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What Leiden University is doing about gender inclusion 06 December 2022Leiden University wants to be a safe and inclusive learning and working environment for all its students and staff. In an interview with XperHR HR kno...
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Sustainability Report 2021: continuing to reduce our CO2 footprint 06 December 2022Leiden University continued to reduce its carbon footprint in 2021 by being more careful with natural resources and making structural reductions to it...
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Multiple KHMW awards for science students 05 December 2022As many as seven first-year students from the Faculty of Science were honoured as young talents. In addition, the Royal Holland Society of Sciences an...
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Woman, man or somewhere in between? You decide (and not just your body) 05 December 2022A female body equals a woman. Nonsense, says Professor by Special Appointment to the Socrates Chair Annemie Halsema. She argues that our sense of iden...
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Photo of fish in Covid glove on shortlist for prestigious nature prize 02 December 2022With his photo of a fish trapped in a rubber glove, external PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra has made it to the shortlist for the People’s Choice ...
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'Protecting your data is not something you do just for yourself' 01 December 2022How safely do you handle your data? Privacy officer Eric van Hoof assists researchers and staff with this. 'The biggest mistake people make is thinkin...
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Jasper's day 01 December 2022On January 1st Jasper Knoester started as our new dean. How is he finding it? What kinds of things is he doing and what does his day look like? In eac...
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Lifelong Learning and Development: University launches Academy for Professionals project 01 December 2022The Academy for Professionals project started in November. The project will focus on further developing existing and new educational programmes for pr...
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Alexander van Oudenhoven: 'Governance of Sustainability is something I would have wanted to study myself' 01 December 2022Alexander van Oudenhoven is the brand-new education director of the master's in Governance of Sustainability. The study has already entered its fourth...
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Biology students expose exotic amphibians in the dunes 01 December 2022During the spring of 2021, a group of eight biology students from Leiden set out into the dunes in search of amphibians. Using DNA, they determined th...
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Bacteria growing on light and air: a revolution for biotechnology? 30 November 2022Research to experiment with bacteria that grow like plants has been granted the NWO XS grant. These bacteria use light and carbon dioxide to grow, and...
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Hunt for cheap metals that help store sustainable energy 29 November 2022Storing energy is one of the biggest challenges in the energy transition. Hydrogen could be a solution. Chemist Daan den Boer is researching how to ma...
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Will the new plans steer us out of the nitrogen crisis? Expert Jan Willem Erisman explains 29 November 2022They were eagerly awaited: four letters from five ministers that should provide clarity on how to get us out of the nitrogen crisis. Nitrogen expert J...
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Biology student Martijn Verkuilen wins Unilever Research Prize 29 November 2022Martijn Verkuilen is the winner of the Unilever Research Prize 2022. By transferring DNA from a plant into yeast, he made the first move to produce a ...
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Executive Board column: Spui building is a magnet for interdisciplinary collaboration 29 November 2022This month the University and several partners signed the rental contract for the brand-new Spui building. What will this location mean for the future...