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A quick call with Wouter Peters about the move to the new admin platform 19 May 2025Leiden University is switching to a new system for HR, finance and purchasing on 1 January 2026, after 27 years of using SAP. We spoke to Wouter Peter...
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Enchanting artwork with a message: ‘Cinquecento Medusae’ at KOG 19 May 2025Since 24 March, the Kamerlingh Onnes Building of the Faculty of Law has been full of hundreds of colourful jellyfish. But behind that enchanting sight...
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Exploring educational experiments: pass/fail and ‘unessays’ at Honours College Law 16 May 2025How to innovate education? In this series, the Honours Academy highlights examples from their educational testing ground that aim to inspire. Today: t...
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Results of the 2025 university elections announced 16 May 2025The results of the 2025 university elections are in. Who will represent us in the participation organs?
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University to host meetings for our community following Wijnhaven occupation 16 May 2025The demonstration at and occupation of our Wijnhaven building on 6 May had a deep impact on our community, including the Executive Board. The universi...
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Training: how to reach an international audience with your scientific news 15 May 2025On Thursday June 5, the international news platform The Conversation will provide an online training for Leiden University academics and science commu...
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‘Polish presidential election will be important for the country’s position on the international stage’ 14 May 2025Poland votes for a new president in a first round of elections on Sunday. Lecturer Jan Meijer points out: ‘The result will have a lot of impact on Don...
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Running Leiden Marathon in a 450th-anniversary t-shirt 13 May 2025Nearly 19,000 runners lined up at the start of Leiden Marathon on Sunday, among them students and staff from the university. For some this was their f...
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A message from the Executive Board about the Wijnhaven demonstration and occupation 07 May 2025On Tuesday 6 May our university was the scene of an unscheduled demonstration and occupation at Campus The Hague. We understand that this incident and...
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Campus The Hague occupied 06 May 2025A group of over a hundred pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered in the Wijnhaven building on Campus The Hague at around 13.00 hrs on Tuesday 6 May. The...
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Live: protest in Wijnhaven building Leiden University 06 May 2025
Around 1:00 p.m., a group of more than one hundred pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at the The Hague campus. Participants chanted slogans and put u...
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Liveable Planet looks at German university as inspiration for a ‘Liveable Planet Academy’ 06 May 2025The Leiden University interdisciplinary program Liveable Planet is working on a ‘Liveable Planet Academy’ as a follow-up to its activities. The coordi...
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Kiem project develops hyper-realistic 3D environment for research purposes 28 April 2025Leiden University's Kiem grant is designed to give new interdisciplinary ideas from staff a boost. Thanks to the grant, Jelle Brands and Nathan Saucie...
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How successful are interest groups in court? A Kiem project finds out 28 April 2025Interest groups seem to be going to court more often to force politicians to act. How often do they do so? And how successful are they? The Kiem proje...
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The Leiden students who sailed to England during the Second World War 28 April 2025In a sailboat, a canoe or stowed away on a ship: during the Second World War, many Leiden students tried to cross the sea to join the Allies in Britai...