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‘A logical step from medieval literature to fact-checking’ 16 May 2019Alumnus Peter Burger – along with his colleague Alexander Pleijter – is the face of fact-checking in the Netherlands. ‘My degree led straight to this.’
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Only in America: chemist becomes America correspondent 29 April 2019Chemistry, which is what Hans Klis studied in Leiden, is not what one might expect of a general journalist. ‘I’m a late bloomer,’ he says, despite hav...
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How a very international archaeologist was born 03 April 2019From mandrill teeth to the microstructure of bones: archaeology alumna Simone Lemmers (31) is determined to reveal the past by studying old remains. H...
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International Studies helped Nassim Abba broaden his horizon: ‘Everyone brings their own outlook with them’ 27 March 2019Nassim was in the first cohort of students who began the bachelor’s programme in International Studies in 2012. His foreign classmates changed his out...
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Tyron Offerman: ‘One straight line from when I was 5 to now’ 21 March 2019Tyron Offerman wants to get the most out of life. This 28-year-old computer scientist and business economics graduate has an impressive three jobs: IT...
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Laura van Broekhoven: ‘For me, it’s about the stories and who’s telling them’ 20 February 2019Laura van Broekhoven always knew she wanted to study archaeology, and that’s exactly what she did. Now this Leiden alumna is director of the Pitt Rive...
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From research project to market leader in cycling tours for elderly 09 November 2018‘In Hong Kong, the elderly found our popular nature routes boring, so they now cycle our action-packed routes through New York.’ What once started as ...
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Volvo Ocean Race winner Carolijn Brouwer has sailing in her blood 17 July 2018Carolijn Brouwer and ambitious are synonymous. That has got her a long way. She was the first woman to be part of the winning team of the Volvo Ocean ...
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‘The depletion of the Earth’s resources is coming closer every year’ 14 June 2018A packaging-free shop, small mobile homes, solar panels on all Leiden's roofs… Jeroen Schrama, alumnus of Public Administration, is a creative world i...
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Non-standard career path: from studying Japanese to making offices greener 29 May 2018The Linked In profile of alumnus Arne Driessen describes him as a ‘serial entrepreneur’. After studying Japanese he ended up working for a translation...
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The Leiden Connection - screenwriter Gerard Soeteman looks back 14 February 2018Gerard Soeteman (1936) created a furore as a screenwriter of films that became classics (Dutch films: Turks Fruit, Soldaat van Oranje, de Aanslag), bu...
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Out into the world, camera in hand: Tulasi Das became a filmmaker 01 February 2018Leiden alumna Tulasi Das moved to England to pursue a career in film, was accepted onto the BBC Trainee Scheme and now works in London as a researcher...
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Good-natured twins on the secret jungles in the city 17 January 2018In Dutch TV programme Early Birds, Marvin and Kevin Groen (26) showed viewers areas of nature in the city that often go unnoticed. These good-natured...
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‘Banks can improve the position of women in Africa’ 30 May 2017Ineke Bussemaker studied Maths at Leiden University and now works as a banker in Tanzania. In an interview in alumni magazine Leidraad she brings thos...
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Student in war time 20 April 2017Jacques Waisvisz (98) is one of our oldest living alumni. As a Jewish student in the Second World War, he was forbidden from completing his studies. H...