396 search results for “diversity and inclusion” in the Staff website
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Neurodiversity Platform: creating an inclusive workplace
The new Neurodiversity Platform supports staff who need better working conditions because they have ADHD or autism, for instance. Stefan de Jong, who is organising the Platform’s first online meeting on 15 November, tells us about the initiative. Register now if you’re interested.
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Accessible Education
Studying with a disability often costs additional time and energy. Leiden University wants to do all it can to offer equal chances to students with a disability. What can you do to support a student with a disability?
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The sustainable university
The theme Sustainability is one of the five continuous developmental themes in the strategical plan Innovating and connecting – 2022 - 2027 of Leiden University. Making sustainability one of the hot topics.
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What should be done differently at the University? Three lead candidates respond
From the workload to sustainability: the University Council helps decide on important topics. In the University elections – from 9 to 13 May – you can vote for who will represent you on the Council. Three questions to the three lead candidates of the staff parties: PhDoc, Universitair Belang and Leidse…
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Friend or foe? The role of AI in mitigating biases in HR
AI is already widely being used in HR processes, but it’s unclear whether these applications contribute to fair and inclusive decision making. Leiden researcher Carlotta Rigotti is involved in BIAS, a big consortium research project that aims to provide answers and develop a new, trustworthy AI app…
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Hanum Atikasari
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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André van der Laan
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nikki Mulder
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Niels van Doesum
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marianne Maeckelbergh
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Erik de Maaker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ratna Saptari Soetikno Slamet
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Elsa Charlety
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jan Jansen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Simay Cetin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Semiha Aydin
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Willem van Wijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Suzanne Naafs
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hanna Stalenhoef
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ola Gracjasz
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Zifan Meng
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Lotte van der Pol
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Daniela Vicherat Mattar
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Nadira Saab
ICLON
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Assessor talk: Ebrar Kaya succeeds Jonatan Wirix-Speetjens as assessor
Participating in discussions as a student, at an administrative level? Jonatan Wirix-Speetjens has done so for the past two years as assessor of the Faculty of Humanities. Ebrar Kaya will take over the position of assessor starting this September. In this interview we look back and ahead at the asse…
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Intervision group on diversity for mid-career lecturers
Didactics
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Assessor talk: Nova Verkerk succeeds Anne Wellink as assessor
For the past year, Anne Wellink represented students' interests on the Faculty Board. As of September, Nova Verkerk will take over. In this interview, the two of them look back and ahead to the future.
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Put your idea about education innovation into practice with a Comenius grant
Research
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Executive Board column: How can we deal with hate speech?
I was disgusted by the recent Ongehoord Nederland broadcast on 15 September. The racist and hateful comments made by alumna Raisa Blommesteijn were, as far as I am concerned, way over the line and in my opinion also violate Article 1 of the Constitution of the Netherlands.
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D&I Symposium 2023
Conference, D&I Symposium
- Being the First
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Alumna Tessa Schiethart: 'If I could go back to my student days, I’d go right away'
That Tessa Schiethart finished her bachelor's degree in International Studies with a thesis on Indonesian women's reasons for veiling was a coincidence. Or so she thought. Six years later, her book Seeing and Being Seen, in which she writes about her life with a wine stain and vision loss, is in the…
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These are the nominees for the Faculty Teaching Prize 2021
Every year, an outstanding lecturer receives the Faculty Teaching Prize. Lecturers are nominated by students and a jury decides who will receive the prize. The prize is awarded during the official opening of the academic year on 8 September. This year, students nominated four candidates. We spoke to…
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New YAL board: ‘Make sure young academics’ voices are heard’
Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will change its board this month and welcome seven brand-new members.
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Dean Mark Rutgers answers three questions about the Faculty Strategic Plan
For the past year, a steering group has been working hard on the new Faculty Strategic Plan (FSP) for 2022-2027 and the corresponding Implementation Agenda. A number of working groups have also carried out a stakeholder analysis, and several consultation rounds have been held with various bodies, including…
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Yorum Beekman: ‘I didn’t want to write about people, I wanted to give them a voice’
As a woman, working in Japan and Korea can be pretty tough, Yorum Beekman discovered. It prompted her to pursue a PhD on the subject: ‘I thought: hey, that’s interesting!’
- Neuro diversity Platform lecture series
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When will the salary increase be paid? And six other questions about the CAO
In July, the unions and universities reached a definitive CAO agreement (Collective Labour Agreement), with commitments on higher pay, more permanent contracts and a more inclusive leave scheme. Colleagues from the HR department and the FNV union explain how the agreement was reached, what we can expect…
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The Road to Decolonising Research
FULL | Panel discussion and brainstorm session
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JEDI Fund: ‘We’re now showing clearly that the community is diverse’
If you have a plan that could improve the education or the learning environment of the Faculty of Humanities in terms of diversity or inclusion, you can apply for a grant from the faculty’s JEDI Fund. This year, Nasreen has been helping to develop a new syllabus for the first-year Ancient History co…
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Meet the Societal Advisory Board
The Faculty of Humanities wants to take a stand in the middle of society with its research and education. That’s why last year, in the middle of a pandemic, the Societal Advisory Board was founded. What are the members’ plans?
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Third meeting of Leiden University's Being the First student network
Thematic Meeting Being the First
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Public lecture: On the Diversity and the Formation of Creole Languages
Lecture
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UBH 2022 - Upsetting Binaries & Hierarchies
Conference
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Carlotta Rigotti
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Dilara Erzeybek
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Natashe Lemos Dekker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Isabel Hoving
Faculty of Humanities
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Martine Bruil
Faculty of Humanities
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Julia Cramer
Science