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Meet the professor: ‘Can my sister be prosecuted for stealing my eraser?’ 08 February 2024
On the university’s birthday, professors traditionally teach a class of 10 and 11-year-olds during Meet the Professor, and this year was no different....
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Internationalisation in balance: Universities of the Netherlands announce their own measures 08 February 2024
On 8 February, the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) published the measures that universities themselves are intending to take to manage the influ...
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Helping people live healthier lives? A game may be the answer 07 February 2024
The LUMC, Leiden University and The Hague University of Applied Sciences want to help health professionals support behaviour change in the population....
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Science on Insta: are influencers helping get young women (back) into reading? 07 February 2024
Dutch influencers like Romy Boomsma and Nina Pierson have a huge following on Instagram and are increasingly sharing book tips there. Researcher Aafje...
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‘The goal is that we no longer have to talk about open science because all science is open’ 06 February 2024
Paul Wouters has been involved in open science for 30 years, from his first introduction to a preprint server in 1992 to his recent roles as Dean of t...
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Fifteen lecturers gain Senior Teaching Qualification 05 February 2024
Fifteen passionate lecturers earned their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) on Monday 22 January. Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl congratulated them i...
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‘Don’t assess academic CVs on autopilot’ 05 February 2024
Hiring academics is more than just tallying up publications, says academic director and history professor Jeroen Duindam. He and his colleagues have c...
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Dutch Student Orchestra celebrates female composer: 'Deserve to be heard' 05 February 2024
Every year in February, ninety students who love making music come together in Someren, a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. Through rehears...
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Fun opening of the second semester: 'Let's support each other' 05 February 2024
On the first day of February, employees of the Faculty of Humanities gathered in the Faculty Club. They were there to usher in the new semester, while...
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Announcement new name Cluster Zuid 01 February 2024
Today, Leiden University announces who the new Cluster Zuid on the Witte Singel will be named after. Summer 2023, a ballot determined the name of the ...
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Peace in the Middle East? Students seek solutions in Peace Academy 01 February 2024
Finding solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the not-inconsiderable task of the new Peace Academy in The Hague. Professor Maurits Berger a...
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High school students get acquainted with language studies at profile selection day 01 February 2024
The Choose a Language Day was created to make high school students enthusiastic about choosing a linguistic profile and further education. Third-years...
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Deans in the lecture halls: 'I can imagine that students enjoy being here.' 01 February 2024
Do all graduates in the humanities pursue a career in education? What does support for incoming students look like in Leiden? And what makes a languag...
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Learning from miscarriages of justice with the new European Registry of Exonerations 30 January 2024
Why do innocent people sometimes spend years in prison? EUREX is a registry of miscarriages of justice in Europe that ultimately led to exonerations. ...
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Interview with Rector Hester Bijl: ‘There is no place for antisemitism here’ 30 January 2024
Leiden University is under fire: it is allegedly doing too little to tackle antisemitism. Rector Hester Bijl responds to this accusation and to a vide...