The secret of tiger moms Dr. Cha-Hsuan Liu is a university lecturer at the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University. Currently she teaches Youth Study, Multicultural society and Health in society. Her work focuses not only on Diversity sensitivity and Health but also on other interdisciplinary studies, such as Education and Innovation Sciences. She…
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Back to the future: the Dutch DNA Cees van Lotringen is a writer, journalist and entrepreneur. For writing his latest book ‘Tot hier en nu verder’ he studied Dutch history and discovered three differentiating qualities that make the Dutch, Dutch. Dutch people are pragmatic, entrepreneurial and liberal-minded. His ideas are fundamental when talking about Dutch…
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Meeting is the new form of learning ‘War in my neighbourhood’ organises meetings between primary school pupils and local older people, to give the students a taste of the living history of their area. Students are taught how to interview their ‘neighbour’, go tot heir home to have a meeting and finally present their findings.…
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Mixed reality in higher education A team of experts from the University of Leiden and the Leiden UMC has added a new feature to the Microsoft HoloLens, which enables the medical holograms in the app to move with the human body. This enables a real-time, three-dimensional model for students to learn from, using their own…
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The power of (classical) singing Anthony Heidweiller, a baritone, operamaker, creator, inspirer and promoter of innovative opera concepts, is a man with a mission: he wants to improve the world through art. Like no one else, he succeeds in making opera relevant and bridging gaps between generations. Anthony explains why sharing your own personal story…
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