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Corona policy at the University: a continuous puzzleWith the new academic year just around the corner, many more students and lecturers will soon be coming to the University. What are we doing to keep o...
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New digital learning environment Brightspace is liveLeiden University has officially switched over to digital learning environment Brightspace. Blackboard has therefore been replaced after 20 years. Lei...
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‘Patient demonstrations are a good tool in medical teaching’On 7 July 2020 medical lecturer Luuk Willems received his SKO certificate (Senior Teaching Qualification) and may now officially call himself a senior...
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Pilgrim conference: high time for an indigenous and more diverse perspectiveHistorians and experts in American studies from Leiden University are holding an online international conference about the arrival of the Pilgrims in ...
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‘Like Don Quichot, you have to keep dreaming’
Having a bachelor, master and Ph.D in chemistry, Elena Sánchez López shifted to a more biological research for her postdoc. All of her studies she did...
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‘Hacking for Well-Being’The European University for Well-Being is organising a hackathon from 14 to 21 September to generate concrete proposals for this virtual university an...
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Aris Politopoulos: ‘I use games as a teaching method'In his lectures Aris Politopoulos combines archaeology with video games. He is one of the three nominees for the 2020 LUS Teaching Prize. 'A good teac...
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Archaeological fieldwork in corona times: bachelor's student Jeroen Huizer's storySecond year BA Archaeology student Jeroen Huizer decided to participate in an excavation this summer, and he is giving us a peek in doing fieldwork un...
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Marie Kolbenstetter will explore the archaeology of southern Honduras with a NWO subsidyOur master’s alumna Marie Kolbenstetter was recently awarded a NWO subsidy for a PhD in the Humanities. With this funding she will be able to continue...
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Respecting the corona rules at the USC: ‘Giving people a quick reminder, then moving on is what works best'Having to remind users of the café at the University Sports Centre (USC) about the 1.5 metre rule is something that can be quite difficult for the stu...
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Here to help: the Brightspace migration teamA team of no fewer than 28 student assistants is helping the faculties migrate courses from Blackboard, the current digital learning environment, to B...
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‘Trying to learn as much as possible’
Dr. Alise Muok, originally from California, arrived in 2018 for her postdoc position in Leiden, at the Biology Institute. With a grant of the Dutch Ca...
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‘Leiden has a special atmosphere, almost like a family’
From a lovely blossoming garden in Barcelona, Eduard Fosch Villaronga is talking enthusiastically about his postdoc at Leiden University. Due to the c...
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Arianna Pranger: ‘I pack as much creativity as possible into my teaching’Arianna Pranger has lost her heart to teaching. A senior lecturer on the master’s programme in Pharmacy, she is one of the three nominees for the LUS ...
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Mentor and tutor help first years get off to a flying startAll first-year bachelor’s students at Leiden will be assigned a student as a mentor and a lecturer as a tutor to help them find their way around their...