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Honours Class reconciles students with the unpredictability of life 15 August 2022
The course Designing Your Life helps students navigate their career pathways. As it turns out, these pathways are full of twists and turns and - as wi...
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Social Science Lab: think tanks that do 18 July 2022
In June the Final Festival took place, the closing event of the 'Social Science Lab'. New participants of Honours College Science and Society presente...
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TED Talks for a better world 14 July 2022
At the conference of the Honours College Science & Society, students present TED Talks on a social issue of their interest. ‘It brings together everyt...
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Renewed Leiden Leadership Programme ‘provides tools to make a difference’ 27 June 2022
The Leiden Leadership Programme is going to innovate. After 12 years, the honours track for master’s students will get a new set-up. We asked two of t...
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‘You feel connected to the people of a bygone era’ 16 June 2022
Documenting and preserving rock art in the Pakistani Himalayas; this was the aim of the ‘Karakorum Rescue Project’ to which students at the Honours Co...
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‘How can you lead an organisation when you do not yet know yourself?’ 30 May 2022
How to implement good leadership? This is the central question posed during the inspiration seminars of the LLP, in which renowned guest speakers shar...
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Honours Class tackles climate change head-on 25 May 2022
An international and interdisciplinary collaborative effort, the Honours Class ‘Sustainability Beyond Frustration: Saving the Planet as an Academic Sk...
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First ever Honours College Conference 'shows unending possibilities' 24 May 2022
From a Tuscany escape room to scientific illustrations of flowers, and from Chinese movie subtitles to innovative education methods for children, ever...
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PRE-Class Psychology concludes with project presentations on emotions 09 May 2022
At this year's conclusion of the PRE-Class Psychology, the central hall of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences became a hub of knowledge ex...
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Honours Class makes cultural heritage tangible: ‘You are dealing with people’ 22 April 2022
An Honours Class about the ostensibly unrecognisable worlds of insular Southeast Asia teaches students a fundamental piece of wisdom: "We do not diffe...
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Young Diplomat Conference: ‘Alliances are forged over lunch’ 07 April 2022
The year is 2032 and the Arctic ice cap has melted causing new trade routes to emerge. This case is the focal point of the Young Diplomat Conference d...
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How to communicate: LLP Skills Café 08 March 2022
On the menu of the LLP Skills Café no beer and snacks, but communication skills as listening, resolving conflicts, and giving feedback. ‘Once you real...
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Learning about polarisation through conversations with refugees: ‘Our perception is often lacking’ 27 January 2022
Confronting your own biases, students of the course ‘Adults and Children in a Polarising World’ are not afraid to do exactly that. ‘The fact that my e...
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Lessons for better education 13 January 2022
If you could design your own education, how would you do it? That is what the students of the Bachelor Honours Class 'Rebuilding Education' asked them...
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Surprising productions at the Humanities Lab Film Festival 25 October 2021
Humour, science and creativity. During the Humanities Lab Film Festival this came all together in the short films that the students of the Honours Col...