News
-
Leiden University as source of inspiration for new master program in Artificial Intelligence and Data ScienceAcross Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka there is an urgent need to develop appropriate educational programs to build skills in data science and artif...
-
Webinar Week: long-distance information about master’s programmesNot all students who are thinking of doing a master’s programme at Leiden University can come to the Master’s Open Day. Hence the first Webinar Week, ...
-
Leiden University in top 10 of sustainability rankingFor the first time, Leiden University has made it to the top 10 of the UI Green Metric, a global sustainability ranking for universities. Of the 780 p...
-
Honours students participate in poster presentations at ReuvensdagenOn Friday, November 22, students of the Archaeology Honours track participated in a poster presentation at the national archaeological congress 'De Re...
-
Archaeology student Jan Dekker receives two Honours Academy certificatesOn Thursday November 14, the Honours Academy organized its yearly ceremony in order to award the 2019 honours certificates in the Hooglandse Kerk in L...
-
More PhDs awarded to women than men in 2019For the first time ever, more women than men have been awarded PhDs at Leiden University. In 2019, 226 women defended their dissertations as opposed t...
-
A safe work environment: investigative powers lackingMore has to be done to create a safe work environment for the staff of Leiden University. Confidential counsellors for PhD candidates were recently ap...
-
Nine golden rules for a good relationship between PhD supervisors and candidatesThe Golden Rules for PhD Supervision were recently posted on the website. Most of the problems that PhD candidates experience stem from difficulties i...
-
‘Diversity doesn’t appear at the wave of a magic wand’If universities want to open their doors to more students and staff from minority groups, good intentions alone will not suffice. That is what Frank T...
-
LERU Universities will virtually exchange studentsOn Friday November 15, the rectors of 6 LERU universities have signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to start exchanging students virtually. By s...
-
No humans needed: Neanderthals possibly responsible for their own extinctionScientists remain puzzled by the sudden extinction of Neanderthals, some 40,000 years ago. New research by scientists from Eindhoven University of Tec...
-
Plastic Spotter: spot plastic in the canals of LeidenHelp us spot and clean up the plastic in the canals of Leiden! Leiden University is calling on the good folk of Leiden to help our researchers study t...
-
Femke Lippok wins W.A. van Es-prize for her pioneering work on early medieval burial ritesDuring the 2019 Reuvensdagen, PhD candidate Femke Lippok was awarded the prestigious W.A. van Es-prize for her research master’s thesis The Pyre and t...
-
First batch of PMD recycledIt is a milestone in waste management at the University: the first batch of PMD waste (plastic packaging, metal and drink packs) collected in the oran...
-
Cleveringa Professor: ‘Individuals make history’Through each individual decision, however small, people make history. This is what historian Katja Happe said in the Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November...