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Hutspot, herring and... science: Community engagement with Leiden’s research at 3 October University 06 October 2025Amid the many traditions of Leiden’s 3 October Festival, a relative newcomer is beginning to take hold: the Science Market. At market stalls, the peop...
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Championing educational innovation: new Leiden Teachers’ Academy Fellows 02 October 2025Leiden Teachers’ Academy is proud to welcome six new fellows: Dennis Braekmans, Arjan Louwen, Noa Schonmann, Anouk van der Weiden, Deepak Balak and Jo...
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Executive Board visits African Studies Centre: ‘We work from African perspectives’ 30 September 2025From the energy transition in Namibia to sustainable jobs for young Nigerians, from African cookbooks to vodcasts on vintage Swahili booklets: during ...
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How can the Netherlands form a stable government? 29 September 2025Dutch politics is becoming increasingly polarised, and forming stable governments seems more difficult than ever. Is there a magic formula for politic...
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Look to Africa as a mirror of global developments 29 September 2025Western countries still tend to view Africa as the periphery, says anthropologist Mayke Kaag. In her inaugural lecture, she calls for a shift in persp...
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Leiden University in The Hague praised by L’Express as one of Europe’s ‘schools of power’ 27 September 2025Leiden University is considered a ‘school of power’, and the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) has been described as ‘the diamond of Lei...
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Luc Sels new President of Leiden University 25 September 2025As of 1 November 2025, Professor Luc Sels will assume the role of President of Leiden University’s Executive Board, succeeding Annetje Ottow, who held...
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Podcasts as assessment method? 5 tips from the educational testing ground 25 September 2025How to innovate education? In this series, the Honours Academy highlights examples from their educational testing ground that aim to inspire. Today: p...
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LUMC researchers use viruses to fight prostate cancer 24 September 2025Modified viruses can both kill cancer cells and activate the immune system. This is what an LUMC team discovered while researching a new prostate canc...
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New easy-to-use tuberculosis vaccine patch in development 23 September 2025Researchers from Leiden have developed a promising TB vaccine that users can self-administer via a special patch. This could be beneficial for countri...
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Young Academy Leiden: ‘helping young researchers focus in a fast moving academic world’ 23 September 2025Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will change its board this month and welcome six new members. Outgoing chair Rachel Plak and incoming chair Ahmed Mahfouz t...
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Vidatum: one research management system for all externally funded projects 23 September 2025With the number of externally funded research projects at the university on the rise and funding bodies setting ever-stricter requirements, it can be ...
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From the griffon vulture to Physcia biziana: record number of rare species in campus BioBlitz 22 September 2025What a result! The Higher Education BioBlitz recorded 3,155 species, smashing our target of 2,500. Thanks to your efforts, Leiden University made an i...
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Join us at 3 October University and the Weekend of Science 22 September 2025Are you brave enough to enter a haunted house? Curious about how the human skeleton works? Discover this and more on 3 October at the Science Market i...
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From tulip to quantum: Leiden discoveries revisited 22 September 2025To mark the university’s 450th anniversary, the Leiden Discoveries science route has been updated and was relaunched on the Night of Discoveries. New ...