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Joanne van der Leun to chair new knowledge security and fossil industry committees 04 March 2025Leiden University has set up two committees to consider issues that are the focus of much attention within our community and society at large. They a...
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Anniversary activity: visit Leiden University at the Impact Fair 2025, get a discount! 03 March 2025Leiden University will share impactful research and teaching with policymakers, businesses and the general public at the Impact Fair in Utrecht on Thu...
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Sampling the course and the campus on the Bachelor’s Open Day 03 March 2025It’s Saturday and electric minibuses ride back and forth bringing prospective students to Leiden University’s various faculties. They want to see for ...
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Leiden Biodiversity Network workshop: scaling up is an issue for transdisciplinary projects 03 March 2025In a five day workshop, the interdisciplinary Leiden Biodiversity Network, together with societal stakeholders, worked on a research agenda and drafte...
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‘Strengthen the position of the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ 03 March 2025Relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands are imbalanced, says Professor by Special Appointment Wouter Veenendaal. The Caribbean autonomous coun...
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Four Leiden University researchers awarded Vici grants 27 February 2025From research on the first human ancestors to leave Africa to mathematical models in random disturbances. For Leiden researchers have been awarded a p...
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BA in Italian Language and Culture to continue 27 February 2025Leiden University will continue to offer its BA in Italian Language and Culture. The Board of the Faculty of Humanities has reversed its decision to s...
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Strike on 10 March: join the teach-outs at schools and public organisations 25 February 2025Leiden University staff will be starting the national staggered strike against the cuts to higher education on 10 March. The Leiden and The Hague Acti...
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First Workload Reduction Fund projects begin 25 February 2025To tackle the high workload at our university, and at the insistence of the University Council, the Executive Board launched the Workload Reduction Fu...
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Finally solved: how the body's own marijuana spreads through the brain 24 February 2025Since its discovery thirty years ago, it remained a mystery: how does the body’s own marijuana move between nerve cells in the brain? Mario van der St...
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Four Leiden professors elected members of the KHMW 24 February 2025The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed four Leiden professors as members. Petra Sijpesteijn, Vanessa Mak, Mariska K...
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Europe Hub launched in European Parliament: ‘A bridge between research and policy is vital’ 24 February 2025How can groundbreaking research help Europe tackle the huge challenges it faces? At the launch of the Leiden Europe Hub, academics and policymakers di...
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Strike on 10 March: university to remain open 21 February 2025In March, Dutch universities will take staggered strike action against the planned cuts. The strike will begin in Leiden on Monday 10 March. The unive...
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Eruptions of yellow hypergiants: these are the latest revelations 21 February 2025They are among the rarest and most extremely luminous stars in our universe: yellow hypergiants. Their spectacular eruptions have intrigued astronomer...
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Jasper Knoester reappointed as Dean of the Faculty of Science 20 February 2025Prof. Dr. Jasper Knoester has been reappointed by the Executive Board of Leiden University as Dean of the Faculty of Science. His second term will run...