450 news items found
-
‘Scientists should be careful when interpreting results of AI models’ 16 April 2024Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame studies how AI is changing the practice of scientific research. From astrophysics to mathematics to climate science, t...
-
Calling on universities and funders: make research information open 16 April 2024Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open R...
-
How a local shaman can help fight climate change 11 April 2024Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote uplands of Myanmar? ‘To tack...
-
Leiden University/LUMC to drop cum laude honour for Master’s in Medicine 10 April 2024As of 1 September 2024, the cum laude honour will no longer be awarded for the Master’s in Medicine. The Executive Board recently decided to grant an ...
-
University elections: these are the student parties you can vote for 09 April 2024The university elections are coming up. Sustainability, inclusion, student well-being: what do you think should get more attention? From 22 to 25 Apri...
-
Small fire in Snellius building: no injuries, building reopened on Wednesday 09 April 2024At around noon on Tuesday 9 April, a small fire started in the basement of Leiden University’s Snellius building. The fire brigade was quickly on the ...
-
Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’ 08 April 2024Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor o...
-
How can we banish racism from education? 28 March 2024A safe haven for students, more bicultural staff and more powers for diversity officers. In a national expert meeting at Campus The Hague, administrat...
-
The Top 450 is growing: entry number 50 published 27 March 2024We have reached our first milestone: the 50th Top 450 entry has now been published. In the run-up to the university’s 450th anniversary in 2025, we ar...
-
The lessons we can learn from leaders of colour 26 March 2024With diversity and inclusion, organisations too often focus only on cosmetic change. ‘Interview bias training alone is not enough’, says Distinguished...
-
Ronald Giphart writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn 25 March 2024Writer in residence Ronald Giphart will explore a number of his own fascinations with Leiden students.
-
Leiden University and University of Edinburgh to deepen collaboration 22 March 2024Joint masters and PhD programmes. A research and teaching hub. A delegation from the University of Edinburgh recently visited Leiden University to dee...
-
Be sincere, work together and have fun: leadership lessons from Peter Hertinge 21 March 2024The former Volvo director travelled from Sweden to Leiden to give a lecture to the master’s students of the Leiden Leadership Programme. Among other t...
-
Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks 21 March 2024The English taught interdisciplinary minor Violence Studies looks into various facets of interpersonal violence. Is this minor for all Leiden students...
-
New generation galaxy formation simulations on the horizon – Evgenii Chaikin received his doctorate with honours 21 March 2024Simulations of galaxy formation provide much more information about galaxies than a telescope. Simulations have been improving significantly in recent...