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Faces of Leiden University College The Hague 27 November 2019
Twenty-two year old student of Leiden University College The Hague, Sara Kemppainen on her role as European Union Delegate at the G(irls)20 Summit, fo...
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Thriller writer Jeroen Windmeijer: books have their own truth 21 November 2019
With cultural anthropology alumnus Jeroen Windmeijer, Leiden has added another writer to the fold. Following the success of his religious-historical t...
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A Change of Course: When Will We Realise We Are All In The Same Boat 06 November 2019
Part Three: A Change of Course
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Four pressured months trying to solve society’s woes 05 November 2019
In the National Think Tank, 20 young academics spend four months mulling over a solution to a societal problem. Two Leiden alumni tell us more.
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Following the Journey: When Will We Realise We Are All in the Same Boat? 22 October 2019
Part Two: Land Ahoy! Casa Blanca
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From refugees to expats: Dr Dennis helps them all 17 October 2019
Patients who can’t afford medicine. Refugees who need help. Expats who are ill. All alongside research into obesity. Having trained as a doctor, Denni...
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When Will We Realise We Are All in the Same Boat? 02 October 2019
Part One: Casting off, Amsterdam
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Alumna Gillian King: remedial educationalist and chicklit author 19 September 2019
Clinical Child and Adolescent Studies graduate Gillian King has two different jobs. Together with a partner, she runs ‘Het Leerhuis,’ a support centre...
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Alumnus Chris Colijn on his traineeship at a think tank, his master’s degree and advice for other graduates 01 July 2019
What does life look like after International Studies? For Chris Colijn who graduated in 2018, it involves working on his master’s in Russian and Euras...
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‘A logical step from medieval literature to fact-checking’ 16 May 2019
Alumnus 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 2019
Chemistry, 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 2019
From 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 2019
Nassim 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 2019
Tyron 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 2019
Laura 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...