289 search results for “reading” in the Student website
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Introducing the new assessor: 'I immediately knew: this is what I want'
With 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 students? Maarten talks about it in an interview. "I find it important that the student perspective comes first."
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EUniWell discovery project in full swing
The ‘Discovery of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of EUniWell’s Consortium’s Members’ project has received a EUniWell seed grant. Sjoerd Louwaars, the representative from Leiden University, talks about the project and the first results.
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Exhibition encourages us to reflect on the history of slavery
What is the significance of the history of slavery for our present-day society? A special exhibition in the inner courtyard of the Academy Building features eleven insightful portraits of students and staff, and their answer to this question. The aim of the exhibition’s initiators is to make the subject…
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From droplets in the freezer to the inception of a potent new antibiotic
What started as an idea during a social gathering led to an unexpected breakthrough in research on resistant bacteria. Biologists and chemists from Leiden developed a new substance that proves to be effective against bacteria resistant to antibiotics. They published their discovery in Nature Chemist…
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Public leadership in a wider perspective: ‘Leadership is for everyone’
The field of leadership suffers from ‘adjectivism’, says Professor Ben Kuipers. He immediately caveats this by saying that he too is going furnish the word leadership with an adjective: ‘Public’. But the goal here is to view leadership in a different light in his new role as Professor of Public Lead…
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Why search engines and chatbots are becoming more alike
Search engines are getting better at answering our questions. And chatbots are increasingly likely to search the internet for relevant sources. ‘Search engines and chatbots will become more closely entwined’, says Professor Suzan Verberne.
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Workshop Creating a clear structure (Writing Lab Humanities)
Study support, Study support
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Thesis Week 2 & 6 May - Campus The Hague
Study support
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Study Skills
Study support
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Writing Lab Humanities: Thesis Week 4-7 April
Study support
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PhD training Case Study and Comparative Methods
Research
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Information session EUniWell: 4th Seed Funding Call
Information session EUniWell: Seed Funding Call
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Workshop Creating a clear structure
Study support, Study support
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | COVID-19 as an engine of family reshuffling
Lecture, Lecture part of series
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Career College schouwburgstraat Den Haag
Career and apply for jobs
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The Europaeum: Challenges to European Security
Conference
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Online Workshop CV & Cover Letter - Faculty of Science/ LUMC
Career and apply for jobs, Study support
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | From knowledge transfer to personal development
Lecture, Part of Open Lectures Serie
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | Novel approaches to delay ageing and age-related diseases
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with issues from the past. Not to be rooted in the past because some developments from history are things you definitely don’t want to repeat.’
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University Council chair : ‘You have to be patient but you really can make a difference’
The university elections are approaching. Are you going to represent student and staff interests this coming year? University Council chair Pauline Vincenten gives a peek behind the scenes at student and staff participation at Leiden University. ‘I get so much energy from collaborating with the students…
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Interdisciplinary minor ’Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits from this approach? Students and lecturers evaluate: ‘This minor’s a goldmine’.
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Academic freedom, protests and a safe campus: where are we and how are we going to move forward?
Leiden University has had a turbulent week. There have been protests inside and outside our buildings that have evoked reactions, and students and staff have felt unsafe. We want with this message to look back at the past week and look forward to the future. What happened and how do we now want to move…
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Public installation & meme battle on anti-Asian racism
Meme battle
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Maxim Osipov - Public Interview By Michel Krielaars
Lecture
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EUniWell Open lectures series | War, Peace and Overcoming Helplessness: The Role of Universities
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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EuroScience Open Forum Leiden
Conference, ESOF Conference
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Finding an internship as a first-generation student
Thematic meeting Leiden Empowerment Fund
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Daily Dutch (POPcorner FSW)
Study support
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Consent panel discussion - Join the conversation
Debate
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Being the first: the university wide network for first generation academics
Thematic Meeting Leiden Empowerment Fund
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Creative writing: Science Fiction (Dutch and English spoken)
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Tailoring support for refugee students: ‘They are amazed at the number of options’
Many people have fled to the Netherlands since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, including students. But even before this war, students with refugee backgrounds were eager to study at Leiden University. How does the University help young people from various backgrounds find their way around the Dutch…
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Report: Tracking down green spaces in The Hague in places you don't always want to be
Although there is considerable evidence that nature in the city is beneficial to both people and animals, we still do not have an overall picture of those benefits. To rectify that, a Leiden PhD candidate and a student – armed with a cargo bike – are using The Hague as a life-size laboratory.
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Thesis group Leiden
Study support, Study support
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Finding your way at the job market as a first-generation student
Thematic meeting Leiden Empowerment Fund
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Online Career Days FSW - Sustainability
Career Days FSW
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D&I Symposium 2023
Conference, D&I Symposium