450 news items found
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Climate activist Aniek Moonen: 'At 24, I can already make a huge impact' 16 June 2022
No full-time job, but full-time voluntary work instead. That’s what Aniek Moonen decided on graduating from Leiden University College The Hague, when ...
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Honours students mount an exhibition on ‘the other’ 14 June 2022
Master’s students in the Honours Class ‘Leiden, City of Refugees?’ were asked to contemplate the concept of ‘the other’ from both an academic and an a...
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In pictures: ‘Groot Nederlands Student Kampioenschap’ student games for the first time in The Hague 13 June 2022
The 'Groot Nederlands Student Kampioenschap' student games have been held for the first time in two cities, Delft and The Hague. To make this happen o...
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Annual Report 2021 published 13 June 2022
Leiden University’s Annual Report 2021 has been published. In this report, which consists of a general section and a financial section (the financial ...
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Leiden’s student portal: a single place for organising your studies 13 June 2022
Leiden University’s digital study environment is being expanded to include the Leiden student portal: a single place where as a student you can find a...
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Video series: Why Latin America matters 07 June 2022
Latin America matters! With its rich history, culture, its impressive resilience and creative innovation in the face of such a diverse array of challe...
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Paterbrug closed for the next 18 months 02 June 2022
The bridge between the Lipsius building and Cluster Zuid (Paterbrug) will be closed the next 18 months. Cyclists and walkers can use the bridge on the...
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Scientific journal for and by students: 'We have to break habits' 02 June 2022
Associate Professor Paz González had two things she wanted to improve for students: collaboration and publication opportunities. Her solution? A scien...
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The lifecycle of a cigarette filter 01 June 2022
The university is launching a campaign to focus extra attention on our smoke-free university locations. The University is using aptly named cigarette...
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Video series: Collaboration with China in daily practice 31 May 2022
What are the benefits for us of collaboration with Chinese partners? What sparks off Leiden researchers' interest in collaborating with colleagues in ...
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How do European Muslims see their future? 30 May 2022
Professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger wants to use citizen science to answer this question. On the futureofislam.eu website, he is inviting E...
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‘How can you lead an organisation when you do not yet know yourself?’ 30 May 2022
How to implement good leadership? This is the central question posed during the inspiration seminars of the LLP, in which renowned guest speakers shar...
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Plastic in cigarette filters: why smoking is bad for the environment too 30 May 2022
We all know smoking is bad for our health. But we might not have known that the cigarette filters that litter our streets also impact the environment....
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Executive Board column: Which parts of online learning do we want to keep? 24 May 2022
Luckily we’ve been able to meet up on campus again for a few months now after two years of mainly online teaching. Alongside the inconvenience, enforc...
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Should intelligence services have a ‘licence to kill’? 19 May 2022
The ‘University of the Netherlands’ is a series of lectures in which academics address topics based on their expertise. In the latest instalment, cult...