950 search results for “opening academic year 2020” in the Public website
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LUC Welcomes Class of 2020!
Last Monday August 14th, Leiden University College The Hague welcomed 206 students to its new Class of 2020! Coming from all the different corners of the world, the students will live and study at the LUC campus. After being welcomed by the LUC staff on Tuesday morning, the new LUC students spent the…
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Open Consultation on UN GGE 2015 Norm Proposals
The Leiden University’s Program for Cyber Norms, a research platform to investigate the development and implementation of law and policy applicable to uses of ICTs, in cooperation with the think-tank ICT4Peace conducted a global open consultation on how to implement the UN Group of Governmental Experts’…
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Simone Dobbelaar
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Linda van Leijenhorst
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nikki Nibbering
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Chris Verhoeven
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Yannick Raczynski-Henk
Faculteit Archeologie
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Josi Marschall
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Judith Schomaker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Aleksandrina Skvortsova
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Robert-jan de Rooij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Leonardo Lenoci
Science
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Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Juan Claramunt Gonzalez
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Catena wins 2020 Sustainability Prize
The Sustainability Prize of the Leiden University Green Office and the Local Chamber of Associations has been won this year by student association Catena. In the shadow of the corona pandemic, Catena worked exceptionally hard to improve sustainability.
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Hackers and Designers Summer Academy 2020
Hackers and Designers Summer Academy 2020 will take place remotely from July 20-25
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Dutch courses in autumn 2020 cancelled
Important update: the Dutch courses have been cancelled for the upcoming round of September-December 2020, in line with Leiden University regulations. There will not be an online replacement course. We will reassess the situation again for the next round, in January 2021.
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Lieke Kools wins Netspar PhD Award 2020
Lieke Kools has won a Netspar PhD Thesis Award 2020 with her dissertation ‘Essays on wealth, health, and data collection’.
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ONon-academic professionals - Working at Leiden University
Nobody is better qualified to tell you what it is like to work at Leiden University than the employees themselves. Watch the videos and meet your future colleagues. They will be happy to share their experiences with you.
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ZonMw - Stimulating academic gatekeeper engagement in responsible research assessment
The project “Optimizing the responsible researcher” (see below) has enriched the knowledge base about the shared values of responsible biomedical research and the various ways in which these ideals are (or are not) put into practice.
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200 years of Leiden Science: kicking off the lustrum year in style
Music, being together and the impact of science were at the heart of the festive opening of the academic year and the start of the faculty’s 200-year anniversary. The faculty was 200 years old on 2 August 2015. The anniversary was celebrated in style, attended by 500 members of staff and students.
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Regieorgaan Open Science officially launched as Open Science NL
Fifteen knowledge institutions and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science have signed the covenant for Open Science NL. Leiden University has also joined the covenant, via the Universities of the Netherlands. This marks the start of the Dutch Research Council’s and brings the transition to open…
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Children’s Rights Newsletter October 2020
The latest newsletter of the Master of Laws Programme: Advanced Studies in International Children’s Rights and the UNICEF Chair in Children’s Rights of Leiden Law School, Department of Child Law has been published.
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Year 2019
The student weekly diary of Archaeology/Egyptology students, 2019.
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Year 2023
The student weekly diary of Archaeology/Egyptology students, 2023.
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Year 2022
The student weekly diary of Archaeology/Egyptology students, 2022.
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Year 2021
The student bi-weekly online diary of Archaeology/Egyptology students, 2021.
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Year 2024
The student weekly diary of Archaeology/Egyptology students, 2024.
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Year 2017
The student weekly diary of Archaeology/Egyptology students, 2017
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Year 2018
The student weekly diary of Archaeology/Egyptology students, 2018
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New Year's resolutions for 2020? We'll help you out!
More exercise, a healthier diet, more time to yourself: we make resolutions every year, but they often don't make it past the end of January. To help you succeed this year, we have compiled a list of New Year's resolutions you can put into practice at the University!
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Enhancing the societal impact of academic publications (Creatieve Industrie – NWO KIEM)
The central goal of academic publishers is the dissemination of the results of research and scholarship. Their audiences can generally be divided into two categories. Academic publications are firstly made accessible to the scholarly community, so that these texts can form the input for new academic…
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Summer School Books and Culture 2020: The Plantin Press and the Religious Book (Antwerp, 29 June - 3 July 2020)
Intensive 5-day programme on the world-famous Antwerp-based printing and publishing house founded by Christopher Plantin in 1555. International experts will discuss how it developed the production and distribution of religious books and related illustrations and prints in the following centuries.
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Exhibition opening: 150 Years of Belgian Royal Visits to Egypt
On the 4th of March 2018, The Belgian Embassy and Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo successfuly opened the photo exhibition of "150 Years of Belgian Royal Visits to Egypt". The exhibition will stay on view till the 27th of April at our NVIC main hall.
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One-year programme
Possibly spending three years at university and following the entire Dutch Studies programme is not an option for you. In that case, we are pleased to offer you an alternative. We have created a challenging and highly valuable one-year programme, where you will still learn to speak Dutch and delve into…
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Optimizing the responsible researcher: towards fair and constructive academic advancement
Researchers are pulled in various, sometimes contradictory directions by the multiplication of performance metrics and new incentives to align with societal needs. Management structures, funding systems, and publication practices are increasingly influenced by pressures to promote only the highest quality…
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Study success: academic achievement and critical thinking competence in undergraduate education
What is the impact of research-based learning on critical thinking competence and academic achievement in undergraduate education? What are underlying factors of research-based learning in the learning environment?
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Slavery Memorial Year
During the Slavery Memorial Year, from 1 July 2023 to 1 July 2024, the Kingdom of the Netherlands reflected on its colonial and slavery history.
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The research-teaching nexus in the humanities: Variations among academics
Central in this thesis are the various forms the research-teaching nexus can take in the university, especially in the Faculty of Humanities. The importance of a strong relation between research and teaching is advocated by many academics, but debate is going on about the forms this strenghthened relation…
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Opening the Black Box: The Making of India’s Foreign Policy
How is Indian foreign policy made? This special issue of the journal India Review, edited by political scientists Nicolas Blarel (Leiden University) and Avinash Paliwal (SOAS University of London) features a number of interesting case studies that bridge the gap between Foreign Policy Analysis and India’s…
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LUC The Hague Introduction Week 2020
The logistics and organisation of LUC’s introduction week 2020 were put under the spotlight this year in light of the restrictions which remain in place with respect to COVID-19. In the face of adversity, LUC rose to the challenge and met the learning curve with patience, dedication and resilience.
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Bringing science to practice: Designing an integrated academic education program for public affairs
Arco Timmermans, Professor by special appointment Public Affairs at Leiden University, brought sience to practice by designing an “ideal” academic education programme on public affairs, to be embedded and taught at the graduate level.
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Ariane Briegel: 'AI literally opens new worlds for the life sciences'
Bacteria caught red-handed, deeply frozen just as they were about to cause Lyme’s disease. Ariane Briegel is wildly enthusiastic about the wonders she observes thanks to three elements: a freezing technique, a camera-equipped microscope, and AI. ‘It’s fascinating. Every single cell is different.’
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Voorjaarsvergadering Stichting Oudchristelijke Studiën (Amersfoort, 7 maart 2020)
De voorjaarsvergadering van de Stichting Oudchristelijke Studiën vindt plaats op 7 maart 2020. De ochtendlezing wordt verzorgd door Prof. Gie Vleugels, terwijl Dr. Klazina Staat instaat voor de middaglezing.
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Professor Hester Bijl, Rector of Leiden University, to open ENOTE’s first Academic Training Week
The Steering Committee of the European Network on Teaching Excellence (ENOTE) is delighted to announce that Professor Hester Bijl, Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, will deliver the opening remarks for ENOTE’s first Academic Training Week.
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Second call for papers (deadline: 15 October, 2020)
ICEHL is a conference on all aspects and subjects relating to English Historical Linguistics. Having started in Durham, in 1979, its twenty-first edition will be held at Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, 7-11 June, 2021.
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Academics' role identities and role transitions at new universities: Novel researcher roles alongside current teacher roles
How do academics develop into novel researcher roles alongside current teacher roles in the context of new universities in transition?
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Covid influences sustainability at Leiden University too in 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has had us working and studying at home, and this has had a positive effect on Leiden University’s sustainability results. This is apparent from the university’s new Sustainability Report 2020. The report also shows that nearly all the targets from the Environmental Policy Plan…
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Leiden University to take part in ‘smarter academic year’ pilots
Can the academic year be structured in such a way to give students, lecturers and researchers a bit more breathing space? To find out, Leiden University is taking part in ‘smarter academic year’ pilots.
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Exhibition on 444 years
Visitors to Leiden's City Hall and the University Library can visit the 444 Years of Leiden University exhibition from 25 January.