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Happietaria: take a bite out of human traffickingPop-up restaurant Happietaria has opened its doors in Leiden once again. Come and tuck in for charity between 4 February and 2 March. Students from Ch...
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What South Park tells us about Charles DarwinJust about everything that's known about Charles Darwin has already been said or written. Even so, Norbert Peeters – together with Tessa van Dijk – ha...
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An inclusive recruitment policy for a diverse organisation‘Routine leads to reproduction rather than innovation,’ says Estela Mara Bensimon, an expert in the field of ethnic diversity in higher education. In ...
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Dutch universities give Open Access another boostThe Dutch universities will give Open Access an extra boost from 2019 by starting a pilot titled ‘You share, we take care’ to make publications availa...
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How degree programmes prepare students better for the labour marketFrom ‘challenges’ at ministries to reflection sessions where students coach each other. Students, study advisers and other employees shared their best...
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Initial Institutional Quality Assessment positiveThe University is working hard on its renewed accreditation for the Institutional Quality Assurance Assessment (IQA). A research panel from the NVAO (...
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Suspected wrongdoing? Contact the Confidential Counsellor for MalpracticeWhat should University staff do if they see something that doesn’t seem quite right? This could be excessive spending on a project, the improper use o...
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Fundamental decision on breach of academic integrityA former employee of Leiden University breached academic integrity. This is the conclusion of the University’s Academic Integrity Committee in its rec...
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Pitch your research at FamelabCan you talk for three minutes in glowing terms about your science or medical research? If so, sign up for the Leiden preliminary round of FameLab, th...
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Warm Sweater Day 15 FebruaryTime to put on a warm sweater: on Friday 15 February the temperature in many University buildings in Leiden and The Hague will be set to 16 degrees ce...
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Timon Krause: a philosopher in showbizPhilosophy master's student Timon Krause is 24, but it feels as if he’s already fully lived at least two lives. His show MINDGAMES is currently booked...
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‘Don’t wait too long before getting in touch with the confidential counsellor’It’s about improving people’s wellbeing within the organisation. Piet de Boer is one of the university’s two Confidential Counsellors for Unacceptable...
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‘The higher education of the future will be more flexible’The future of education lies in its ability to become more flexible: students will put together their own study programme from different educational i...
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New Year's resolutions? We'll help you out!Work out more, eat healthier, have more time to yourself: we make resolutions every year, but they often don't make it past the end of January. To hel...
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Our year in 9 Facebook postsFishing a bike out of the frozen canal, stunningsunsets over Leiden and four plants that flowered for the first time in sixty years in the Hortus Bota...