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Hundreds join Leiden Reclaim the Night march 19 November 2025‘Let’s get everyone home safely!’ This was the message of an estimated 750 demonstrators as they marched through the centre of Leiden on 18 November. ...
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A place to belong: ESN Leiden wins the Student Well-being Award 18 November 2025At the annual reversed constitution reception (omgekeerde constitutieborrel), the Executive Board presents an award to a student organization that has...
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Get started with a new teacher's guide for transdisciplinary education 18 November 2025Transdisciplinary education, in which students work with external parties, is getting more popular. How do you start such a programme as a teacher? Th...
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Is there room to challenge the status quo at universities? 18 November 2025How is academic freedom restricted by the academic community itself? This was the central question at a debate at Leiden University on 14 November. To...
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Hester Bijl on academic freedom, LERU and the General Assembly in Leiden 18 November 2025Last week, Leiden University welcomed the rectors of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) to the autumn edition of the Rector’s Assembl...
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‘Building Academic Freedom’: on extremism and taboos at the university 17 November 2025On Tuesday 25 November, Leiden University is holding the first of four sessions on ‘Building Academic Freedom’. Students and staff are invited to a co...
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Municipalities too eager to digitalise, professor warns 17 November 2025Dutch municipalities are racing to digitalise, introducing virtual services, fraud-detection algorithms and more. The digital city may not always serv...
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How are we following up on the Employee Experience Survey? ‘By investing in trust’ 11 November 2025More than half of our staff took our Employee Experience Survey last spring. We shared the initial findings at the start of July, and since then we’ve...
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Knowledge Orchard session on leadership: ‘It’s essential to interdisciplinary collaboration’ 11 November 2025What do you need to move your interdisciplinary collaboration forward? The Knowledge Orchard event will help. Assistant Professor Eduard Schmidt, who ...
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Timo Kos visits University Sports Centre: ‘Sport brings people together’ 10 November 2025As the end of the year approaches, the new University Sports Centre (USC) building is nearing completion. Vice-President of the Executive Board Timo K...
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Executive Board President Luc Sels introduces himself: ‘A great honour’ 07 November 2025Since 1 November 2025, Prof. Dr. Luc Sels has been the new president of Leiden University's Executive Board. In a message to our university he introdu...
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Which Dutch MPs studied at Leiden University? 07 November 2025Eighteen of the 150 newly elected Dutch MPs studied at Leiden University or did their PhD research there. Who are they and what did they study?
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Alex Geurds appointed new Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology 06 November 2025Alex Geurds, Professor of Central American Archaeology, will become Dean of Leiden University’s Faculty of Archaeology on 1 January. He succeeds Jan K...
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Cleveringa Professor Landemore: ‘I want to patch the holes in our democracy’ 05 November 2025Rich, white, urban: Western politicians often represent a small segment of the population. Political scientist Hélène Landemore advocates for a more i...
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Open Day as a compass for prospective students 03 November 2025Chinese Studies, History or Urban Studies? How do you choose the right degree programme for you? Hundreds of prospective students tried to find out at...