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'The right to vote' and Catalan independence 06 May 2017
Politicians in Barcelona are preparing for a new political battle. Nationalists fighting for Catalan independence have announced that they will organi...
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LUC student wins Next Generation Womens Leaders Award 26 April 2017
LUC student Imane el Morabit is one of the winning students of the Next Generation Women Leaders Award 2017, presented by the consultancy firm McKinse...
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Understanding yourself: worth making time for 25 April 2017
Every year the international leadership course of the Leiden Honours Academy, the International Leiden Leadership Programme (ILLP), attracts master’s ...
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Honours Class students defend plans for society 06 March 2017
Nine Honours Class students pitched their plans on 3 March to make the city of Leiden safer, more transparent and more democratic. In this version of ...
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‘The sky is not the limit for Honours students’ 16 November 2016
Making Mars suitable for human habitation or giving first-year lectures as a student. For the past three years, 150 bachelor’s students have followed ...
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Thinking ‘out of the box’ at the Honours College Law 10 November 2016
Professor of Sociology of Law Maartje van der Woude has been appointed as the new Director of the Honours College Law (HC Law). She will succeed Sjoer...
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International Leiden Leadership Programme 2016 students receive Honours Certificate! 13 July 2016
The masterstudents who participated in the International Leiden Leadership Programme (ILLP), received their honours certificate at the festive closing...
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Bright young schoolchildren attend lectures in Leiden 31 May 2016
Thirty bright young schoolchildren from the Schilderswijk district of The Hague came to Leiden on Saturday. They attended a lecture by Judi Mesman, Pr...
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Honours Academy experimenting with Virtual Reality 11 April 2016
The Honours Academy has recently started working with the new visual technology Virtual Reality (VR). 'It is important to look beyond your own borders...
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Public Leadership Challenge: finding new solutions to complex issues 06 February 2016
Monday afternoon 11 January saw the first Public Leadership Challenge: a gathering of professionals, academics and students. The theme was a hotly deb...
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ILLP 2016 off to a flying start 03 February 2016
The third edition of the International Leiden Leadership Programme (ILLP) has kicked off with a successful opening seminar at the Sterrewacht.
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Looking back on the LGA symposium 28 January 2016
On Saturday 16 January 2016, the Faculty of Archaeology opened its doors to welcome over 100 archaeology and living archaeology enthusiasts from all o...
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'Have an answer ready! A fallacy if need be...' 31 October 2015
The As-Soennah mosque in the Schilderswijk, The Hague. The mosque where young Muslims of all kinds, moderate to orthodox, find a place. We, students f...
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'Fortress Europe' at the Humanities Lab Cafe 15 October 2015
Thursday 1 October, Humanities Lab hosted the second edition of the Humanities Lab Cafe; this edition’s theme was migration. Professors Leo Lucassen a...
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Honours Academy Star awarded to Jan Sleutels 09 October 2015
The third Honours Academy Star was awarded to Jan Sleutels during the opening ceremony of the academic year of the Honours Academy on Tuesday 6 Octobe...