How future-proof are you?
The future, and yes, also the labor market, is quite unpredictable. How helpful would it be to show up well prepared and to be able to tackle every possible change [...]
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11, 2016
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10, 2016
How to easily earn thousands of euros more
It always felt inappropriate to me to negotiate about the price in a store. There is already a price on the article, so why negotiate? That completely changed when I bought a new couch for my apartment. Lured in by attractive commercials and awesome deals, I walked into the store. Not realizing I just [...]
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08, 2016
Tension and excitement: Skills Program starts today
Today it is going to happen. After nine months of preparation the innovative, bilingual Academic Skills program that we designed and developed for the 1,000 new freshmen at Tilburg University will start! Wondering how the program came about and who and what was involved to create it? Read it in this blog post. Here they are! The [...]
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04, 2016
Power2Improve realizes innovative skills program for Tilburg University
Generally speaking, college students don't have access to good skills education. A thousand incoming freshmen of Tilburg University [...]
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04, 2015
Learn to fail, or fail to learn
The main lesson Harvard Psychology professor and author Tal Ben-Shahar likes to teach his students is: "Make sure you that fail, and that you fail well." In this video he explains why he thinks that that is so important: "It is the only way to learn." He also introduces the biggest failure champion in history: [...]
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04, 2015
Mindful dealing with stress and emotions
How does it feel to be angry? What happens in your body? And what is the best way, in those cases, to relax? These kids know, and tell you in this video. Do you want more peace of mind as well? A way to focus and concentrate better? To be more creative? Mindfulness helps you [...]
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09, 2014
Gustaaf is ready for Croatia
Before summer we won the international tender of the European Union to boost PhD education in Croatia. Here you see Gustaaf in full preparation of his two-week trip. In four three-day workshops he will be training university professors and staff from all the universities in Croatia on how to train PhD students on leadership, professional [...]