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+% \flushleft removes indentation from tabular
+% @{} removes column spacing in front of the first tabular column
+% p{\textwidth} formats the tabular environment as a paragraph, at the same width as regular text
+\begin{flushleft}
+\begin{tabular}{@{}p{\textwidth}}
     \textbf{Thesis committee}                                                                 \\  
                                                                                               \\  
     \textbf{Promotor:}                                                                        \\  
@@ -33,10 +37,10 @@
     Prof.dr Jury member 3, Affiliation                                                        \\  
     Prof.dr Jury member 4, Affiliation                                                        \\  
                                                                                               \\  
-
-    \small{This research was conducted under the auspices of the C.T. de Wit Graduate School} \\  
-    \small{of Production Ecology \& Resource Conservation (PE$\&$RC)}                         \\  
+    \small{This research was conducted under the auspices of the C.T. de Wit Graduate School
+    of Production Ecology \& Resource Conservation (PE$\&$RC)}                                  
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+\end{flushleft}
 
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     John Doe                                                 \\  
     Title of your thesis                                     \\  
     170 pages.                                               \\