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A quick call with Andrei Poama on developing GenAI tools for fair formative feedback 25 November 2025If there's one thing that students should get from their teachers, it’s good feedback, says assistant professor Andrei Poama. ‘But we need to do it in...
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Occupation makes for eventful Cleveringa Lecture: ‘Protect free spaces for debate’ 25 November 2025Despite an eventful afternoon – with Students for Palestine occupying the Academy Building – political scientist Hélène Landemore gave her Cleveringa ...
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Academia in Motion: ‘Don’t be afraid to say what you can’t do’ 25 November 2025Setting a good example by showing that it’s good to make choices. That it’s okay say ‘no’. And as a manager, using a range of tools for Recognition & ...
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Call for proposals Scaliger Institute fellowship grants 25 November 2025The submission deadline for applications to Leiden University Libraries (UBL) Scaliger Institute fellowship programmes has been set for 1 February 202...
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HEAR ME NOW: exhibition on the impact of sexual misconduct 25 November 2025Portraits that gaze at you and have moving stories to tell: HEAR ME NOW says what usually remains unsaid. The exhibition in our Wijnhaven building bre...
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Taiwan’s public diplomacy, from the ground up 24 November 2025Citizens can shape diplomacy, not just governments. Yung Lin investigates how people in Taiwan and Southeast Asia build trust, negotiate identity, and...
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Ukraine, Gaza, climate and migration: Geopolitics increasingly on the municipality’s plate 24 November 2025From cities that sometimes deviate from national foreign policy to the direct influence of geopolitics on local developments, PhD candidate Pieter Jer...
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Sarah de Rijcke appointed Rector Magnificus of Leiden University 24 November 2025Professor Sarah de Rijcke will become the new Rector Magnificus on the Executive Board of Leiden University on 15 January 2026. She will succeed Profe...
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FGGA 's Follow-up Strategy Plan 2026–2030: How are things going? (Part 2) 19 November 2025As you know, the faculty is working on a follow up strategy built around six different themes. Each theme now has its own writing team. Every week we ...
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'Children are too seldom seen as victims of femicide' 19 November 2025What do we know about the children left behind after (ex-)partner homicide? Director Sara Kolster and professor Marieke Liem joined forces to bring th...
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Hundreds join Leiden Reclaim the Night march 19 November 2025‘Let’s get everyone home safely!’ This was the message of an estimated 750 demonstrators as they marched through the centre of Leiden on 18 November. ...
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A place to belong: ESN Leiden wins the Student Well-being Award 18 November 2025At the annual reversed constitution reception (omgekeerde constitutieborrel), the Executive Board presents an award to a student organization that has...
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Get started with a new teacher's guide for transdisciplinary education 18 November 2025Transdisciplinary education, in which students work with external parties, is getting more popular. How do you start such a programme as a teacher? Th...
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Is there room to challenge the status quo at universities? 18 November 2025How is academic freedom restricted by the academic community itself? This was the central question at a debate at Leiden University on 14 November. To...
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Hester Bijl on academic freedom, LERU and the General Assembly in Leiden 18 November 2025Last week, Leiden University welcomed the rectors of the League of European Research Universities (LERU) to the autumn edition of the Rector’s Assembl...