182 search results for “oil industry” in the Student website
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A summer abroad, but then virtually
For many students, a summer school abroad is a fun and useful way to spend the summer. This year, because of the travel restrictions, many summer schools were held online. There was no less interest from students though. What is it like to study in a different country, but digitally? Or to travel abroad…
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Why do birds flock? Shedding light on collective motions in heterogeneous populations
Leiden physicists Alexandre Morin and Samadarshi Maity study self-organisation and flocking phenomena. They shed light on flocking, which helps to understand how it is possible that birds in a flock don't collide. With plastic microbeads, they create an experimental setup and they developed a mathematical…
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New education director for LST: 'I want to guard the quality of this unique programme'
Marco van Eijk is the new Educational Director of the Bachelor's Life Science and Technology (LST). Since 1 September he has been responsible for ensuring the quality of the programme. ‘LST is a unique programme and everyone has to keep working hard for that. That is my main task.’
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Spinoza and Stevin Prizes for three Leiden professors
Three Leiden professors have recently been awarded the most prestigious scientific accolade in the Netherlands: Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Marc Koper have been awarded a Spinoza Prize and Judi Mesman a Stevin Prize. They received their prizes on 13 October.
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'When I talked about the materials for an energy transition in 2010, people almost started to laugh'
In order to build wind turbines and electric cars, we need tons of magnets. Currently, we import these mainly from China, which means Europe is very dependent on this superpower for the energy transition. This has to change, according to industrial ecologist René Kleijn. In the REEsilience project,…
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Exhibition BrAInpower at Museum Boerhaave
Exhibition
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Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO) conference
Conference
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Career College: Working as a Data Scientist
Career and apply for jobs
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent symposium, 28 groups of four to five students unveiled their solutions. The commisioners expressed great enthusiasm.
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University Council chair : ‘You have to be patient but you really can make a difference’
The university elections are approaching. Are you going to represent student and staff interests this coming year? University Council chair Pauline Vincenten gives a peek behind the scenes at student and staff participation at Leiden University. ‘I get so much energy from collaborating with the students…
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CML talents receive Stans Award 2024
CML grants three Stans Awards each year, known as the best student thesis, best PhD paper and best outreach from the past year. The CML staff nominated students and colleagues and this year’s jury Prof.dr.ing. Jan Willem Erisman and Prof.dr.ir Willie Peijnenburg made the final decision.
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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too? The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden recently put a bunch of animal mummies through a CT scanner. This was in collaboration with Canon Netherlands…
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Quantum Meets Leiden: IBM lecture & mini-symposium
Conference
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Career College: Working as a Consultant - Faculty of LUMC / Science
Career and apply for jobs
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Career College: Working as a Data Scientist
Career and apply for jobs
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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Opening Exposome-Scan research facility
Conference, Opening
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Quantum & Society Research Colloquium Series: 'Quantum for High-School Students and Teachers'
Lecture
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Software and System Security Fest
Course
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Mentor Network live: alumni speed dating
Career and apply for jobs
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
Lecture
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CCLS Seminar
Lecture, Center of Computational Life Sciences
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Finding an internship as a first-generation student
Thematic meeting Leiden Empowerment Fund
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'Hello World!' lecture, by Frans W. Saris
Lecture
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To do a PhD or not to do a PhD? Speed date about it with alumni!
Career and apply for jobs
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AI in port and maritime research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam
From a ship that has been designed to tell you what maintenance it needs and when, to an intelligent journey planner for global goods transport. The three universities in Zuid-Holland are abuzz with AI research in the field of ports and maritime. Three researchers explain. Part two in a series of five…
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Career Talk with Maurien Olsthoorn
Debate, Career Talk
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Finding your way at the job market as a first-generation student
Thematic meeting Leiden Empowerment Fund
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Metals, energy and geopolitics, a complex mix
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Opening academic year
University ceremony
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Dies Natalis
University ceremony
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Student Well-being Week 2023
Studentenwelzijn