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A quick call with Joop van der Born about the ISSC’s refer-a-friend scheme 31 January 2023The University urgently needs IT talent. The ISSC has therefore started a pilot refer-a-friend scheme: if you recommend someone you know for a hard-to...
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Four reasons why you should make use of LLInC, the brand-new knowledge centre 31 January 2023Educational innovation provides both opportunities and challenges for lecturers. How do you put your innovative ideas into practice or how do you choo...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for three Leiden researchers 31 January 2023From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages: three Leiden researc...
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The more time, the better the kidney 26 January 2023There are never enough donor organs. And the organs that there are have to be transplanted at lightning speed. Medical science is therefore working ha...
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PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra named Person of the Year 26 January 2023Auke-Florian Hiemstra, an external PhD candidate at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, is the Leidsch Dagblad Person of the Year 2022. With more than 1,00...
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A quick call with Jan Willem Erisman about the interdisciplinary research symposium 24 January 2023Conducting research with academics from different disciplines is not easy. ‘But collaboration is vital to society,’ says Professor of Environmental Su...
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‘We should stop celebrating diversity. It should be a given’ 24 January 2023Language matters. It can mean that people feel they do, or do not, belong. How can inclusive communication make people feel welcome? This was the them...
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Jan Willem Erisman appointed chair of Scientific Climate Council 20 January 2023The Council of Ministers has appointed Jan Willem Erisman, Professor of Environment and Sustainability at Leiden University, as chair of the new Scien...
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What is there to do at Leiden University in 2023? Six events to look forward to 20 January 2023From sponsored runs to festivals and from open days to concerts: Leiden University hosts all manner of events every year. To make sure these events ge...
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GTGC lunch seminar series: an international, interdisciplinary scope 19 January 2023Starting February 6, the Leiden interdisciplinary research programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) will host a lunch seminar...
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Ten lecturers obtain Senior Teaching Qualification 17 January 2023On 12 January ten driven lecturers obtained their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl congratulated them in the Academy...
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Executive Board column: Downtime as a source of new inspiration 16 January 2023We asked a lot of everyone last year. The Personnel Monitor showed that the workload was high in 2022 and Covid took its toll. I therefore think every...
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Executive Board of the University asks University Council for advice on activating person counters/sensors 12 January 2023The Executive Board of Leiden University has asked the University Council to advise on its proposed decision to reactivate the person counters/sensors...
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ROBUST AI programme receives 25 million euros from Dutch Research Council 10 January 2023The ROBUST consortium, which is the initiative of the Innovation Center for Artificial intelligence (ICAI), has received 25 million euros from the Dut...
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Artificial intelligence project to accelerate MRI scans receives 2 million euros 09 January 2023Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden University and Philips are jointly receiving over 2 million euros from NWO to set up an artificial int...