News
-
‘You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to make a difference’ 31 October 2024Sharing his passion for sustainability with students—that’s what Thijs Bosker enjoys most about his work. As an environmental scientist, he conducts e...
-
New research to get young people back into reading for pleasure 30 October 2024Young people are more likely to find long texts unappealing to read, particularly with all the digital distractions. To improve young people’s reading...
-
‘It doesn’t feel like work’: what it’s like to be a mentor for Pre-University College 29 October 2024Guiding high school students as a mentor at Pre-University College: what is that like? And what does it all entail? As part of the 20th anniversary of...
-
Update: Executive Board responds to government cuts 29 October 2024The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
-
Student and entrepreneur: ‘PLNT The Hague is the place to find like-minded people’ 28 October 2024Taking a Bachelor’s in Security Studies while starting and running two businesses: student Mohamed Sulaiman never stops. But he wouldn’t have it any o...
-
Once more Erasmus grants awarded for international cooperation 28 October 2024This year, eleven exchange projects from Leiden University received an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility education grant. The total award of almo...
-
Sustainability Monitor 2023: Leiden University substantially reduces carbon emissions 28 October 2024The Sustainability Monitor 2023 shows that Leiden University is taking its sustainability efforts seriously. It is working on a greener campus and to ...
-
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to an AI model (and rightly so) 24 October 2024Not experiments and lab coats, but computers and artificial intelligence: this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to the inventors of the groundbrea...
-
Jasper's day 24 October 2024Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, J...
-
What DNA in droppings can reveal about an animal’s diet 24 October 2024Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, thi...
-
Meet Berber Verhalle, new W&N student assessor 24 October 2024Since September 2024, Berber Verhalle has been the new student assessor for W&N, succeeding Nalani Verwoord. Berber is a first-year Master’s student i...
-
Oncode Accelerator funds preclinical development of cancer therapies 23 October 2024Through its Demonstrator Projects, the Dutch Oncode Accelerator consortium provides grants for preclinical cancer therapy development. The first call ...
-
Eleven Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants 22 October 2024The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 11 Leiden researchers. This grant of up to 850,000 euros will enable them to develop an in...
-
Next quantum computer comes to the Netherlands 22 October 2024Europe's latest quantum computer is set to arrive in the Netherlands. The Dutch IT cooperative, SURF, which supports education and research institutio...
-
Master’s students Brechtje de Jong and Ilse de Weert win KNMP Studentenprijs 2024 22 October 2024Brechtje de Jong, a Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences master’s student, and Ilse de Weert, a Pharmacy student, have won the KNMP Studentenprijs 2024. They r...