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Calling on universities and funders: make research information open 16 April 2024
Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open R...
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In memoriam: Alexander Hendrik (Sander) de Groot (3 april 1943 - 1 april 2024) 12 April 2024
Op maandag 1 april 2024 stierf onze leermeester, vriend en gewaardeerd collega Dr. Alexander Hendrik de Groot (Sander).
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How a local shaman can help fight climate change 11 April 2024
Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote uplands of Myanmar? ‘To tack...
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Podcast: an introduction to the Persian Book of Kings 11 April 2024
How did the mythical kings of ancient Persia live? In this podcast, we delve into the Shahnameh, also known as the Book of Kings.
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Leiden University/LUMC to drop cum laude honour for Master’s in Medicine 10 April 2024
As of 1 September 2024, the cum laude honour will no longer be awarded for the Master’s in Medicine. The Executive Board recently decided to grant an ...
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University elections: these are the staff parties you can vote for 09 April 2024
The university elections are approaching. The commuting allowance, less bureaucracy, greater appreciation for teaching: what needs more attention? Fro...
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Small fire in Snellius building: no injuries, building reopened on Wednesday 09 April 2024
At around noon on Tuesday 9 April, a small fire started in the basement of Leiden University’s Snellius building. The fire brigade was quickly on the ...
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’ 08 April 2024
Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor o...
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A shared path to well-being: ‘Someone has to be the first to say: let’s do things differently’ 04 April 2024
How do we offer students a helping hand without losing sight of our own well-being? This was the question that study advisers, lecturers, deans and st...
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A quick call with Margaret Gold about citizen science 04 April 2024
April is the month of showers and tulip fields but did you know that it is also Global Citizen Science Month? And the future of our Leiden citizen sci...
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A staff exchange with your European peers: ‘Everyone could benefit from this’ 03 April 2024
Fancy seeing how your job is done at a university abroad? Project Managers Christina Schlüpen and Jeannette de Wolf from the Leiden Institute of Chemi...
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How can we banish racism from education? 28 March 2024
A safe haven for students, more bicultural staff and more powers for diversity officers. In a national expert meeting at Campus The Hague, administrat...
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The Top 450 is growing: entry number 50 published 27 March 2024
We have reached our first milestone: the 50th Top 450 entry has now been published. In the run-up to the university’s 450th anniversary in 2025, we ar...
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The lessons we can learn from leaders of colour 26 March 2024
With diversity and inclusion, organisations too often focus only on cosmetic change. ‘Interview bias training alone is not enough’, says Distinguished...
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Executive Board President Annetje Ottow on fighting racism: ‘It’s the responsibility of all of us’ 26 March 2024
‘We may have taken steps together, but there is still much to do in the fight against racism and discrimination’, says Annetje Ottow, President of Lei...