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Leiden Bio Science Park fastest growing of the larger campuses in the Netherlands 10 December 2024
Of 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 2024
Few 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 2024
The 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 2024
Looking 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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Humanities Hub opens: new digital facilities for researchers and students 05 December 2024
The 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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Timo Kos new Vice President of the Executive Board 05 December 2024
Timo 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 2024
The 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 2024
The 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 2024
Connecting 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 2024
Would 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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Cleveringa Lecture: ‘I’m deeply ashamed of this orchestrated asylum crisis’ 27 November 2024
The 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...
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University working hard to create a safer work and study environment 26 November 2024
Since the demonstration over a year ago on the Wijnhaven campus, Leiden University has developed plans and initiatives to create the safest possible w...
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‘Are you OK?’ Student rowing club Pelargos wins Student Well-being Award 26 November 2024
Are you OK? This question aims to help make unwelcome behaviour easier to talk about. Student rowing club Pelargos made a personal variant on the nati...
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Farewell to Martijn Ridderbos: ‘We can’t do it alone’ 26 November 2024
In his leaving interview, Martijn Ridderbos doesn’t have to think long when asked what he is most proud of. ‘Bringing people together; creating things...
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Protest against higher education cuts: ‘This government is turning its back on the world’ 25 November 2024
Over 20,000 students, lecturers, administrators, support staff and many others protested on 25 November against the plans to make billions of cuts to ...