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Gabrielle van den Berg: 'We can put ourselves in the spotlight more' 04 November 2025Gabrielle van den Berg has been appointed Scientific Director of LIAS from 1 September. 'I hope to be able to make a difference.'
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Open Day as a compass for prospective students 03 November 2025Chinese Studies, History or Urban Studies? How do you choose the right degree programme for you? Hundreds of prospective students tried to find out at...
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New perspective, equal opportunities in the classroom 03 November 2025Inequality could be addressed in the classroom without taking too much time, effort or money. By making one small change, teachers can make a big diff...
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Executive Board President Luc Sels introduces himself: 'A great honour' 03 November 2025Since 1 November 2025, Prof. Dr. Luc Sels has been the new President of Leiden University's Executive Board. In a message to our university he introdu...
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Faculty Board responds to your most frequent questions 03 November 2025Following the announcement of revised financial projections at the start of the academic year, the Faculty Board was keen to engage in dialogue with t...
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Six Erasmus+ ICM grants awarded for international cooperation 31 October 2025Six Leiden University members of staff recently received the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility grant for exchange projects with non-European part...
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‘Teach young people to take control of technology’ 30 October 2025Technology is spreading its tendrils into the classroom. But who is in control? In her inaugural lecture, Professor Nadira Saab calls for ‘digital age...
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'With dialogue you can create connection among students' 30 October 2025Lectures that focus on dialogue among students can increase their well-being. Lecturers Karin Nijenhuis and Thijs Witty are organising a symposium an...
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Update organisational development 28 October 2025The Organisational Development team, led by rector Erwin Muller, has organized numerous meetings with colleagues from a variety of university departme...
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Timo Kos on the cuts and elections: ‘We’re fighting for the future of our university’ 28 October 2025The university may seem a bit subdued in the run-up to the Dutch elections on 29 October. The media has barely mentioned education as an election issu...
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What our experts have to say about the key issues in the Dutch elections 28 October 2025Is your strategic vote actually strategic? How can the Netherlands form a stable government? And what should the next government do about migration, d...
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How can we make unacceptable behaviour a man’s issue? 27 October 2025During Consent is Key Week, we’re exploring ways to eliminate sexual violence within our university community. We spoke to Assistant Professor Mischa ...
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New eye tracker for the Babylab 27 October 2025The Babylab, part of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) and SSH Labs infrastructure, has recently introduced a new eye tracking devic...
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Civility, not opinions, was the real surprise in student debate 24 October 2025The student debate in Leiden’s Stadsgehoorzaal promised to be ‘the key to your vote’. That may sound hyperbolic, but what this well-attended debate d...
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‘Plastic politics’: how ideological debate was supplanted by abstract jargon 23 October 2025Over the course of the 20th century, politicians increasingly came to rely on experts. Their language was peppered with terms like ‘policy pathways’ a...