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Hundreds join Leiden Reclaim the Night march 19 November 2025‘Let’s get everyone home safely!’ This was the message of an estimated 750 demonstrators as they marched through the centre of Leiden on 18 November. ...
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A place to belong: ESN Leiden wins the Student Well-being Award 18 November 2025At the annual reversed constitution reception (omgekeerde constitutieborrel), the Executive Board presents an award to a student organization that has...
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Get started with a new teacher's guide for transdisciplinary education 18 November 2025Transdisciplinary education, in which students work with external parties, is getting more popular. How do you start such a programme as a teacher? Th...
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Is there room to challenge the status quo at universities? 18 November 2025How is academic freedom restricted by the academic community itself? This was the central question at a debate at Leiden University on 14 November. To...
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Hester Bijl on academic freedom, LERU and the General Assembly in Leiden 18 November 2025Last week, Leiden University welcomed the rectors of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) to the autumn edition of the Rector’s Assembl...
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‘Building Academic Freedom’: on extremism and taboos at the university 17 November 2025On Tuesday 25 November, Leiden University is holding the first of four sessions on ‘Building Academic Freedom’. Students and staff are invited to a co...
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Municipalities too eager to digitalise, professor warns 17 November 2025Dutch municipalities are racing to digitalise, introducing virtual services, fraud-detection algorithms and more. The digital city may not always serv...
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Higher CO2 levels are making our food more calorific and less nutritious 14 November 2025More CO2 in the atmosphere is making food crops more calorific, less nutritious and potentially more toxic. If we do not intervene, this could cause m...
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Sempre Crescendo: a close-knit group of musical students 14 November 2025In 2026, Sempre Crescendo student orchestra and choir will celebrate its 195th anniversary. In the run-up to this anniversary, they will give three co...
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How sound and light act alike – and not – at the smallest scale 13 November 2025A world-famous light experiment from 1801 has now been carried out with sound for the first time. Research by physicists in Leiden has produced new in...
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Esther keeps an ancient craft alive as a miller in training 13 November 2025Her father is a miller, so it’s hardly surprising that Esther van der Ent is also fascinated by windmills. Alongside her work at the Centre for Enviro...
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Listening to the deep sea: NWO Roadmap funding for the highly successful KM3NeT telescope 13 November 2025The highly successful deep-sea telescope KM3NeT can now expand both its size and scope. Using a new type of microphone for underwater use, the telesco...
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Evidence of a massive stellar storm on a nearby star 12 November 2025Astronomer Joseph Callingham and his team have observed for the first time a clear signal from a giant burst from a star outside our solar system. Thi...
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Jasper’s Day – On a trip with the Board of Deans 12 November 2025On Wednesday 5 November, Jasper sets off on the annual study trip for the Board of Deans together with the Executive Board. Because of budget cuts, th...
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How are we following up on the Employee Experience Survey? ‘By investing in trust’ 11 November 2025More than half of our staff took our Employee Experience Survey last spring. We shared the initial findings at the start of July, and since then we’ve...