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A more sustainable Leiden through citizen science 15 September 2022In the Leiden Municipality Challenge, 25 students investigated how Leiden could become more sustainable. In doing so, they enlisted the help of the ci...
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Honours Class reconciles students with the unpredictability of life 15 August 2022The course Designing Your Life helps students navigate their career pathways. As it turns out, these pathways are full of twists and turns and - as wi...
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Social Science Lab: think tanks that do 18 July 2022In June the Final Festival took place, the closing event of the 'Social Science Lab'. New participants of Honours College Science and Society presente...
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TED Talks for a better world 14 July 2022At the conference of the Honours College Science & Society, students present TED Talks on a social issue of their interest. ‘It brings together everyt...
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Renewed Leiden Leadership Programme ‘provides tools to make a difference’ 27 June 2022The Leiden Leadership Programme is going to innovate. After 12 years, the honours track for master’s students will get a new set-up. We asked two of t...
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‘If I had put my story in a paper, nobody would have read it' 20 June 2022During a closing exhibition, participants of the Master Honours Class 'Leiden: City of Refugees?' present their invitation to an imaginary group of 'o...
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‘You feel connected to the people of a bygone era’ 16 June 2022Documenting and preserving rock art in the Pakistani Himalayas; this was the aim of the ‘Karakorum Rescue Project’ to which students at the Honours Co...
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‘How can you lead an organisation when you do not yet know yourself?’ 30 May 2022How to implement good leadership? This is the central question posed during the inspiration seminars of the LLP, in which renowned guest speakers shar...
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Honours Class tackles climate change head-on 25 May 2022An international and interdisciplinary collaborative effort, the Honours Class ‘Sustainability Beyond Frustration: Saving the Planet as an Academic Sk...
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First ever Honours College Conference 'shows unending possibilities' 24 May 2022From a Tuscany escape room to scientific illustrations of flowers, and from Chinese movie subtitles to innovative education methods for children, ever...
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PRE-Class Psychology concludes with project presentations on emotions 09 May 2022At this year's conclusion of the PRE-Class Psychology, the central hall of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences became a hub of knowledge ex...
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Honours Class makes cultural heritage tangible: ‘You are dealing with people’ 22 April 2022An Honours Class about the ostensibly unrecognisable worlds of insular Southeast Asia teaches students a fundamental piece of wisdom: "We do not diffe...
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Jacobijn Gussekloo new Dean of the Honours Academy 14 April 2022As of 19 April 2022, professor Jacobijn Gussekloo has been appointed Dean of the Honours Academy at Leiden University. Gussekloo is professor of Prima...
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Young Diplomat Conference: ‘Alliances are forged over lunch’ 07 April 2022The year is 2032 and the Arctic ice cap has melted causing new trade routes to emerge. This case is the focal point of the Young Diplomat Conference d...
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How to communicate: LLP Skills Café 08 March 2022On the menu of the LLP Skills Café no beer and snacks, but communication skills as listening, resolving conflicts, and giving feedback. ‘Once you real...