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Security Studies awarded bronze medal EW Best Studies 2023 29 November 2023The Security Studies bachelor's programme has received a bronze medal in EW Best Studies 2023. This means that students of this programme are above-av...
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Statistical literacy: ‘It’s about how we teach, not what we can teach’ 28 November 2023Assistant Professor Lucie Zicha at Leiden University College (LUC) in The Hague is on a mission to bring statistical literacy to all undergraduate stu...
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons 28 November 2023From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western rememb...
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Dutch people are understanding the term ‘violence’ to mean more and more 27 November 2023When do we say violence was used in an incident? The answer may seem obvious at first. But interim results from a study by Jolien van Breen show that ...
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Four projects awarded science communication grants 24 November 2023A climate game, a science and music festival, a mobile psychology lab and interactive sessions on anxiety in children. The Dutch Research Council (NWO...
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Lipsius building occupied by End Fossil 23 November 2023Members of the End Fossil climate action group, including students from Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotte...
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Augustinus receives first Student Well-being Award 23 November 2023A growing number of student organisations are focusing attention on the mental, social and physical well-being of their members. This year, the first ...
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden 22 November 2023Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal...
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‘Let’s try not to lose sight of each other’ – Interview with Annetje Ottow 21 November 2023The conflict between Israel and Hamas has had a clear impact on Leiden University. Students and staff are angry or scared, feel unsafe and are experie...
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KNAW Early Career Awards for two Leiden researchers 21 November 2023Young Leiden researchers Alisa van de Haar and Marleen Kunneman have received a KNAW Early Career Award. The prize, awarded annually for outstanding a...
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How do we deal with the ethical aspects of research? 21 November 2023Whom do you ask for permission to conduct research at a primary school? And how do you collect data in countries where freedom of expression is under ...
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ 20 November 2023A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have be...
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‘It is important for us young people to get involved in shaping our future’ 16 November 2023Alain studies Public Administration and is politically active in the city council in Capelle aan den IJssel and at the ‘Kiesmannen Academy’. He talks ...
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Voice of the ocean 16 November 2023There are many tributaries to Rosalin Kuiper’s story and they all lead to the sea. The 28-year-old sailor was one of the five-person Team Malizia in t...
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Kind, clever and hardworking: school reports are not without bias 16 November 2023White girls receive significantly more positive comments from their teachers in their primary school reports than white boys and children from migrant...