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‘The sound of the city became the score for a musical instrument’
Do the sounds that surround you as you cycle through the city sometimes annoy you? Don’t worry, because we can actively change the situation, says sou...
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Working on sustainable solutions: ‘Beware of the pitfalls’
The world’s population is expected to rise to 9 billion people in 2050. At the same time, climate change urges us to dramatically reduce our use of re...
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Tackling corona challenges by understanding the other
How to address loneliness during quarantine, keep healthcare workers healthy, and deal with social distancing in a person’s final hours? Before we can...
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Students inspire one another in new honours magazine
Children will be able to return to school in the near future, but students from Leiden University are not that fortunate. For the rest of this academi...
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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 yourself
Stress, 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 nature
In 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 documentaries
More 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 grow
On 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 innovation
How 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 debate
Most 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...