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The Personal Development Plan (PDP) is both the start of the programme and key to your outcome of the programme. You set learning goals by focusing on the knowledge and/or skills you want to acquire. Focusing on your personal development (based on your own starting point) will help you compose the right honours modules i.e. your personal version of the programme. At the end of the year you reflect at your progress and what this means for your future, writing the final part of your PDP. Your faculty coordinator guides you through all the steps of writing your PDP.

"At the beginning it was quite hard to set specific learning goals for myself. The meetings with my faculty coordinator were really helpful. We ended up reflecting most of the time on my goal “how to take the lead in projects” ."

During the Master Classes you follow courses to enrich your understanding of the context of leadership. In these courses a scientific approach is combined with personal stories of prominent lecturers and guest speakers. You will choose four Master Classes that suit your interests most. The courses have an interactive character: students engage in dialogue with the lecturers and each other.

Examples of Master Classes:

• (Neuro)biology of Leadership
• Leadership in Medical Ethics
• Climate law and policy

"I discovered how leadership in a classroom is actually more similar to leadership within a business context than I thought beforehand."

In the next part you follow a workshop that is in line with your focus on personal development. Together with other students and a supervisor you will develop leadership skills (e.g. presenting), while exchanging valuable insights with each other regarding these skills.

Examples of Personal Development Workshops:

• Sparkle when you speak
• Intercultural Perspectives
• Express yourself as a leader

"Within the workshop ‘Express yourself as a leader’ we practice with challenging situations. It makes me realize that I have never been fully aware of my  body language and facial expression. Knowing this, I can now express myself in a better way."

Practice what you preach! In the Leadership Lab you are challenged to experience, practice and observe several leadership skills. Together with a student team and guided by a supervisor, you will be working on an assignment for an organization of your interest (in the public, private or societal sector). In this way you will start building work experience based on your knowledge and skills about leadership.

Examples of Leadership Labs:

• Critical care decision making
• Podcasting Science
• New Energy Coalition: Research assistent

"My team consists of students with a variety of skills and knowledge. Together we are organizing a great event!"

Now it is your turn! With your Master Work you design and carry out your own project in which you put your newly acquired knowledge and skills into practice. The content can be geared to your plans for the future. Do you want to start your own business? Do you want to organize conferences, or would you prefer working on (writing a grant proposal for) a research project?

"I am thinking about working at a bigger company, specialized in health care consultancy. For this reason, I want to organize a network event for relevant companies. I notice that my former experiences (the workshop and lab) really helped me to perform this project."