450 news items found
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Student Mitchell takes part in water council elections: 'Young people don't know how important their vote is' 08 March 2023History student Mitchell Wiegand Bruss is taking part in the water council elections. Whereas until recently he had no idea what the governing body st...
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Tazuko van Berkel receives Ammodo Science Award 07 March 2023University lecturer Tazuko van Berkel is one of this year's laureates of the Ammodo Science Award. The award includes a sum of 350,000 euros that she ...
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Better health begins close to home (and not in the doctor’s surgery) 03 March 2023Should we ban snack bars from neighbourhoods where residents are overweight or have diabetes? At the Common Sense about Health knowledge festival, sci...
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Declaration of Equity helps study associations promote diversity and inclusion 02 March 2023Many study associations at Leiden University and University of Applied Sciences Leiden are working on diversity and inclusion. But as it’s such a big ...
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This is roughly what the new University Sports and Exam Centre will look like (and where it will be) 28 February 2023The new University Sports and Exam Centre is another step closer. Bigger sports and exam halls, plenty of room for meeting people, an open feel that i...
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The spirit of Leiden in Brussels: successful fourth alumni event 27 February 2023Another successful edition (the fourth!) of the Leiden Alumni in Brussels event took place on 23 February. With a fully booked registration list, it a...
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Interdisciplinary minor ‘Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’ 27 February 2023The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits of t...
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Put away those textbooks and relax: the Living Room is open 23 February 2023Leiden University opened the doors of its new Living Room on Thursday 16 February. The Living Room is a home from home where Dutch and international s...
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Climate activist Aniek Moonen to give Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture 23 February 2023Every year Leiden University holds the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture on or around International Women’s Day on 8 March. This year’s lecture will be g...
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Four Vici grants for Leiden University researchers 23 February 2023Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded prestigious Vici grants the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced. The honoured applica...
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Prime Minister gives lecture to first-year students. ‘Democracy will always be stronger than tyranny’ 22 February 2023A year after the start of the war in Ukraine, Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, gave a guest lecture to first-year law students in the Cleveringa ...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support 22 February 2023A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...
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Electric boats will make University construction projects cleaner 15 February 2023No more smelly lorries disposing of building waste or delivering building materials to the centre of Leiden. That’s Leiden University’s ambition for i...
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Proposed decision by Minister Kuipers: Children’s heart surgery to end in Leiden 14 February 2023Ernst Kuipers, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, announced on 13 February that he plans to remove children’s heart surgery from the Centre for Co...
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Executive Board decision after University Council advice: People counters will not be switched on again 14 February 2023The more than 370 sensors that have been hung up in Leiden University buildings to count the people present will not be switched on again. The equipme...