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Construction of alternative Humanities Campus is feasible 10 May 2022Leiden University can build an alternative Humanities Campus on its own available land at the current location in the city. This is the conclusion of ...
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‘All of Leiden will join in with the Seeing Stars experiment’ 02 May 2022What will happen if the lights in a large part of the city are switched off? How many stars can you see without all that light pollution? This is what...
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University elections: student parties introduce themselves 28 April 2022Better links with the job market, diversity, quality of education, student well-being and free coffee. All these are issues that the student parties t...
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Royal honour for emeritus professor Ad IJzerman 26 April 2022Ad IJzerman, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacochemistry, was made a Knight of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands on 26 April. He was presented with...
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ERC Advanced Grants for four Leiden researchers 26 April 2022From a new generation of antibiotics and more-effective vaccines to a map of dark matter and new light on Hindu traditions. Four researchers from Leid...
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Leiden University turns the heating down by two degrees 22 April 2022The thermostat in Leiden University’s buildings will be turned down by two degrees. The temperature will also be adjusted in rooms that are cooled. Th...
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‘Students have been treated like temporary residents for four centuries already’ 21 April 2022The new Students for Leiden party pulled off a stunning victory in the municipal elections. From nowhere, the party won two seats on Leiden Municipal ...
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Ukrainian course to start soon: ‘Useful for contact with refugees’ 21 April 2022The Academic Language Centre is organising an introduction to Ukrainian with the Russian Studies/Russian and Eurasian Studies programmes. This six-par...
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Jam-packed class rooms and plenty of enthusiasm at Campus The Hague Career Event 21 April 2022Thinking about the next step in your career, networking, preparing for the labour market or possibly meeting your future employer. Over 400 students a...
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Health Day wins LUF Relationship-Promoting Activities Prize 19 April 2022Health Day has won the LUF Relationship-Promoting Activities Prize (LUF RAP). This 5,000-euro prize is awarded to an initiative by Leiden University s...
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Hour of Remembrance on 4 May: ‘We commemorate war victims and draw links to the present’ 19 April 2022During the ‘Hour of Remembrance’ on 4 May, the University community remembers its students and staff who were killed in the Second World War. It also ...
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Anti-Asian racism deserves much more attention 14 April 2022Racism and discrimination come in many different shapes and forms – in the Netherlands too. Verbal attacks, stereotypes and violence: some people are ...
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Leiden University signs Declaration on Student Well-Being 06 April 2022Leiden University and four other parties have signed a declaration in which they agree to improve the well-being of students in Leiden. They signed th...
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Meet the four Leiden participants in the Europaeum Scholars Programme 05 April 2022Four PhD candidates from Leiden University started the two-year Europaeum Scholars Programme this month. They have now completed the first week of the...
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Classroom scanners in the Lipsius building tested by ethical hackers 29 March 2022To check whether the classroom scanners are secure, a ‘pen test’ was performed in the Lipsius building on Monday 28 March. This involved switching on ...