What do you do when your Master’s degree isn’t recognised abroad?
Lisette Bedijn completed her Master’s in Health Psychology in 2012 and then planned to start working as a psychologist in Canada. Once she arrived, she discovered that her degree wasn’t recognised. It was an unexpected turn, but also a valuable lesson: a career doesn’t have to be perfectly mapped out to lead you to the right place.
University and children’s charity join forces for equal opportunities in the Caribbean
The Leiden University Fund (LUF) has spent the past year working on a special partnership centred on an ambitious project in the Dutch Caribbean. Together with the Kinderpostzegels children’s charity, CEDE ARUBA and Leiden University researchers, the LUF applied for National Postcode Lottery funding.