450 news items found
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Talk and debate: how do we prevent science from harming the environment? 14 December 2021
Sustainability researchers can play an important role in the energy transition. But what if their partners are not (yet) sustainable and science itsel...
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Professional female footballers have to play like a man 06 December 2021
Women’s football is steadily gaining attention. It’s as though the sport is becoming emancipated. And yet in conversations with professional female fo...
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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’ 06 December 2021
Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long whil...
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Students work with local community 06 December 2021
Problems cannot always be solved from a desk. Students on the Master’s in Governance of Sustainability therefore went to various Leiden neighbourhoods...
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‘Studying in Leiden is a life-changing experience’: students on the LExS grant 03 December 2021
Last year around 2,000 international students started a master’s degree at Leiden University. To make this possible, there are various grants that the...
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Giving makes you happy 03 December 2021
Receiving a gift is nice, but giving a present also makes you happy. Development psychologist Mara van der Meulen former member of the Leiden Consorti...
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Fenna on EUniWell: ‘Students can be involved in lots of different ways!’ 03 December 2021
EUniWell, the alliance of seven European universities committed to developing teaching and research relating to well-being, is celebrating its first a...
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The surprising tradition of fables in French education: 'It builds bridges between generations' 25 November 2021
In the Netherlands, people probably grew up with De Fabeltjeskrant (a children’s show, ed.), but in France an introduction to fables plays a much more...
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Cancer patients want a doctor who shows empathy and doesn’t make vague promises 22 November 2021
Patients with incurable cancer want their oncologist to be clear but to show empathy too. They find hard and vague communication harmful. These are th...
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Law graduate Jiska Ogier speaks from experience: ‘The Netherlands should be much more accessible for people with disabilities’ 18 November 2021
Jiska Ogier studied notarial law, which wasn’t always easy because she went to lectures in a wheelchair. As a student she pushed to make society acces...
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What the campus at Leiden Bio Science Park will look like 15 November 2021
The university campus at Leiden Bio Science Park will change rapidly over the next few years. A short film shows the transformation to a full campus. ...
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Students create creative language lessons for primary and secondary education: ‘Not enough attention paid to languages’ 08 November 2021
The earlier you introduce children to a language, the sooner they can be captivated by it and see that there is more than just Dutch and English. That...
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Five Leiden professors installed as Medical Delta professors 03 November 2021
On 2 November, nine professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta Professor’ at Leiden University, LUMC, Delft University of Technology...
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‘Heart rate and skin conductance predict romantic attraction’ 02 November 2021
Synchronised heart rates and skin conductance tell us that people are attracted to each other. This explains why we feel a romantic ‘click’ with some ...
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A new Digital Lab@Veth! 29 October 2021
The Digital Lab is open! This new lab is meant for staff and students who are looking for a place to work, experiment, and find support for their digi...