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Out-of-control behaviour: why do youngsters sometimes go so far? View the vodcast by NeurolabNL 11 April 2023
Earning some quick money by drug trafficking, committing an act of violence or almost collapsing under performance pressure. In the four-part Neurolab...
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Peak performances by operating theatre teams: What makes care professionals resilient? 11 April 2023
Working in an operating theatre takes nerves of steel. High pressure, stress and unexpected developments during operations ask a lot of care professio...
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Mandy Koenraads: ‘We can really fortify the links between practice, research, and policy’ 05 April 2023
The Scriptiewerkplaats (thesis workshop) is an initiative of Leiden University, TU Delft, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the municipality of The Ha...
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Netherlands and Japan united by a tradition of mutual curiosity 04 April 2023
The Netherlands and Japan share a long and unique history with knowledge exchange playing a leading role. And knowledge exchange still proved to form ...
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Staff symposium on student well-being: ‘Let’s talk more about adversity’ 04 April 2023
How can we help our students build resilience and prevent unnecessary stress? And how do we break the taboo on failure? These and other questions are ...
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Greater job satisfaction thanks to a career coach: ‘All the puzzle pieces fell into place’ 04 April 2023
You need not be completely miserable in your current job to start a discussion about your professional development. And if internal career coaching st...
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How should we use AI? The Islamic world may have an answer 04 April 2023
The secular West is struggling with the rise of AI, but so too is Muslim Southeast Asia. What can we learn from each other? Bart Barendregt, Professor...
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Leiden University to take part in ‘smarter academic year’ pilots 04 April 2023
Can the academic year be structured in such a way to give students, lecturers and researchers a bit more breathing space? To find out, Leiden Universi...
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Celebrating Twenty Years of MIRD: Alumni, Professors and Students Reconnect 03 April 2023
On 25 March, the Advanced Masters of Science in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) celebrated its 20th Anniversary. Throughout the day, the ...
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Literary Leiden 03 April 2023
Quietly read a book in our new reading nook, listen to interesting and bizarre stories set in early twentieth-century Leiden, walk past literary locat...
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Symposium about Rein Dool painting and University exhibition policy 30 March 2023
At a symposium on 26 May, experts, staff and students from Leiden University will discuss what should happen with Rein Dool’s painting in the Academy ...
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Coffee and a chat with Gert Renkema, Head Financial and Economic Affairs at FGGA 29 March 2023
Twice a year, Gert Renkema, Head of Financial and Economic Affairs at FGGA takes the time to have a chat with us about the financial wheeling and deal...
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Regieorgaan Open Science officially launched as Open Science NL 29 March 2023
Fifteen knowledge institutions and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science have signed the covenant for Open Science NL. Leiden University has ...
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Fifty years of MRI: how the LUMC can make this indispensable technology affordable for the rest of the world 28 March 2023
It is exactly 50 years ago that Paul Lauterbur published the basic principle of MRI in Nature. A revolution in medicine. Since then, MRI has produced ...
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One history, different memories. Does this always lead to conflict? 28 March 2023
Different groups can have different memories of the same historical event. This can lead to conflict but does not have to. How is this, and how can co...