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1575th student receives Honours College certificate 11 November 2024
On the eve of Leiden University’s 450th anniversary, the 1574th and 1575th Honours College students received their honours certificates. In a crowded ...
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We’re surrounded by noise: ‘Silence should be a human right’ 05 November 2024
Learn how silence can benefit your well-being during Work Stress Week from 11 to 15 November. It’s no surprise that we sometimes need a bit of peace a...
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Research offers surprising insights into historical crime in The Hague 04 November 2024
Theft, prostitution, fortune-telling or murder. Historian Manon van der Heijden and a group of students are researching court records from The Hague f...
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Video: Sorting out your allowances is easy with Shuttel 04 November 2024
It’s November, so from now on we will be using Shuttel to log our travel and homeworking days. Esther van Opstal (HR Director) and Karin van den Elzen...
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‘We need to keep teacher development on the agenda’ 04 November 2024
Good education starts with good educators. The university has taken various steps in recent years to help our teaching staff develop. But new teaching...
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New research to get young people back into reading for pleasure 30 October 2024
Young people are more likely to find long texts unappealing to read, particularly with all the digital distractions. To improve young people’s reading...
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‘It doesn’t feel like work’: what it’s like to be a mentor for Pre-University College 29 October 2024
Guiding high school students as a mentor at Pre-University College: what is that like? And what does it all entail? As part of the 20th anniversary of...
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Update Executive Board: Dark clouds over the humanities 29 October 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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Student and entrepreneur: ‘PLNT The Hague is the place to find like-minded people’ 28 October 2024
Taking a Bachelor’s in Security Studies while starting and running two businesses: student Mohamed Sulaiman never stops. But he wouldn’t have it any o...
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Once more Erasmus grants awarded for international cooperation 28 October 2024
This year, eleven exchange projects from Leiden University received an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility education grant. The total award of almo...
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Sustainability Monitor 2023: Leiden University substantially reduces carbon emissions 28 October 2024
The Sustainability Monitor 2023 shows that Leiden University is taking its sustainability efforts seriously. It is working on a greener campus and to ...
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Oncode Accelerator funds preclinical development of cancer therapies 23 October 2024
Through its Demonstrator Projects, the Dutch Oncode Accelerator consortium provides grants for preclinical cancer therapy development. The first call ...
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Update Executive Board: Working groups looking at measures to absorb cuts 23 October 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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Eleven Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants 22 October 2024
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 11 Leiden researchers. This grant of up to 850,000 euros will enable them to develop an in...
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Update Executive Board: 'The Balanced Internationalisation Bill even stricter than we had feared' 22 October 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...