450 news items found
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ERC grant to find out how children fight respiratory infections 13 March 2023The nursery and classrooms are perhaps the most favourable places for pathogens. Yet relatively little is known about how children react to viruses an...
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New portal helps students choose from 200 minors at 3 universities 13 March 2023As from April 2023 all students at Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam will start using the eduXchange ...
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Student Mitchell takes part in water council elections: 'Young people don't know how important their vote is' 08 March 2023History student Mitchell Wiegand Bruss is taking part in the water council elections. Whereas until recently he had no idea what the governing body st...
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Successful Open Day for Humanities: ‘Here you feel how it really works’ 06 March 2023Full lecture halls, a crowded information fair and a queue for coffee in the basement: during the Open Day, the Faculty of Humanities was inundated wi...
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Better health begins close to home (and not in the doctor’s surgery) 03 March 2023Should we ban snack bars from neighbourhoods where residents are overweight or have diabetes? At the Common Sense about Health knowledge festival, sci...
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Declaration of Equity helps study associations promote diversity and inclusion 02 March 2023Many study associations at Leiden University and University of Applied Sciences Leiden are working on diversity and inclusion. But as it’s such a big ...
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Hossam Ahmed: ‘Listen to your students’ 02 March 2023Three Humanities lecturers received the Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) this year. Lecturer Hossam Ahmed is one of them. What does he think makes ...
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This is roughly what the new University Sports and Exam Centre will look like (and where it will be) 28 February 2023The new University Sports and Exam Centre is another step closer. Bigger sports and exam halls, plenty of room for meeting people, an open feel that i...
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Seven projects receive funding from JEDI Fund 28 February 2023More focus on diversity in Antiquity, workshops for students with disabilities, and a card game to share stories about diversity: these and other proj...
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The spirit of Leiden in Brussels: successful fourth alumni event 27 February 2023Another successful edition (the fourth!) of the Leiden Alumni in Brussels event took place on 23 February. With a fully booked registration list, it a...
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Interdisciplinary minor ‘Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’ 27 February 2023The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits of t...
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Female Lieutenant-General on leadership: 'Figure out who you are' 27 February 2023“You want to be a great leader? Start by figuring out who you are.” On February 2nd, Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan, the first female three-star general o...
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Put away those textbooks and relax: the Living Room is open 23 February 2023Leiden University opened the doors of its new Living Room on Thursday 16 February. The Living Room is a home from home where Dutch and international s...
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Climate activist Aniek Moonen to give Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture 23 February 2023Every year Leiden University holds the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture on or around International Women’s Day on 8 March. This year’s lecture will be g...
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Four Vici grants for Leiden University researchers 23 February 2023Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded prestigious Vici grants the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced. The honoured applica...