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New Dean: ‘Get students involved in developing honours education’On 1 March 2020, Jos Schaeken will become the new Dean of the Honours Academy. He is taking over from Ton van Haaften, who is retiring after four year...
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Learning management by taking a good look at yourselfStress, conflicts, and dilemmas: the life of a manager is not always a bed of roses. An Honours Class at Leiden University helps student board members...
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New Honours Classes on health and natureIn March, the Honours Academy will be launching two new Master Honours Classes. In these classes, students with a curious mind will have the opportuni...
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‘The ILLP has been helpful for every human relation I have’What is leadership? Can it be taught, and if so, how? The International Leiden Leadership Programme (ILLP) helps students find their own style, say IL...
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Are humans the robots of the future?Whether you want to repair a car or you’ve simply lost your keys: there’s a good chance that in the future there will be an augmented reality (AR) app...
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New insights through blogs and documentariesMore than eighty students of the Honours College track Science & Society completed their thematic courses. Instead of filling out an exam, they presen...
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Robots and our data: opportunity or danger?Self-driving cars, surgery robots, and stock market algorithms: the use of robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly increasing. What are the...
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The ILLP as a garden in which to growOn a sunny Saturday afternoon in May, twenty-five bright international students gathered in the Old Observatory to celebrate their graduation of the I...
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Poverty in Leiden tackled in Honours Class on social innovationHow can business strategies help us solve social problems? This was researched by students of the Master Honours Class 'Social Innovation in Action' o...
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‘Debating is about being a good listener’Apprentices in the art of debate: that is the best description of the group of secondary-school pupils from Pre-University College who battled it out ...
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The end of life as a subject for debateMost students do not have to deal with death on a daily basis. A Bachelor Honours Class about this specific topic seems to be a special experience: th...
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Five languages in one poemIn the Bachelor Honours Class ‘The Noble Art and Tricky Business of Translation’, Honours students learn about the tricky business of translation. To ...
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These students know what it’s like to be oldWhat is it like to be old? Many young people cannot really imagine what it is like. For a group of Honours students, however, this question has been a...
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Looking for happiness and personal developmentThere are not many classes in which students can talk about their fears, self-critique, or their own happiness. In the Bachelor Honours Class ‘Persona...
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Why would you need a manager?Lotte Croiset van Uchelen has worked at IT company Schuberg Philis for 11 years now. What makes this company so special? Ever since its foundation, on...