450 news items found
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Spinoza Prize for astrophysicist Ignas Snellen 17 June 2022With his clever measuring methods Ignas Snellen – together with his team – was the first to detect carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of exoplanets. Fo...
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Flash interview with alumnus Joost Bunk: As a diplomat, you know there's a risk of being declared persona non grata 16 June 2022When Russia attacked Ukraine in the night of 23-24 February, alumnus Joost Bunk, who was working as a diplomat in Russia, knew that everything would c...
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National Student Survey shows Leiden students satisfied 16 June 2022The first results of the National Student Survey (NSE) show that Leiden students are still satisfied with their degree programmes. On average they are...
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Climate activist Aniek Moonen: 'At 24, I can already make a huge impact' 16 June 2022No full-time job, but full-time voluntary work instead. That’s what Aniek Moonen decided on graduating from Leiden University College The Hague, when ...
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Honours students mount an exhibition on ‘the other’ 14 June 2022Master’s students in the Honours Class ‘Leiden, City of Refugees?’ were asked to contemplate the concept of ‘the other’ from both an academic and an a...
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In pictures: ‘Groot Nederlands Student Kampioenschap’ student games for the first time in The Hague 13 June 2022The 'Groot Nederlands Student Kampioenschap' student games have been held for the first time in two cities, Delft and The Hague. To make this happen o...
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Annual Report 2021 published 13 June 2022Leiden University’s Annual Report 2021 has been published. In this report, which consists of a general section and a financial section (the financial ...
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Leiden’s student portal: a single place for organising your studies 13 June 2022Leiden University’s digital study environment is being expanded to include the Leiden student portal: a single place where as a student you can find a...
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Video series: Why Latin America matters 07 June 2022Latin America matters! With its rich history, culture, its impressive resilience and creative innovation in the face of such a diverse array of challe...
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The lifecycle of a cigarette filter 01 June 2022The university is launching a campaign to focus extra attention on our smoke-free university locations. The University is using aptly named cigarette...
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Video series: Collaboration with China in daily practice 31 May 2022What are the benefits for us of collaboration with Chinese partners? What sparks off Leiden researchers' interest in collaborating with colleagues in ...
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How do European Muslims see their future? 30 May 2022Professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger wants to use citizen science to answer this question. On the futureofislam.eu website, he is inviting E...
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‘How can you lead an organisation when you do not yet know yourself?’ 30 May 2022How to implement good leadership? This is the central question posed during the inspiration seminars of the LLP, in which renowned guest speakers shar...
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Plastic in cigarette filters: why smoking is bad for the environment too 30 May 2022We all know smoking is bad for our health. But we might not have known that the cigarette filters that litter our streets also impact the environment....
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Executive Board column: Which parts of online learning do we want to keep? 24 May 2022Luckily we’ve been able to meet up on campus again for a few months now after two years of mainly online teaching. Alongside the inconvenience, enforc...