for its unpredictable and unfavorable weather, and this summer proved that to be true. Nonetheless, the moment it started to get better, the summer vacation ended, and the new academic year started. Other students and I who spent their vacation in the Netherlands, were upset about this fact.