Co-creating your student journey
Community, engagement, and well-being.
Community and engagement
We are committed to creating an inclusive learning environment and a resilient student community, where everyone feels welcome and seen.
We encourage connection, mutual engagement and collective growth. In doing so, we actively contribute ideas about your social safety and sense of belonging within the faculty.
By participating in Students for Students (S4S) activities and our creative offerings, you contribute to a warm environment for yourself and others. In this way, we strengthen the feeling of home on campus together.
We are always open to initiatives from students who want to make a difference for others or simply need to be together.
Well-being
During your time as a student you might encounter a variety of challenges regarding your well-being and you might need a little help from time to time.The POPcorner can help and support you in boosting your well-being. You can always turn to your study advisor or to the POPcorner counsellors for support.
Examples of our workshops & activities
- Creative workshops, such as Happy Clay Day, Painting with Coffee, Creative Hand Lettering, Create Poetry with Illustrations, etc.
- Purple Friday
- BookSwap fair
- Iftar event
- Winter dinner
- International student day
- At home in Leiden
- Be the first
- Buddy systems
- Pre-Study Programme
Read more on the POPcorner website:
You can find the current POPcorner offerings:
- in the Course calendar on the student website;
- and in the Brightspace Student Plaza: this Brightspace environment has been set up to help you find your way around our range of activities, so you can easily find what you are looking for, when you need it.
FSW study associations
There are various opportunities for (new) students to meet other students more easily, take part in fun activities and feel more connected to the university community.
Consider joining the study association for your programme at the faculty.
Study associations at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences:
- Emile (Education and Child Studies)
- Itiwana (Cultural Anthropology)
- Labyrinth (Psychology)
- LSK (Education and Child Studies/Minor Child Abuse)
- SPIL (Political Science)
Student associations: