Already a year ago I applied for the Frans Seda Twin Scholarship. I remember doubting if I should apply as I was not fully finished yet with my thesis proposal. When I got the newsContinue reading

  It was at a cloudy day that I found myself sitting in the train on the way from Tilburg to my hometown Utrecht. I studied Interdisciplinary Social Science in Utrecht before and now IContinue reading

It is already a year ago that I started the Frans Seda Foundation Twin Scholarship adventure. It feels like the time the last year has flew by. With a lot of puzzling and planning, IContinue reading

When I heard about the Twin Scholarship for the first time, I thought: why should I apply? What are the benefits of this scholarship for my research? Applying for this scholarship might even delay myContinue reading

I am Nurul Khansa Fauziyah, a student of Magister Sociology Programme Universitas Indonesia and I am currently writing my thesis. Since my bachelor degree, I was dreamed about studying abroad. But destiny still kept meContinue reading

As an Asian myself, I barely had dreamt that much about Asia before I came to the Netherlands for further study. I had always dreamt of living in Europe, which seemed to be a placeContinue reading

I never thought I could have a chance to do my academic research in the land of windmills. Two years ago I decided to do my master program at the law faculty of Atmajaya UniversityContinue reading

During the end of my bachelor I became interested in my current master program; Management of Cultural Diversity. I decided to visit an open day where information about the master program was presented. During thisContinue reading

Starting with my overall experience in Indonesia, I can say that I had an absolutely great one throughout the entire period of my stay. Although writing the thesis is seen as boring and pointless taskContinue reading

Today, on the 8th of April, all Frans Seda Twin-Scholarship students, including myself, came together in order to be prepared for our research abroad. Firstly Rennie Roos, who organized the event, introduced us to theContinue reading

On Friday March 3rd, the Indonesia Nederland Youth Society (INYS) briefed two Frans Seda students from Tilburg University prior to their departure to Indonesia. Both students, Nathan Spiro and Yanwei Yang, are studying Management inContinue reading

I clearly remember the moment when my professor introduced the Frans Seda Foundation to us. I knew it immediately, I would love to conduct research about Indonesia! Some classmates turned around at the time andContinue reading

The Once in a Lifetime Chance: My Awesome Europe Odyssey Back in November 2015, when my Head of Programme offered the opportunity to spend three months doing research in Tilburg University, Netherlands, I wasn’t very interested.Continue reading

My Time in Tilburg, Netherlands In February 2016, I was granted a rare and wonderful opportunity by Frans Seda Foundation: to study for three months in Tilburg, Netherlands. I am a student in the DepartmentContinue reading

I still remember clearly how happy I was when I was told by one of my university staff that I was awarded a Twin Scholarship from Frans Seda Foundation, after a long assessment process atContinue reading