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Three questions about the D&I Symposium 2023 19 December 2022How can inclusive communication make you feel welcome at a university? That is one of the questions that will be discussed at the D&I Symposium 2023 o...
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Committee appointed on Rein Dool painting and exhibitions policy 19 December 2022A diverse (ad hoc) committee will advise Leiden University’s Executive Board on its exhibitions policy in a broad sense, with a special focus on the p...
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Misleading bar and pie charts: How graphs can lead you astray 19 December 2022Cutting off the y-axis, using 3D effects and only showing part of the available data: these are all tactics to mislead people with graphs. But they do...
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Executive Board column: How can we act on the results of the Personnel Monitor? 19 December 2022The results of the Personnel Monitor 2022 are out. Now the ball is in all of our courts. What does the Monitor tell us and how can we act on it? I hop...
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Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories 19 December 2022Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the Unive...
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Jasper's day 16 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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‘Migration’, ‘migrazione’ and ‘migracja’: Free teaching modules on migration in six languages 16 December 2022How can teachers have a balanced conversation in the classroom about migration policy, asylum seekers or ethnic discrimination on the labour market? S...
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The career choices of cells 16 December 2022How does an embryonic stem cell decide if it becomes a heart cell or a kidney cell? That’s the question computational biologist Maria Mircea studied f...
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Inventors with a nose for technology 15 December 2022Amidst the lathes and welding machines of the Fine Mechanics Department, Emiel Wiegers is working concentratedly on a metal cylinder. He and his colle...
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From inquisitive exchange student to Californian dream job 15 December 2022As an exchange student, alumna Jessica Ma was already looking for a bridge between statistics and the real world. In Leiden, she gained the experience...
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Rector Magnificus presented with long list of missing Iranians 14 December 2022Hester Bijl, the Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, was handed a ‘shockingly long list’ of names of missing Iranians in her office at the Adminis...
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Bart de Smit reappointed as vice-dean at Leiden Science 14 December 2022The Executive Board has reappointed Professor of Algebra and Number Theory Bart de Smit as vice-dean at the Faculty of Science. De Smit had already he...
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Max van Duijn and Vasiliki Kosta join The Young Academy 13 December 2022Leiden researchers Max van Duijn (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science) and Vasilika Kosta (Leiden Law School, Europa Institute) will join Th...
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Taskforce calls for more scope for lecturer development: ‘Dare to raise the issue yourself’ 13 December 2022The quality of academic education depends on good teaching. A taskforce of lecturers, education specialists and HRM experts is therefore calling for L...
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Executive Board column: how can we help our lecturers develop their talents? 13 December 2022Good lecturers are extremely important to our university. I therefore think it is crucial that we provide them with enough professional development op...