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Student associations again offer a warm place during the Winter Weeks to combat loneliness 15 December 2025Not all students spend the holiday season with family or friends. That is why the university is organising the fifth edition of the Winter Weeks this ...
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Building a greener future at Leiden University in 2025 15 December 2025From a vegan community kitchen to a green framework for drug development: sustainability became more visible in everyday campus life at Leiden Univers...
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What a year: our most-read articles of 2025 15 December 2025The Russian threat to Europe, pro-Palestine protests, the passing of psychologist Andrea Evers and speculations on extraterrestrial life. These were a...
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Academia in Motion: ‘We have to challenge the status quo; otherwise, nothing will change’ 15 December 2025Recognising our colleagues’ teaching efforts – and as a manager, taking steps to do so. Broadening our understanding of quality. Marieke Adriaanse, Pr...
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Jasper's year – with pride, with care and, above all, together 15 December 2025Or: a year of challenges, growth and lots of connection. Jasper Knoester, dean of the Faculty of Science, looks back on 2025.
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Report: key role for Leiden in Dutch earning capacity 12 December 2025Leiden University and the Leiden Bio Science Park can make a significant contribution to the earning capacity of the Netherlands. This is the finding ...
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Over €900,000 awarded for new treatment against atherosclerosis 11 December 2025How can we slow down atherosclerosis? Researcher Amanda Foks believes it may be possible by switching off ageing immune cells. This could lead to an e...
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‘Teaching is like a professional sport: you always have to be switched on’ 11 December 2025For a long time, Thijs Bosker was an average student, until he discovered how exciting learning becomes when there are no ready-made answers. To his s...
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‘I’m always proud when a student follows their own interests’ 11 December 2025He is always positive towards his students, helps them see the bigger picture of the programme, and tries to remind them that ‘a degree is an enormous...
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Leiden University launches strategic framework for scientific publishing 11 December 2025Leiden University has adopted its first Strategic Publication Framework for publishing the works of its researchers. With this framework our universit...
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Leiden delegation expands collaborations with the University of Ghana 11 December 2025The Leiden Africa Platform is pleased to announce that a partnership agreement between Leiden University and the University of Ghana was signed in Nov...
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Extraterrestrial life, AI and more: these are the most-read Leiden Science articles of 2025 11 December 2025Speculation about alien life, a new nitrogen map, AI as a thesis supervisor, groundbreaking telescopes and multi-million-euro investments to combat an...
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How science informs policy: ‘As a researcher, my work only becomes truly relevant once it is used in society’ 11 December 2025Green cities and a well-protected food system: Roy Remme and Oliver Taherzadeh study ways to achieve these. But how can their scientific findings lead...
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‘A last-minute challenge became my biggest breakthrough’ 11 December 2025Data Science & AI student Nataliia Bagan combines a passion for mathematics, language, and artificial intelligence. Her exceptional bachelor’s thesis ...
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‘As long as the logic works, you can do whatever you want’ 11 December 2025With a healthy dose of logic and creativity, mathematics student Lance Bakker shows how computers can prove complex mathematics. His method proves int...