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Annual report for 2019 publishedLeiden University has published its annual report for 2019. The report is a testament to everyone’s hard work and creativity and shows just how much w...
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde receives Heineken Young Scientists AwardThe Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has awarded the Heineken Young Scientist Award 2020 in the Social Sciences to developmental ...
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Share your experiences of online teaching. Register for the University webinarThanks to the corona crisis, you as a lecturer at Leiden University now have over three months experience of remote teaching. If you would like to sha...
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Record number of grants for collaboration with universities outside the EUGood news for international collaboration: the EU’s International Credit Mobility programme has awarded 163 grants to students and researchers from Le...
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Five principles to preserve social trust in scientific modellingExperts from several disciplines have raised concerns about the use of seemingly precise models to guide policies in matters as complex as the current...
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From Brightspace basics to learning how to migrate: lecturer training has begunFor years Blackboard was the digital hub for courses and programmes at Leiden University, but in September it will be replaced by Brightspace. To help...
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New online platform Learning with the CityLearning with the City, a partnership between the Municipality of Leiden, Leiden University and University of Applied Sciences Leiden, has a new onlin...
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Carel Stolker: ‘Young researchers, you’re not alone’Young researchers have been particularly affected by the coronavirus measures. They’re concerned about whether they’ll get their PhD or postdoc projec...
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‘We will offer a warm welcome to our students, both in person and online’The University buildings are partially reopening to students. And first-years will be able to discover real-life Leiden or The Hague during the introd...
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Leiden University to participate in Cultural Talent to the Top monitorThis year, Leiden University will participate for the first time in the Cultural Talent to the Top monitor. This will provide insight into the Univers...
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Hester Bijl on racism, inclusion and diversity at Leiden UniversityWe talked to Hester Bijl about the worldwide protests sparked off by the death of George Floyd. A demonstration against racism will also be held in Le...
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Paul Wouters on what the Black Lives Matter-movement means for Social and Behavioural SciencesGeorge Floyd's death still leads to fierce protests against police violence and racism on a daily basis in the United States and abroad. We asked Paul...
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Rectores Magnifici: ‘Give students more opportunity to travel by public transport’Meeting in person is crucial to higher education. It would therefore be inadvisable only to allow students to use public transport between 11:00 and 1...
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The wide spectrum of research at LeidenTo give a better idea of the research at Leiden University, a new website has been launched that lists the University’s institutes together with the d...
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Our expectations shape our health
Positive expectations about a medicine may help it to work more effectively, even if you tell patients about this placebo effect. The reverse, the noc...