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Leiden Bio Science Park fastest growing of the larger campuses in the Netherlands 10 December 2024Of the 900 new companies that have set up shop on the Netherlands’ largest campuses since 2018, 194 chose Leiden. This makes the Leiden Innovation Dis...
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Synthetic dataset protects privacy in criminological research 10 December 2024Few public datasets are available for criminological research, especially when it comes to homicides. Privacy laws often prevent data sharing. The SEN...
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Slight increase in percentage of female professors in Leiden 09 December 2024The proportion of professors at Leiden University who are female has risen slightly to 32.0%. These are the results of the Women Professors Monitor 20...
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Leiden University to continue membership of The Conversation 09 December 2024Looking to share your academic results or insights with a global audience? Leiden University is a ‘contributing member’ of the international journalis...
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Results of the National Student Survey: Lecturers highly rated 05 December 2024The results of the National Student Survey (NSE) are now available. In 2024, students from the Faculty of Humanities were satisfied across the board. ...
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Humanities Hub opens: new digital facilities for researchers and students 05 December 2024The new Humanities Hub in the Huizinga Building was officially opened on Tuesday 3 December. In the different labs, researchers presented the options ...
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Max Farasat and Lara Offermans win the LUCSoR Thesis Prizes (2021-2023) 05 December 2024The Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR) and the Beheerstichting Theologische Fondsen hand out two biennial thesis prizes, one ...
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Timo Kos new Vice President of the Executive Board 05 December 2024Timo Kos has been appointed Vice President of Leiden University’s Executive Board and will take up the role on 1 March 2025. He succeeds Martijn Ridde...
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Update: Executive Board responds to government cuts 03 December 2024The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
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Local residents research their own problems 02 December 2024The Countering Syndemic Vulnerability project supports communities by identifying and tackling clusters of social factors and health problems. The pro...
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Launch of LDE Space & Society Honours: ‘I hope students learn they need each other’ 29 November 2024Connecting space to society and gaining problem-solving experience: that’s the goal of LDE Space & Society, a new honours programme for bachelor’s stu...
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Train or plane? Study reveals rail travel preferences among Leiden University academics 28 November 2024Would you be more likely to take the train for your next work trip, instead of flying, if you automatically got a first-class ticket? For many Leiden ...
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Professor Ineke Sluiter receives Arts and Sciences Medal of Honour 28 November 2024On 25 November, Professor Ineke Sluiter received the Medal of Honour for Arts and Sciences in the Order of Orange-Nassau. She was presented with the m...
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Bernhard Willem Holtrop - master of the political cartoon 28 November 2024If you look at the postwar cartoonists of Dutch origin, Bernhard Willem Holtrop is certainly the most interesting, according to Frenk Driessen. He wro...
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Cleveringa Lecture: ‘I’m deeply ashamed of this orchestrated asylum crisis’ 27 November 2024The rule of law is crumbling in the Netherlands, lawyer Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You warned in her Cleveringa Lecture. She held up a mirror to those p...