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Interdisciplinary minor ‘Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’ 27 February 2023The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits of t...
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Put away those textbooks and relax: the Living Room is open 23 February 2023Leiden University opened the doors of its new Living Room on Thursday 16 February. The Living Room is a home from home where Dutch and international s...
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Climate activist Aniek Moonen to give Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture 23 February 2023Every year Leiden University holds the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture on or around International Women’s Day on 8 March. This year’s lecture will be g...
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Four Vici grants for Leiden University researchers 23 February 2023Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded prestigious Vici grants the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced. The honoured applica...
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Interdisciplinarity offers ‘golden opportunities’ but not without big changes 23 February 2023How should we organise interdisciplinary work within Leiden University? This was the key question at a symposium organised by the Liveable Planet inte...
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Spinning marathon and Turkish pizzas: USC raises money for earthquake victims 22 February 2023On Wednesday 15 February, the University Sports Centre raised money for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. The total currently stands ...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support 22 February 2023A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...
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Discussing the Personnel Monitor with your team: ‘Grab some post-its and go for it!’ 21 February 2023It will be on the agenda of many a team meeting these coming weeks: how can we act on the results of the Personnel Monitor? We asked two managers how ...
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New network ‘Young Liveable Planet’ looking for young Leiden researchers 20 February 2023The interdisciplinary research programme ‘Liveable Planet’ has created a new network, aimed at all young Leiden researchers working on sustainability ...
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Data analysis of dark web forums in the fight against child sexual abuse 20 February 2023By far the majority of users of child sexual abuse networks (or child porn forums as they are sometimes called) on the dark web do not actively commun...
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Bart Custers on successor to DigiD 17 February 2023The Netherlands has DigiD, Portugal ‘de Cartão de Cidadão’, and Ireland MyGovID. Europe now wants one uniform digital identity card - the same for all...
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Third prize for Bettina Schmiedler at Leiden University Thesis Awards 16 February 2023
At the Leiden University Thesis Awards ceremony, law student Bettina Schmiedler won third prize for her socio-legal study on corporate social responsi...
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Better screening can help GPs recognise anxiety disorders earlier 15 February 2023Only one in five young people with emotional health problems such as an anxiety disorder receives appropriate professional help. GPs often fail to pro...
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Electric boats will make University construction projects cleaner 15 February 2023No more smelly lorries disposing of building waste or delivering building materials to the centre of Leiden. That’s Leiden University’s ambition for i...
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Maartje van der Woude on discrimination at border controls 15 February 2023In its ruling this week, The Hague Court of Appeal made short work of how the Dutch Border Police allow the colour of a person’s skin to be taken into...