{"id":377,"date":"2013-03-13T18:37:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T17:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studentenbridgeleiden.nl?page_id=377"},"modified":"2017-09-06T13:23:02","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T11:23:02","slug":"steun-universiteit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.studentenbridgeleiden.nl\/en\/sponsors\/steun-universiteit","title":{"rendered":"Support university"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Carel<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Without ambition, it won't work!\u2019 Dutch bridge and Leiden University have that in common. In bridge, the Netherlands managed to become world champions last year. I believe that we, as Leiden University, have a societal duty to strive for excellence, to reach for the world's top. In legal studies \u2013 my own field \u2013 we have a foundation for this that goes back to Hugo de Groot, a scholar who is once again extremely relevant in today's globalizing world.
\nIn the beta sciences, we experienced a golden age in the late nineteenth century with Nobel Prizes for Kamerlingh Onnes, Hendrik Lorentz, and Willem Einthoven. I don't think it's a coincidence that all three attended the Hogere Burgerschool (HBS), established in 1863, a type of school that paid significantly more attention to exact sciences than the gymnasium and served as a breeding ground for an ambitious middle class. I am convinced that it is precisely from a close-knit, interconnected, and simultaneously outward-looking Leiden university community that we are capable of making leaps in our knowledge again and again.
\n\u201cMy playing is learning, my learning is playing\u201d is the well-known line of poetry by Hieronymus van Alphen, also a Leiden alumnus. I don't know if bridge falls under that, but I wholeheartedly support Leiden student bridge.<\/p>\n

Prof. Mr. Carel Stolker
\nRector Magnificus & Chairman<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Zonder ambitie gaat het niet!\u2019 Dat hebben het Nederlandse bridge en de Leidse universiteit gemeen. In bridge wist Nederland vorig jaar wereldkampioen te worden. Ik vind dat wij als Leidse Universiteit maatschappelijk de plicht hebben om te willen uitblinken, te reiken naar de wereldtop. In de rechtsgeleerdheid \u2013 mijn eigen vakgebied – hebben we hiervoor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":630,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-377","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t