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Digging and tilling at the Hortus botanicus: SEA Community Garden officially opened News - 26 March 2024
Eight university vegetable patches will soon join the display at the Hortus botanicus. The sun shone down on almost 40 enthusiastic students and staff as they started work on the new Community Garden there earlier this month.

Buurtlab 070 launched – sustainability research in, by and for the community News - 18 April 2023
Buurtlab 070 is a new Leiden University project in which residents, researchers and students from The Hague work together on climate, sustainability and biodiversity solutions. What do they expect of the lab?

Executive Board column: Open communication isn’t rocket science, but we do forget it at times News - 13 June 2022
We want to be an engaged community where we feel heard and enjoy working together. But how do we have an open conversation about difficult topics?

Community support officer bows out: ‘My face on a mug got me known’ News - 17 May 2023
He was a popular face in the Leiden student world and even developed his own merchandise, but all good things come to an end. After seven years, community support officer Dennis Perdok (49) is leaving this role. Last week he bid farewell to the police and to his job in Leiden’s city centre.

student well-being: ‘Building on a healthy, engaged and learning community’ News - 17 March 2022
Over 200 staff from Leiden University discussed student well-being with one another and students at the Staff Symposium on Student Well-being. In various workshops and lectures, lecturers, student advisers, student counsellors and other staff members discussed how they could contribute to our students’…