Video conferencing from your sitting room and algorithms on social media that know your interests: new technology is an increasingly integral part of ...

Student wellbeing is more important than ever. It ranks high on Leiden University’s agenda. Recently, many new initiatives have arisen, such as Wellbe...

As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with ...

The University Council gives the Executive Board (un)solicited advice and helps decide on important topics. For example, permanent contracts for lectu...

What is written in law and what equality, inclusion and diversity mean in practice is not always the same. This was the focus of this year’s D&I sympo...

On the brand-new Leiden Teachers Blog, Leiden teachers share their experiences with educational innovation. They show colleagues, students, and everyo...

Leiden University is joining the Una Europa European University. Together with other partner universities Leiden University will draw on their collect...

Leiden is European City of Science in 2022 and this will be celebrated under the name Leiden2022. During Leiden2022, various activities will be organi...

The new cabinet has finally taken office. Six of its members studied in Leiden, once again making the University a key supplier to the cabinet. Who ar...

Five researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of on average 1.5m euros...

American anthropologist Rosemary Joyce will be awarded an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on its Dies Natalis on 8 February. Joyce has deliv...

How do you put students at the centre of education? And how do you make your research action-oriented? A new podcast by the Centre for Innovation answ...

Leiden University and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have signed an agreement on ICT for research. This is the further concretisation of ...

The Rutte IV cabinet will be sworn in soon. A fifth of the prospective ministers and secretaries of state studied in Leiden. Who are they and what did...

For the third year in a row, the bonfires in the Duindorp and Scheveningen neighbourhoods in The Hague during New Year's Eve have been cancelled. Acco...