2,494 search results for “humans” in the Staff website
- Daring questions in Islam
- Media | Art | Politics (MAP)
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Your online profile page
All University employees and researchers have a personal profile page on the website. This page will show where you work and how you can be reached.
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Changing your online profile page
The information on your profile page is generated by different underlying systems. You can (request to) change or delete it. Please note that it may take some time before the adjustments are shown.
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funders
Many national and international research funders can provide financing for your research project.
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NL Scholarship - Outgoing
Bachelor, Master
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Researchers about the labs
Since the opening of the SSH labs in the Sylvius Building, more and more researchers are starting in the state-of-the-art lab spaces. What research are they doing, and how do they like the new facilities? Read about their experiences.
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LUSTRA+ Scholarship
Bachelor, Master
- European Union Seminar Series
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Migration from Remindo to Ans
Starting from the academic year 2024-2025, the entire university will be using testing platform Ans for digital assessment. The Faculty of Humanities will make this switch from Remindo to Ans in the second semester (February 2025).
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Diversity and inclusion
In an inclusive learning environment, every student feels welcome, valued and respected.
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Update: Executive Board responds to government cuts
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly (see updates below) look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.
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LDE Governance of Migration and Diversity Seed Fund
Master, PhD
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LUF-SVM Fund
Master
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Minerva Scholarship Fund
Bachelor, Master
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Guidelines for news articles
How do you write a good news article? Here are a number of guidelines to help you.
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Personal and sensitive data
Collecting personal and sensitive data is not as common an issue in archaeological research as in some other fields such as sociology and political sciences which is often the reason why archaeologists might not be aware that they are handling those types of data.
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Bringing students together
Connecting with the University and with one another directly contributes to students’ well-being. This page gives an overview of initiatives that promote this.
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Quality of education
The quality of our programmes is monitored continuously. The assessments are conducted both by external experts and by our institutions and programmes. We use these evaluations of education to further improve our programmes.
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Distribution of funds
Much of Leiden University’s income comes from the government and the tuition fee (first income stream). Each year the Executive Board distributes this income among the faculties and institutes. For the sake of transparency, the University applies the First Income Stream Allocation Model. Alongside being…
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Laboratories
SSH labs accommodate many types of research. The different types of labs were realised after close consultation with researchers and offer a wealth of possibilities.
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Trustee Funds (Curatorenfondsen)
Bachelor, Master
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Web editorial team
If you have a question about the University website, or if you wish to post an announcement or report content-related changes, please contact the web editors of your faculty or unit.
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Existing partnerships
All partnerships between Leiden and international partner universities are managed in a central database.
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Alumni services
Leiden University alumni can make use of a number of University services: ULCN, career support, mentoring network and the Young Alumni Network.
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Storytelling Lab: Using story-based discourse to boost your career
Career development, Communication
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Marketing Nostalgia: Packing and Unpacking the Everyday Lives of Children in Japan
Lecture
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Online Experience Leiden University College The Hague
Study information, Online Experience
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Navigating the Science System: Research Integrity and Academic Survival Strategies
Seminar
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ICT-contact persons
For each university unit, the ICT Shared Service Centre (ISSC) has an appointed ICT contact person responsible for applying for ICT facilities for research, teaching and operational management.
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AI as challenge and support
Developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are changing many aspects of education. On this page we help you discover the possibilities, encourage responsible use and effectively deploy AI tools in your educational practice.
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Symposium Gesture, Movement, and Attention. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on XR Experiences
Conference
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Mariska Kret: ‘The arrogance of thinking we’re better than animals is downright stupid’
Professor of Cognitive Psychology Mariska Kret studies how humans and animals express emotions. Comparisons between humans and great apes offer important evolutionary insights, Kret will say in her inaugural lecture on Friday 9 September.
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Mariska Kret on Techregister about babies laugh like chimps
Young children are not just cheeky monkeys — it turns out they actually laugh like chimpanzees, too. 'That’s because both babies and chimps chuckle while inhaling and exhaling, unlike adult humans who laugh mainly during exhalation', says cognitive psychologist Mariska Kret on Techregister.
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PhD candidates
Leiden University strives to accommodate young talent, which is why it does its best to create an inspiring environment for PhD candidates. With the University Training Programme for PhDs, we offer a degree programme that is both complete and challenging.
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Podcast: Animals have emotions
In this episode, we talk with Mariska Kret about the expressions of emotions in humans and animals. Mariska explores the similarities and differences in emotion expression in humans and primates. Want to learn more about Mariska's research and discover why it's important that we learn more about animal…
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‘Homo sapiens is too arrogant: call us Homo faber, the toolmaker’
We need to dispel the arrogant and misguided idea that modern humans are superior to earlier human species. It is thanks in part to all our predecessors such as Neanderthals that we are who we are today. This is what Marie Soressi, Professor of Hominin Diversity Archaeology, will argue in her inaugural…
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23 November: Buildings WSD-complex close at 17:00
Facility, Organisation
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Byvanck Professor Caroline Vout wins London Hellenic Prize for 2022 book
This year's London Hellenic Prize is awarded to Caroline Vout for her excellent study of representations of the human body in sculpture, Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body.
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Minister of Education, Culture & Science approves sector plans: first funds will be available in 2022
Finance, Organisation
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Creating space for dignity and empathy: examining algorithms in government decisions
Automated government decisions can be cost-effective. But using algorithms also makes understanding the reasons behind decisions particularly complicated. Dr Melanie Fink, Assistant Professor at Leiden Law School, has received a Veni grant to fund her research into this.
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Our vision on teacher development
Teachers at Leiden University are experts in their field and passionate about educating students in their discipline. It is also important that they can work effectively as a member of a team, together with colleagues and students, and that they feel committed to our organisation. We will therefore…
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The right tool for your assessment
Whether you choose formative or summative assessment, here you will find which digital tools are best suited to the assessment method you want to use.
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CSC-Leiden University Scholarship
PhD
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News on Languages & Cultures domain
Education
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Six Leiden researchers receive ERC Starting Grant
Six researchers from Leiden University have received an ERC starting grant. This grant of on average 1.5m euros will enable the researchers to launch their own project, form their own research team and develop their best ideas.
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Hard chews: why mastication played a crucial role in evolution
We do it every day but barely give it a thought: chewing our food. But the ‘simple’ process of masticating food may have played a crucial role in the evolution of our jaws, facial muscles and teeth.
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Digitisation: ignoring it is no longer an option
‘Jelena Prokic, university lecturer and researcher at the Leiden University Centre for Digital Humanities, will be preparing students for the challenges and opportunities of the digital world. In September, six modules will start on subjects such as statistics and digitally searching through texts.…
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Valentina Carraro offers recommendations on strengthening the UN system
At an international high-level conference, Valentina Carraro, Deputy Coordinator of the interdisciplinary programme Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) presented her research on human rights in the UN Human Rights Council and Treaty body systems. One of the most practical recommendations…
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Leiden University joins the Just Transitions for AMR Working Group
Leiden University joins the Just Transitions for AMR Working Group, an interdisciplinary team of social science and humanities researchers who are exploring ways to mitigate the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in a just and equitable manner, with due consideration to the human rights of present…