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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’ 05 September 2022The theme of the opening of this year’s academic year was peace and justice. With the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine, these are turbulent times...
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Writer in residence Maxim Osipov: ‘Writing is the development of truth’ 29 August 2022Since criticising the war in Ukraine, Russian author and cardiologist Maxim Osipov has fled Russia. Come September, he will be Leiden University’s wri...
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Students from all around the world discover The Hague 22 August 2022A day at the beach, games, a visit to an embassy and a pub crawl. The activities at HOPweek help new students get to know not just The Hague but each ...
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Exhibition unveils Central Asian part of Silk Road 22 August 2022An exhibition at Oude UB takes visitors to the historical Silk Road. Old maps, clothes and jewellery reflect the rich heritage of the cities of Centra...
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EUniWell Summer School on the impact of covid on health and well-being 16 August 2022Bachelor's and master's students and PhD candidates came together from 10 to 13 July at Campus The Hague for the EUniWell Summer School ‘COVID-19: Imp...
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Thousands of new students start an old-style EL CID 15 August 2022Smiling faces, a mass dance and a bit of awkwardness: after two ‘corona editions’ of EL CID, the Leiden introduction week is back with a vengeance thi...
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Honours Class reconciles students with the unpredictability of life 15 August 2022The course Designing Your Life helps students navigate their career pathways. As it turns out, these pathways are full of twists and turns and - as wi...
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences publishes advice on dignity and respect in academia 20 July 2022
If universities and research institutions want to tackle unacceptable behaviour in academia, they must shift their focus from dealing with complaints ...
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TED Talks for a better world 14 July 2022At the conference of the Honours College Science & Society, students present TED Talks on a social issue of their interest. ‘It brings together everyt...
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Reporting from ESOF: ‘How can we use science to solve the next crisis?’ 14 July 2022From global warming to the decolonisation of knowledge. At the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) in Leiden over 500 speakers from 60 countries have come t...
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Tunnel vision alarm in the search for more efficient hydrogen cells 08 July 2022A tenacious postdoc researcher persuaded Professor Marc Koper to research the oxygen reduction reaction. In Koper's eyes, there was little of interest...
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Over 3,000 euros for equal opportunities in academia thanks to NSE respondents 06 July 2022Within the scope of the National Student Survey (NSE) a cheque for €3.087,75 was presented to the Leiden University Fund (LUF) on Monday. The money is...
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'The effect of the online world on adolescents' 06 July 2022How do digital technologies affect adolescent mental health and resilience? How do we foster a secure online environment? How should we deal with incr...
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Should you leave academia to handle democracy? 06 July 2022The relationship between academia and democracy is a complicated one. Should policy makers listen to scientists or to citizens? That is the dilemma Va...
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ESOF session on vaccines: ‘Infectious diseases know no borders’ 04 July 2022How can Europe lead the way in vaccine development that is fast and for all? To answer this pressing question, Professor of Vaccinology Meta Roestenbe...