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Obesity related to upbringingThe proportion of children who are overweight has increased enormously over the past 20 years. The number has currently stabilised but even so there a...
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NSS 2017: Students more satisfied, but still areas for improvement
On most issues covered in the National Student Survey (NSE), Leiden University students are more satisfied with their education and programme as compa...
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Open Up: How to publish Open AccessPublish Open Acces in high quality journals.
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Pieter's Corner: Can diversity be engineered?In discussions about today’s society and multiculturalism the word is constantly bandied back and forth: diversity. At Leiden University we aspire to ...
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Sustainable demolition of old labs under wayLeiden University has started the sustainable demolition of the old LCP building of the Faculty of Science.
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Three Leiden professors appointed members of KNAWThe Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has appointed 26 new members. Three of them are Leiden professors: Luuk de Ligt, Lisa Cheng ...
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Gravitation grants for three major research programmesThree major research projects involving Leiden scientists have been awarded a grant from NWO’s Gravitation Programme. The projects are on innovation p...
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‘Make it clearer to people what the university actually does for them.'How can the university forge closer connections with society? This is a question that is close to the heart of Willem te Beest, who retired as Vice-Pr...
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How Leiden University reopened after the warStudents were able to continue their studies in September 1945 after the University had been closed for several years during the Second World War. Thi...
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This is what it's like studying with a disabilityMore than a hundred people took part in the conference on Studying with a Disability on 20 April. Dozens of students shared their experiences. 'I woul...
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Blended learning activates studentsRecently, the booklet 'Blended Learning, het versterken van het onderwijs op de Universiteit Leiden' has been launched. Sonja Wagenaar, educational ad...
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Kaya Peerdeman wins award for article on analgesia
Health psychologist Kaya Peerdeman has won the article award of the Postgraduate School For Research and Education in Experimental Psychopathology (EP...
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MOOCs more than online educationLeiden University now offers almost 20 Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). The enthusiasm displayed by participants makes it rewarding to develop and...
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Rubicon grant for Evin AktarThe NWO has awarded Evin Aktar a Rubicon grant. From September, she will start a 12-month period of research at the Cognitive Affect and Temperament L...
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Museum Night in Leiden all about timeThe ninth Museum Night in Leiden will take place on Friday 19 May 2017. This year's theme will be 'About time'. Nine museums are taking part and the ...