With only a couple of weeks to go until the end of the semester, we would like to provide a brief insight regarding the outcomes of the mid-term evaluations and of course we would like to send out a a big thank you to all who have filled out the evaluations!
On May 12 (13.00 – 19:00), the second edition of TEDx Leiden University, organised by Leiden University students will take place. Ticket sales have started, so get them while they are still available!
Currently, the consultancy course Practicing International Studies (PRINS), where third year students compete in consultancy teams to solve real issues proposed by real organisations, is in full swing. But what happens with the work of student consultants after PRINS?
Wednesday afternoon April 10th the 2nd edition of the Campus The Hague Career Event took place, organised by Career Service. More than 500 students and recent graduates from three faculties were in Wijnhaven to attend workshops and to network with employers.
Nassim was in the first cohort of students who began the bachelor’s programme in International Studies in 2012. His foreign classmates changed his outlook on the world. He now advises managers and civil servants on issues in higher education and internationalisation. His international perspective helps him in that.
Want to help improve your degree programme, the University and the city? Then complete the National Student Survey. You also stand the chance of winning a fantastic prize. And you support refugee students at the same time. The NSE will now close on April 2.
In the 21st century skills 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" Most of the tutors have acquired these skills during their studies, fieldwork for their masters or PhD and are happy to share their impressions and experiences. For this article, we talked to Zeynep Gültekin.
From 8 to 11 April 2019 university elections will take place again. As a student you can vote for your representatives in the University Council and the Faculty Council. As a staff member, you can vote for your representatives in the Faculty Council and/or the Employee Council.
Want to help improve your degree programme, the University and the city? Then complete the National Student Survey. You also stand the chance of winning a fantastic prize. And you support refugee students at the same time. The NSE will close on Monday 24 March.
Dr. Sara Brandellero (Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society), who teaches Culture Latin America among other courses at International Studies, will lead a research project about urban night life and migration, culture and integration in eight European cities. Together with Dr. Kamila Krakowska and Prof. Frans-Willem Korsten, also researchers at LUCAS and lecturers in our programme, she will collaborate with four other European universities to answer the question how night spaces are dynamically produced, imagined, experienced and narrated by migrant communities in Europe. This way, Night spaces: culture, migration and integraTion in Europe (NITE) aims to support community well being and better integration by taking culture after dark as a central axis of its analysis.