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From #COVID to #GOFIT 04 June 2021How do you get fit after these challenging times? How do you actively start a healthy lifestyle? Healthy University Leiden would like to address these...
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Why the western world was too late to respond to Covid 01 June 2021Almost all the western countries were too late responding to the outbreak of Covid. Why was that? Three governance experts, including Leiden professor...
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Results of first online strategic plan dialogue 31 May 2021One of the aims in the development of the university’s new strategic plan is to foster a dialogue between as many students, staff and external stakeho...
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Considerable differences in turnout for faculty and employee council elections 26 May 2021Who will represent us on the university’s participation councils? The results of the 2021 university elections have been announced. New representative...
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New website brings together information on research support 25 May 2021The Research Support Portal makes it easy for researchers and support staff to find information on research support at Leiden University.
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EUniWell discovery project in full swing 21 May 2021The ‘Discovery of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of EUniWell’s Consortium’s Members’ project has received a EUniWell seed grant. Sjoerd Louwaars, the r...
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‘We teach in the FC Emmen canteen’ 20 May 2021Alumna Louwien Eising is headteacher of Carmel College in Emmen. How have things been during the pandemic? And how has her degree in Education and Chi...
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Our man in Jakarta keeps the institute running from Venlo 19 May 2021The COVID-19 pandemic forced many staff of Leiden institutes abroad to leave their posts in a hurry. How is the KITLV Jakarta team doing now? Director...
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Leiden students give commentary on games live on Twitch 17 May 2021Three Leiden students will be sharing their knowledge of history while playing video games. The livestreams are part of the ‘Streaming the Past’ proj...
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From sensation to a sense of purpose: the draw of the far right 12 May 2021What makes people in the Netherlands join radical and far-right groups? PhD candidate Nikki Sterkenburg followed several activists. ‘Some feel it is t...
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‘Sometimes simply staying alive is a form of resistance’ 11 May 2021How do harrowing war experiences affect different generations? Students have made a video about poignant family stories. They interviewed other studen...
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Join the discussion on the university's future direction 03 May 2021What should our education and research look like in 2027? How can we make the university more sustainable and achieve greater impact? The new Strateg...
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Royal honour for Korrie Korevaart 26 April 2021Korrie Korevaart, a former director and lecturer in Dutch language and culture at Leiden University, has been made a member of the Order of Orange-Nas...
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Work to begin on 703 new student flats at Leiden Bio Science Park in mid-2021 26 April 2021Seven hundred and three independent student flats will be built in the entrance area of the Leiden Bio Science Park (LBSP), close to the University Sp...
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Leiden University signs health and wellbeing agreement for city of Leiden 20 April 2021Healthy and active Leideners and a smoke-free generation. These are the main ambitions of the Leiden Health and Wellbeing Agreement that was signed on...