450 news items found
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‘Homo sapiens is too arrogant: call us Homo faber, the toolmaker’ 16 May 2022We need to dispel the arrogant and misguided idea that modern humans are superior to earlier human species. It is thanks in part to all our predecesso...
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Dutch Higher Education Award 2022: second place for The Learning Mindset 13 May 2022The Leiden University College (LUC) education team behind The Learning Mindset (TLM) has received 800,000 euro’s during the Dutch Higher Education Awa...
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First photo of black hole at the heart of our Galaxy 12 May 2022Finally we know for sure that there is a black hole at the centre of our own galaxy. Today, astronomers unveiled the first ever photo of Sagittarius A...
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Minors in AI, Data & Digitialisation in Delft, Leiden and Rotterdam 11 May 2022The universities of Delft, Leiden and Rotterdam are working together to show their students what artificial intelligence (AI) means for their own fiel...
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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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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 ...