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Science for Sustainable Societies: a new interdisciplinary bachelor’s programme 12 September 2024How do you tackle environmental challenges and societal transitions from an interdisciplinary perspective? Starting from September 2025 students will ...
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University introduces lay talk and it looks like this 11 September 2024Complex research with a generous sprinkling of jargon: PhD defences can be difficult for non-experts to follow. In the compulsory new lay talk, PhD ca...
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From judge to police officer: a lack of understanding for deaf people in legal proceedings 10 September 2024The cultural linguistic minority group of deaf people who communicate using sign language systematically experiences limited access to fundamental rig...
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Social environment can improve investigations into child sexual exploitation 10 September 2024The prevention, detection and investigation of child sexual exploitation can be improved by involving neighbours, classmates and other people within t...
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‘Lifelong development is the perfect way to connect science with society’ 10 September 2024As well as offering students a first-rate education, Leiden University provides a wide range of training for professionals, so they can be lifelong le...
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Learning by doing: how to take advantage of everyday growth opportunities 10 September 2024When a challenge or question presents itself, our first reaction is often: ‘Let’s organise training’. But is that always the best solution? The workin...
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Emotions in the courtroom: research into how victim impact statements affect judges 09 September 2024In court, victims of violent crime and sexual offences are permitted to comment on the defendant’s guilt and the sentence to be imposed. But legal exp...
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‘Partying is fine but we still need to protest’ 09 September 2024Leiden University was present for the second time at the second Leiden Pride on Saturday. With a boat with room for 60 students and staff, decorated i...
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Executive Board member Martijn Ridderbos to leave Leiden University 06 September 2024Vice-chairman of the Executive Board Martijn Ridderbos will leave Leiden University at the end of this year. As of 1 January 2025, he will take up a n...
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NWO grant for research on new type of global organisation 05 September 2024To what extent can global issues be solved by multistakeholder collaboration, a relatively new type of organisation? Jan Aart Scholte, the coordinator...
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Leiden Law School’s academic year officially open 05 September 2024On Tuesday 3 September 2024, the faculty’s 2024-2025 academic year was officially opened in the KOG Restaurant. The new setting helped create a lively...
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Alumni enjoy inspirational Leiden Revisited event 05 September 2024On 30 August 2024, former Leiden Law School students once again sat in their favourite spots in the lecture hall at the annual Leiden Revisited event....
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Managing space debris through space law 04 September 2024It’s becoming increasingly crowded in the orbits around Earth that are popular for space travel. And that's not just due to satellites – there's also ...
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What makes our university strong and distinctive? Let your voice be heard! 03 September 2024What sets Leiden University apart from other universities? And what research themes would you like us to showcase to the outside world? Share your ide...
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Do multinationals pay their fair share of taxes? Join the global debate! 03 September 2024How do, or don’t, multinationals pay their taxes? Learn all about this in the new online course given by Leiden University’s Department of Tax Law: 'T...