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Kluitersprijs for excellent students Minor Intelligence Studies
Nineteen students who obtained excellent results in the minor Intelligence Studies received the annual Kluitersprijs.
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Van de Mount Everest weer terug naar de universiteitLeiden PhD candidate Mona Shahab climbed Mount Everest two years ago to raise money for the education of disadvantaged children in Egypt. She made it ...
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Carel’s Universe: Leiden museums depict Carel Stolker’s rectorshipTen Leiden museums and heritage institutions have curated the online exhibition ‘Carel’s Universe’. They selected objects from their collections that ...
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The University in the time of coronavirus: from working at the kitchen table to a livestream PhD defenceThe outbreak of coronavirus has radically changed our life and work. We have had to work, teach and conduct research from home. How has coronavirus ch...
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Applications open for Summer School on the European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance
The Summer School will take place from 14-25 June 2021 and welcomes Master-level and PhD-level students who are interested in learning more about the ...
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Two psychologists on a date with the RectorRector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
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Carel Stolker to retire: donate to the Leiden Empowerment FundsCarel Stolker will retire as Rector Magnificus of Leiden University on 8 February. As a retirement gift he is setting up a fund for first-generation s...
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Honorary doctorate for child rights activist Graça MachelMozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will receive an honorary doctorate from Leiden University for her commitment to the right...
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Academia in motion: a different form of recognition and rewardA better balance between teaching and research duties, greater recognition of team performances and the elimination of simplistic assessment criteria....
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Alumna Natacha Harlequin: ‘When it really matters, I’m a lion’She stands out for the moderate tone she takes in discussions on Dutch talk shows. Without judgement you can have an open conversation, criminal lawye...
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‘The COVID-19 crisis just goes to show how things can go wrong’Ijeoma Uchegbu is Professor of Pharmacy at University College London (UCL). As a female scientist of colour, she was initially reluctant to play an ac...
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Record number of PhDs despite coronavirusIn 2021 a record number of researchers obtained a PhD at Leiden University. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the number of PhDs conferred was 448, on...
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Jelle van Buuren in NRC on social media and the storming of the CapitolJelle van Buuren, university lecturer at ISGA, discusses the role that social media played in the storming of the Capitol last Wednesday
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Joris Larik on Al Jazeera on the new EU-UK trade agreementJoris Larik, university lecturer at LUC, discusses in this interview with Al Jazeera the new trade and cooperation agreement between the EU and the Un...
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Work in the time of the coronavirus: ‘I miss the processions'How are you doing in these strange and unprecedented times? This is the question we are asking our colleagues in this series of articles. This time we...