450 news items found
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Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting 08 February 2022‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the n...
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A real professor in the classroom 08 February 2022It’s starting to become a real Dies Natalis tradition: on 8 February professors from Leiden University teach a class at primary schools in the region....
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From climate to security: 'Students present perspectives I was unfamiliar with' 07 February 2022Cooperation is the solution to international problems, demonstrated the final seminar of the Master Honours Class ‘Smart Regional Integration’ – even ...
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Symposium on technology and trust: ‘Think about privacy and security before introducing new systems’ 03 February 2022From scanners in lecture halls to systems for working from home: the discussion about new technology is being held on various fronts. That is why the ...
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New interactive book helps motivate young people and tackle bullying 01 February 2022How do you deal with bullying? How can you motivate young people? At the NeurolabNL symposium a multidisciplinary research team launched an interactiv...
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Trust me, I’m a university 31 January 2022Technology and privacy, trust and mistrust. A discussion about this broke out when the University installed scanners and students protested. On Wednes...
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‘Limit migrants’ responsibility for voluntary return to their country of origin’ 31 January 2022The EU Return Directive gives migrants residing unlawfully in the European Union the option to leave voluntarily. This is to avoid detention and force...
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Network of student well-being officers create connections 28 January 2022It’s an important theme at the University and beyond: student well-being. Even before coronavirus, research showed that loneliness and the pressure to...
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Symposium on technology and privacy should offer new insights 19 January 2022Video conferencing from your sitting room and algorithms on social media that know your interests: new technology is an increasingly integral part of ...
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’ 18 January 2022As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with ...
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‘People are equal but not the same’: diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective 18 January 2022What is written in law and what equality, inclusion and diversity mean in practice is not always the same. This was the focus of this year’s D&I sympo...
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Lessons for better education 13 January 2022If you could design your own education, how would you do it? That is what the students of the Bachelor Honours Class 'Rebuilding Education' asked them...
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Rutte IV: a fifth of the cabinet studied in Leiden 10 January 2022The new cabinet has finally taken office. Six of its members studied in Leiden, once again making the University a key supplier to the cabinet. Who ar...
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App helps students study better 10 January 2022Cramming from a book, making notes or learning summaries. In the past these were about the only ways to memorise your course material. But that has lo...
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Six prospective members of the new cabinet studied in Leiden 04 January 2022The Rutte IV cabinet will be sworn in soon. A fifth of the prospective ministers and secretaries of state studied in Leiden. Who are they and what did...