News
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Scientists have morals too
A group of early career scientists have written a code of ethics through an initiative of the World Economic Forum. Chemist and co-author Sander van K...
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Parking spaces Huygens / Oort building temporarily unavailable
In 2020, the SRON space research institute will relocate to the Niels Bohrweg in Leiden, on the parking lot in front of the Huygens and Oort building....
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Path along Gorlaeus Highrise closed
Since Wednesday 18 April, the path along the Gorlaeus Highrise along the pond has been closed due to security measures.
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As of 23 April, bicycle parking Oort building only accessible with LU card
From Monday 23 April, the bicycle parking between the Oort building and the pond will only be accessible to employees and guests with an active LU card.
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Get to know the Leiden University Green Office
Got some good ideas for making studying and working at the university greener? If so, share them with the Leiden University Green Office.
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Increase mobility and reduce work pressure: but how?
A high level of work pressure and few opportunities to for personal development or to make a move to a new position. These were two of the major point...
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Djordjo Milovic wins Stieltjes prize
On 4 April 2018 the Stieltjes prize 2016 was awarded to Djordjo Milovic for his PhD thesis 'On the 16-rank of class groups of quadratic number fields'.
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Province, universities and businesses to collaborate on circular South Holland
The province of South Holland is to collaborate with industry, the three LDE universities Leiden Delft and Erasmus, and the University of Wageningen i...
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The Kattekop again voted best childcare centre in South Holland
The University's childcare centre, de Kattekop, has been awarded the 2017 Regional Award by South Holland. In an independent survey, parents gave the...
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PhD candidates get their own staff survey
PhD candidates are a special group in the workforce. For four years, they work on their own, large research project under supervision. There are parti...
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Sustainable demolition of old laboratories at a glance
Leiden University is demolishing a number of old laboratories of the Faculty of Science in a sustainable way. The Dutch Green Building Council, an org...
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The superpowers of new critical raw materials
Cars, wind turbines, solar panels and smartphones. ‘Critical’ raw materials like platinum or cobalt are used in all the technologies that are essentia...
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Stéphanie van der Pas receives Willem R. van Zwet Award
On 29 March Stéphanie van der Pas receives the Willem R. van Zwet Award during the Annual Meeting of the Netherlands Society of Statistics and Operati...
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Staff survey: what do we do with the findings?
The staff survey is due to start on 3 April. We are curious about your opinion on working at the university: what is going well, and what can be impro...
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Alumni, staff and students and why you should vote for them
Many students, members of staff and alumni at Leiden University are active in politics, including as candidates in the local elections on 21 March.