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More attention needs to be paid to prevention in the fight against cancer 10 November 2022On 11 November Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Monique van Leerdam will deliver her inaugural lecture entitled, ‘Aiming for Prevention’....
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Leiden Healthy Society Center: making Leiden the healthiest city in the Netherlands 10 November 2022How can the people of Leiden age as well as possible? And what is needed to reduce health disparities? That is the mission of Leiden Healthy Society C...
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New hub for entrepreneurial students from Campus The Hague 10 November 2022This Thursday saw the launch of PLNT The Hague, an entrepreneurial hub where Campus The Hague students can learn all about entrepreneurship. They will...
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New ‘university centre’ to be created in former Hudson’s Bay building in downtown The Hague 07 November 2022Leiden University, together with the Open University and Universities of the Netherlands, will take up residence in the Spui building at Grote Marktst...
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National platform launched for academics facing abuse 07 November 2022Academics regularly face threats, intimidation and abuse. The Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Royal Ne...
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Master Class | Factory Girls, Sex Workers, and Minorities: Writing the Marginalized in History 03 November 2022
Hanan Hammad and Eftychia Mylona give a master class focusing on conceptual and methodological challenges in writing histories of marginalized social ...
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Peak movement in afternoon and evening linked to lower risk of diabetes 02 November 2022People who move most in the afternoon and evening are less insulin resistant than people who move mainly in the morning or spread throughout the day. ...
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Lecture by Al-Babtain Visiting Fellow Salwa El-Awa 01 November 2022Dr. Salwa El-Awa delivers a talk on Wednesday, November 2nd, on "Ambiguity in the Qur'an".
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High school students at the Open Day: 'I want to do my own thing' 24 October 2022Last Saturday, the Turfmarkt in The Hague, where during the week thousands of commuters make their way to the many ministries in the city centre, was ...
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Executive Board column: Let’s be alert to unacceptable behaviour 21 October 2022This is a difficult time. Above all, for all those directly involved in this horrible case – unacceptable behaviour by a professor and his removal fro...
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Cleveringa professor Gert Oostindie: ‘We stood up for our own freedom but ignored that of others’ 19 October 2022Now that war is once again raging in Europe, the question of when you need to stand up against injustice has become more relevant than ever. In his Cl...
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Introducing the new assessor: 'I immediately knew: this is what I want' 18 October 2022With the new academic year, the Honours Academy welcomes a new assessor: Maarten Kolpa. What does an assessor do? And what can he do for honours stude...
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Leiden University professor removed for extremely unacceptable behaviour 18 October 2022A professor from Leiden University has subjected various colleagues to intimidating and unacceptable behaviour for a longer period. These are the find...
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Alisa Lavrenchenko fled Kyrgyzstan and has now been nominated for an award 18 October 2022At the age of 16, Alisa Lavrenchenko fled to the Netherlands with her mother. She is now taking a Master’s in Russian and Eurasian Studies at Leiden U...
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University signs Digital Sustainability Manifesto: ‘We need a Delta Plan’ 18 October 2022Digitalisation can make a huge contribution to a greener future, but it must also be as sustainable as possible. To make significant progress, more co...