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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 won the LUS Teaching Prize 2020. The prog...
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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...
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A warm virtual welcome to Leiden first yearsNo decorated signs on an overfull Lammermarkt but instead a video meeting that gradually fills up and the inevitable question of ‘Can everyone hear me...
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Electives of Ancient Near Eastern Studies: ‘You can really get a closer look at the subject matter’Are you interested in ancient Egypt, the rich cultural heritage of Mesopotamia or bliblical Hebrew and Aramaic? Students of all faculties can follow e...
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Good turnout for first network meeting for research support staffThe work of research support staff such as grant advisers, data stewards and project managers is changing fast. This makes it useful if they don’t hav...
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How EL CID week can go ahead after allWhen the government introduced its corona measures, the future of EL CID suddenly looked uncertain. But this annual introduction week will start on 5 ...
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Bibi Dumon Tak new writer-in-residenceAuthor Bibi Dumon Tak will be the new writer-in-residence at Leiden University from autumn 2020.
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‘Lectures with the teacher talking for 90 minutes are completely outdated’Historian Robert Stein is a lecturer in Medieval History. He was recently awarded the Senior Teaching Qualification. What did he learn from the STQ tr...
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The ecological footprint of European colonization at the doorway to the AmericasHistorical figures such as Columbus have returned to the centre of public debate. Much remains to be discovered about his legacy and current impact on...
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Working in the archaeological ceramic lab in times of coronaBA 3 student Dasha Derzhavets is one of the first students to be back in the lab at the Faculty of Archaeology. She is conducting experiments in the c...
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Meeting Learning Designer Esther Struijk: ‘The assistance I provide depends on the needs of the lecturer’The first semester of 20-21 will be characterised by hybrid education: remote because we can, on campus if we can. Since this will have a tremendous i...
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More powerful data centre will accelerate researchLanguage evolution, targeted drugs or archaeological interpretation. Researchers are making increasing use of supercomputers that can rapidly process ...
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Lecturers swap tips in webinar on online teachingCan I record my lecture as a podcast? How do I keep my students’ attention during an online tutorial or lecture? And how do I get a discussion going w...