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Rector Sarah de Rijcke: academic freedom makes reliable knowledge possible 21 September 2026Governments and research funders are intervening in universities with increasing frequency, often in the name of safeguarding quality. In an opinion p...
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Institute managers connect through their own network: ‘Everything comes together in this role’ 21 September 2026It’s a complex role, and an unusual one at that, say the managers of the institutes in Leiden and The Hague. That’s why they started the IMpact networ...
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New members of Leiden Teachers’ Academy dedicated to educational innovation 18 September 2026Five new Teaching Fellows have joined the Leiden Teachers’ Academy. Their educational innovation projects will introduce students and teaching staff t...
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European scientists sign open letter on relaxation of pesticide regulations 16 September 2026More than 500 scientists and doctors from the EU are calling on the European Parliament to suspend its consideration of new European regulations on fo...
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Budget Day: government invests in higher education and research again 16 September 2026The government will invest more than €580 million extra per year in higher education and research in the coming years. This largely reverses the earli...
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‘Young Academy Leiden is an incredibly diverse group, and that’s what makes it strong’ 15 September 2026It’s September, which means that Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will once again change its board and welcome new members. Outgoing chair Ahmed Mahfouz and...
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Not all roads lead to Rome, researchers conclude in Nature 15 September 2026Although Rome was the political centre of the Roman Empire, geographically it lay closer to the edge of the road network than to its centre. That is t...
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Ancient trees reveal how the climate and landscape changed 15 September 2026Remains of trees that grew thousands of years ago can tell us how the climate and the landscape changed in the distant past. In his inaugural lecture,...
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Video message from Sarah de Rijcke: ‘Join us for Open Science Week!’ 14 September 2026It's National Open Science Week, and Leiden University is hosting a variety of activities over the coming days on inclusive and equitable science. So ...
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From Egypt to Panama: Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility grants awarded 11 September 2026Five Leiden University projects will receive an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility grant this year for exchange projects with non-European partner...
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Worlds on a string: how beads in the sixth century travelled the world 09 September 2026On September 17, Mette Langbroek will defend her dissertation. For her PhD, Mette investigated the contact that people from Northwest Europe had (part...
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Leiden researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants 09 September 2026Researchers Caspar Jacobs (philosophy) and Fiamma Salerno (immunology) have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant 2026. Jacobs will study mathematical eq...
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King to receive findings of research into his family’s role in colonial history 09 September 2026King Willem-Alexander will visit Leiden University on Friday 2 October, where he will receive the results of an independent study of the role of the H...
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Archaeology student Sofía Espinoza Gutiérrez nominated for ECHO Award 08 September 2026Master's student Sofía Espinoza Gutiérrez has been nominated for the prestigious ECHO Award in the category Current Affairs. The award recognises stud...
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NIOD Director Martijn Eickhoff is the new Cleveringa Professor 08 September 2026Martijn Eickhoff, a cultural historian and Director of the Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NIOD), has been appointed the Cleveringa...