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Manager onboarding: finding your way as a new manager at the university 26 September 2024
For new managers, the dynamic university environment can be a lot to contend with. A special induction programme comprising an online module, an intro...
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Responses to Mare newspaper report on University Council’s advice against reappointing Executive Board President 26 September 2024
An article in Leiden University’s Mare newspaper on 24 September states that the University Council advised against reappointing President of the Exec...
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Leiden University researchers tackle global challenges with Una Europa-Africa grants 26 September 2024
Three international research projects involving Leiden University researchers will receive funding from the Una Europa university alliance. The projec...
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Leiden-Delft-Erasmus alliance signs collaboration agreement with Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture and Science 25 September 2024
The Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) alliance signed a collaboration agreement with the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology on...
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Come to the (science) fair on 3 October! 24 September 2024
Want to find out how to assemble a human skeleton? Do you know what chemistry can be found around you? And are you easily fooled by fake news? Discove...
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The long-awaited UN Summit of the Future has ended − what are the results? 24 September 2024
Many saw the UN Summit of the Future as the moment of truth for the United Nations and its plans for the world. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor of Co...
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Student and staff representation in challenging times: ‘We need each other more than ever’ 24 September 2024
The bodies representing student and staff interests met at the start of the academic year for a day of training. New and familiar faces had come toget...
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How do we make choices in an overwhelming world? That is what Lotte van Dillen will study as new Professor Social Cognition and Decision Making 23 September 2024
Due to technological and societal developments, we are being flooded with more information than our brains can process. How does this affect our decis...
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Strength-based communication training: ‘It’s a great way to get to know yourself’ 23 September 2024
Simple and effective communication with your colleagues is often easier said than done. The ‘Use your strengths to communicate’ skills lab helps you h...
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Three Leiden students in the running for an ECHO Award 23 September 2024
Three Leiden students are in the running for the annual ECHO Award. This prize is for students from non-Western backgrounds who are actively engaged i...
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Leiden university is a member of Una Europa: ‘We’re much stronger when we work together’ 23 September 2024
Many Leiden University staff members have already benefited from Una Europa, the alliance of eleven leading European universities: they have received ...
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Discover 450 years of parades at Museum De Lakenhal 20 September 2024
The exhibition ‘Leiden celebrates – 450 years of parades’ at Museum De Lakenhal shows how parades and society have changed through the centuries. Alum...
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Personal Professional Skills Lab: a certificate for the development of FSW bachelor students 20 September 2024
In line with the university and faculty ambition: ‘Future-oriented development of students’, from now on all FSW bachelor students can follow a three-...
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Meetups, day trips and discounts galore: join the Staff Association 17 September 2024
Did you know that Leiden University has an active staff association? As a member you can get to know colleagues in an informal setting during activiti...
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Podcast: this is how you create a dictionary for an unknown Middle Eastern language 17 September 2024
Leiden scholars succeeded in making Arabic accessible to Western academic communities as early as the sixteenth century. But how did they approach thi...