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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2024 17 December 2024
Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind in...
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New committee to assess fossil fuel collaboration 16 December 2024
From 1 March 2025, a new university ‘fossil fuel collaboration’ committee will assess potential new collaborations with the fossil fuel industry and d...
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University and associations join forces to beat loneliness during Winter Weeks 16 December 2024
Not all students spend the holidays with family and friends. The Leiden University Winter Weeks gives these students the opportunity to take part in a...
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Update: Executive Board responds to government cuts 12 December 2024
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
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Blowing the whistle on the government cuts 11 December 2024
Hundreds of students and staff from Leiden University gave a ‘whistle concert’ on 11 December against the planned cuts to higher education. Similar pr...
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Synthetic dataset protects privacy in criminological research 10 December 2024
Few public datasets are available for criminological research, especially when it comes to homicides. Privacy laws often prevent data sharing. The SEN...
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Humanities Hub opens: new digital facilities for researchers and students 05 December 2024
The new Humanities Hub in the Huizinga Building was officially opened on Tuesday 3 December. In the different labs, researchers presented the options ...
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In Memoriam: Emma de Rijke 05 December 2024
It is with the greatest sadness that we have learned of the unexpected passing of Emma de Rijke. Emma was a student in the MA Asian Studies, having fi...
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Timo Kos new Vice President of the Executive Board 05 December 2024
Timo Kos has been appointed Vice President of Leiden University’s Executive Board and will take up the role on 1 March 2025. He succeeds Martijn Ridde...
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Launch of LDE Space & Society Honours: ‘I hope students learn they need each other’ 29 November 2024
Connecting space to society and gaining problem-solving experience: that’s the goal of LDE Space & Society, a new honours programme for bachelor’s stu...
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Cleveringa Lecture: ‘I’m deeply ashamed of this orchestrated asylum crisis’ 27 November 2024
The rule of law is crumbling in the Netherlands, lawyer Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You warned in her Cleveringa Lecture. She held up a mirror to those p...
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University working hard to create a safer work and study environment 26 November 2024
Since the demonstration over a year ago on the Wijnhaven campus, Leiden University has developed plans and initiatives to create the safest possible w...
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‘Are you OK?’ Student rowing club Pelargos wins Student Well-being Award 26 November 2024
Are you OK? This question aims to help make unwelcome behaviour easier to talk about. Student rowing club Pelargos made a personal variant on the nati...
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Farewell to Martijn Ridderbos: ‘We can’t do it alone’ 26 November 2024
In his leaving interview, Martijn Ridderbos doesn’t have to think long when asked what he is most proud of. ‘Bringing people together; creating things...
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Protest against higher education cuts: ‘This government is turning its back on the world’ 25 November 2024
Over 20,000 students, lecturers, administrators, support staff and many others protested on 25 November against the plans to make billions of cuts to ...