Today the ever illustrious, well-groomed but above all very nice Pieter Verhoeve taught at Mandeville. Pieter has thus ended the 2022-2023 academic year as the last guest lecturer. The omega. Thanks, Pieter!

Today the eloquent and brilliant Prof. Gerrit Timmer, emeritus professor of Econometrics at the VU and (co-)founder of ORTEC, teaches at Mandeville. Hurrah!

In recent days, student teams have given three presentations on cold cases for the Northern Netherlands Criminal Investigation Department and The Hague Criminal Investigation Department. We are not allowed to say anything about the content. But oh boy, what a ride. We can mention that a Public Prosecutor saw sufficient reason in the recommendations of … Lees verder →

Yesterday the illustrious Vik Franke taught. About leadership, among other things. What a great lecture. Thanks, Vik!

Many thanks Guido Imbens (Stanford University | Nobel Prize Laureate Economics 2021) for the guest lecture at Mandeville Academy. Our students loved the inspirational lecture. We noticed that a number of students were a little ‘star struck’ and others would have loved to discuss all evening. We especially enjoyed the personal introduction by Professor Imbens … Lees verder →

Mandeville Academy is an independent educational institute that offers gifted young people the space to study in a way that suits them. Today I talked to students, together with Marieke Maesen (very nice to do this as a tandem!). Various themes were discussed for three hours. The importance of being yourself (‘you are good just … Lees verder →

Today our students visited Daan van der Vorm, successful scion of the well-known philanthropic Rotterdam family (HAL). Great session. Thanks, Daan! They were guided, among others, by lecturer Joost de Jong (Royal Heijmans).

Once again Odilia taught Ranitz etiquette. This time to prepare the students for the graduation ceremony.

On May 24, 2023, the students of Mandeville Academy organized the Himmler/Grunberg dialogue. Katrin Himmler (grandniece of Heinrich Himmler) talked to Arnon Grunberg (bestselling author and traumatized by his parents’ Auschwitz past). It was a meaningful, emotional evening. The evening was introduced by Hans Pieter Sklapdel (lecturer/moderator Mandeville). Katrin Himmler Attentive hearing Audience asks questions … Lees verder →

The visit of Natalia Gavrilita, former Prime Minister of Moldova, to Gouda, organized by Mandeville Academy, was a great success. First she gave a lecture for the students of Mandeville, followed by a seminar organized by the Mandeville students in the old town hall. The next day a visit to the House of Representatives was … Lees verder →