Royal decoration for Ria van der Lecq

Dr. Ria van der Lecq
Dr Ria van der Lecq

Dr Ria van der Lecq (Liberal Arts and Sciences) is one of five UU staff members who receive a Royal Decoration this year. She has been decorated as Knight in the Order of Orange Nassau by the mayor of her home town on Friday 24 April, the Friday before King's Day (27 April).

She was recommended by Utrecht University for this decoration, primarily because of her influential ideas on education innovation. In 2003 she was the founder of the first Liberal Arts and Sciences degree programme in the Netherlands at Utrecht University, which has been followed by several other universities. Apart from her academic career, Ria van der Lecq is also very active in society. Among other things, she has been a council member in Leiden, a board member of a large school during a complex merger, and a secretary to a youth orchestra for many years.

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