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Sports Centre celebrates 50 yearsOnline competitions, online sports, dietary advice for staff and students and 'What do they eat for lunch?' The first 'volunteer' is Vice-Rector Heste...
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Andrea Evers in the Dutch media about the corona measures and behaviourHealth psychologist Andrea Evers has been invited by several Dutch media to talk about the coronavirus and the measures taken by the government with r...
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New LDE Centre for Governance, Migration and DiversityThe start of this year saw the opening of the LDE Centre for Governance, Migration and Diversity. The Centre looks at public administration and policy...
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Nature Comment: Research integrity: nine ways to move from talk to walkResearch integrity is vital for good research. How to make it an inseparable part of research culture takes more than having rules and procedures in p...
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Pieters Corner: How useful is deprivation of liberty?A new bill is currently under debate in the Netherlands, advocating raising the prison sentence for manslaughter from 15 to 25 years. ‘This very serio...
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Management changes within LurisLuris supports and advises researchers and societal partners with knowledge transfer, research impact, grant applications and public-private partnersh...
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Hello Leiden. How’s it going? Minister Van Engelshoven pays online working visit to Leiden UniversityTeaching during the corona crisis, the high workload and the challenges faced by the Faculty of humanities. In an online working visit to Leiden Unive...
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Join in with Healthy University WeekIt’s Healthy University Week at Leiden University from 26 to 30 October. A week full of activities to help our staff stay physically and mentally fit....
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What are the University Council’s priorities this year?The University Council, with a new set of members since 1 September, has formulated six priorities where its members would like to make good progress ...
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New ‘progress pride flag’ flying on annual Coming Out DayIt is still not easy to ‘come out’ about your sexual orientation or gender identity. On Coming Out Day (11 October), the issue was the focus of global...
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Helen Pluut new chair of Young Academy LeidenYoung Academy Leiden brings together young researchers, gives them a say in policymaking and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration. Chair Tom Louwer...
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Lockdown stress milder than expected, but vulnerable families hit harderDuring the ‘intelligent lockdown’ in the Netherlands this spring, the respondents in a Leiden study reported a mild increase in their stress levels. T...
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Nepotism is the problem; the challenge, transparencyPsychologist Omar Burhan discovered in his study of nepotism that the hiring of kin, even if they are competent for the job, makes people feel they ar...
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New AI hub in Zuid-HollandThe region of Zuid-Holland is launching ‘AI Hub Zuid-Holland’. This network organisation will be a single point of contact for business and knowledge ...
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‘As a postdoc, you have to be creative and alert’Elisabeth Heijmans originally comes from French-speaking Belgium – ‘close and far at the same time’. She came to Leiden University for her Ph.D. in 20...