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Cybercrisis under control: Leiden University takes part in national exercise 08 April 2025How should universities respond to a cybercrisis such as a DDoS attack or data breach? Leiden University participated in a national crisis exercise wi...
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Field trip to sustainable farm shows ‘what you can achieve if you chart your own path’ 08 April 2025How to take ownership of your career? To find out, students from ‘Design Your Career as a Climate Change Maker’ visited a farmer who has done just tha...
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‘It’s worse than I thought; it’s affecting all of us’ 04 April 2025How can the academic world best handle the new political reality in the United States? This is the question that managers, lecturers, researchers and ...
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism 03 April 2025Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role i...
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University passes Institutional Audit 01 April 2025An independent panel recently conducted an Institutional Audit (ITK) of Leiden University. It assessed whether our quality assurance and quality cultu...
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Take the Employee Experience Survey 2025: ‘Help us find opportunities to improve’ 01 April 2025How satisfied are you with your work? And how can we improve? On Tuesday 6 May, our partner Welliba will invite you to take our 2025 Employee Experien...
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Staff symposium on student well-being: ‘A lot is expected of students nowadays’ 01 April 2025How can staff help create a healthy and inclusive learning environment? How do today’s students differ from previous generations? And what does this m...
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Many playgrounds unsuitable for children with autism 27 March 2025Playgrounds often fail to accommodate children with autism, according to researchers Carolien Rieffe and colleagues. For Autism Week (Dutch) and World...
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Quality of master’s programme rated in Keuzegids 2025 27 March 2025Leiden University’s Master’s in Advanced Studies in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration is one of the 15 ‘excellent master’s programmes’ ...
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Lecturer sets up Italian summer school with Una Europa seed funding 27 March 2025Una Europa, an alliance of 11 top European universities, provides annual seed funding for new research and teaching projects. Assistant Professor Carm...
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Leiden University signs Durham Declaration: intensified climate collaboration 26 March 2025The Durham Declaration was presented at the Climate Symposium marking the Coimbra Group’s 40th anniversary on 26 March. Leiden University is proud to ...
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A quick call with Erwin Muller about organisational development 25 March 2025Various meetings will be held over the next few weeks to discuss organisational development at Leiden University. On the agenda are a vision of organi...
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Four hundred and fifty trees for Leiden University’s 450th anniversary 24 March 2025Leiden and The Hague have an extra 450 trees thanks to a special campaign to mark the 450th anniversary of the Relief of Leiden and Leiden University’...
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Leiden students develop AI tool for marking assignments 20 March 2025Jeroen van Gessel’s lecturers didn’t always have time for extensive feedback on his written assignments. So, together with tech-savvy friend Menno Hah...
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Alumnus Marit Brun makes travel guides with a nod to anthropology 19 March 2025Anthropologist Marit Brun captured Leiden’s student life during her studies, which won her the ‘Best Leiden photo’ competition. She now wants to conti...