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Protest against higher education cuts: ‘This government is turning its back on the world’ 25 November 2024Over 20,000 students, lecturers, administrators, support staff and many others protested on 25 November against the plans to make billions of cuts to ...
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Hope on the horizon for bankrupt retailer Blokker: saving the high street 22 November 2024Dutch retailer Blokker has gone bust. But a restart could be possible depending on the trustee. Research conducted by Jessie Pool and her colleagues h...
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It’s high time for more interaction between law and science 22 November 2024Climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution are urgent problems that call for close collaboration between lawyers and scientists. Dr...
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Royal honour for policy director John Kroes 21 November 2024John Kroes received a royal honour from Leiden deputy mayor Julius Terpstra on 20 November. He was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau for ...
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The Nuance Project: Respectful dialogue about sensitive topics give students hope 21 November 2024Students from Leiden University have launched The Nuance Project, a platform for respectful, open-minded dialogue on divisive issues. The aim is to fo...
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Court deems unacceptable behaviour by professor likely, ruling on dismissal request postponed 21 November 2024It is sufficiently plausible that the professor from the Faculty of Archaeology exhibited the ‘inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour’ detailed in t...
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High priority of banks and tax authorities in bankruptcies proves outdated 20 November 2024It’s a given that in bankruptcy cases in the Netherlands, banks and the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration are prioritised as creditors. But not onl...
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Want to protest in The Hague but still give your lecture? Three tips 20 November 2024On Monday 25 November at 13:00, students and staff from higher education institutions are protesting at Malieveld against the announced cuts. How do y...
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Invisible forces in academia in new photo exhibition 19 November 2024A lecturer winning a prize, an expert appearing in the media or a professor giving their inaugural speech: these are faces we often see. But we rarely...
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Archaeologist Tom Hazenberg seeks the frontiers of the Roman Empire 18 November 2024From Roman ships to the ‘Gordon’ cavalry mask. Alumnus Tom Hazenberg was involved in spectacular finds that put the Dutch frontiers of the Roman Empir...
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Valerie Frissen wins Lifetime Achievement Award 18 November 2024On 10 October, Valerie Frissen was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Internet Society Foundation. The professor by special appointment rec...
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UNICEF Student Team Leiden: ‘We all have our own role to play here at Leiden University’ 18 November 202420 November 2024 is World Children's Day. To mark this occasion, the UNICEF Student Team Leiden is organising a lecture on children's rights. We spoke...
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Cleveringa Professor Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You: ‘Exclusion is dangerous’ 18 November 2024Amid rising polarisation and discrimination, lawyer and human rights activist Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You wants to show in her Cleveringa Lecture on ...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri attends Stockholm Explorative Talks 15 November 2024On 13 November, Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law & Technology and Board member at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies, met ...
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Clemens Bakker wins Moot Court trophy 15 November 2024The Moot Court trophy has been awarded for the fourteenth time! This time, it went to the best pleader in the spring of the 2023-2024 academic year.