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Carel Stolker in the media: 'Brexit won't hold back science''Never underestimate universities as a connecting force.' These were the words of Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker in his address on the Dies Natalis, ...
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How meat substitutes in your lasagne can help save the planetNational Meat Free Week, from 11 to 17 March, encourages us to choose the environmentally friendly option more often. But apart from preventing animal...
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Wanted: research questions for citizen scienceHow many species of butterfly are living in my garden? Do I recognise the Leiden dialect? What is the air quality like in my area? Do you have a quest...
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Stand for the University elections!The University elections will be held from 8 to 11 April 2019. The elections are for the student members of the University Council and the student and...
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A hornets’ nest: Leiden University during the Second World War‘That hornets’ nest in Leiden must be destroyed,’ said Dutch National Socialist Party member Robert van Genechten in November 1942. He was referring t...
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Leiden University celebrates 444th birthday with residents of Leiden and The HagueLeiden University celebrated its 444th anniversary with a historical procession on 8 February. It celebrated this year’s Dies Natalis in time-honoured...
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A real professor in front of the classA lesson about aerodynamics from Vice-Rector Hester Bijl, about child rights by UNICEF professor Ton Liefaard, or about muscles by LUMC professor Ann...
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Happietaria: take a bite out of human traffickingPop-up restaurant Happietaria has opened its doors in Leiden once again. Come and tuck in for charity between 4 February and 2 March. Students from Ch...
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What South Park tells us about Charles DarwinJust about everything that's known about Charles Darwin has already been said or written. Even so, Norbert Peeters – together with Tessa van Dijk – ha...
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An inclusive recruitment policy for a diverse organisation‘Routine leads to reproduction rather than innovation,’ says Estela Mara Bensimon, an expert in the field of ethnic diversity in higher education. In ...
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Dutch universities give Open Access another boostThe Dutch universities will give Open Access an extra boost from 2019 by starting a pilot titled ‘You share, we take care’ to make publications availa...
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How degree programmes prepare students better for the labour marketFrom ‘challenges’ at ministries to reflection sessions where students coach each other. Students, study advisers and other employees shared their best...
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Initial Institutional Quality Assessment positiveThe University is working hard on its renewed accreditation for the Institutional Quality Assurance Assessment (IQA). A research panel from the NVAO (...
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Pitch your research at FamelabCan you talk for three minutes in glowing terms about your science or medical research? If so, sign up for the Leiden preliminary round of FameLab, th...
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Warm Sweater Day 15 FebruaryTime to put on a warm sweater: on Friday 15 February the temperature in many University buildings in Leiden and The Hague will be set to 16 degrees ce...