556 search results for “diversiteit in higher onderwijs” in the Public website
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Interview: Zeger van der Wal about 'Good Governance in Asia and the West'
On Thursday 28 September 2017 the Institute of Public Administration of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) organizes the event ‘Good Governance in Asia and the West: What is the Difference?’ as part of the Leiden Asia Year. Below you can read the interview with professor Zeger van der…
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Multilingualism in young children is a good thing: 'Languages support each other'
During Leiden City of Science 2022, Janet Grijzenhout and Hannah De Mulder will put multilingualism in the spotlight by organising multilingual storytelling afternoons. They hope to show parents that raising children multilingually is achievable as well as beneficial.
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‘Science is international so our faculty should be too’
‘Our faculty is a very international community. And that is something everybody really benefit from,’ says Yun Tian. As the officer internationalisation, she is the bridge between international students and staff, the faculty and universities abroad. ‘Science goes beyond countries and carries no nationality.…
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Interview: Physicist Wim van Saarloos takes office as KNAW President
On May 28th, Leiden physicist Wim van Saarloos takes office as President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). He has been vice-president since 2016. ‘The base of our universities is eroding.’
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Seven projects receive funding from JEDI Fund
More focus on diversity in Antiquity, workshops for students with disabilities, and a card game to share stories about diversity: these and other projects will receive funding from the JEDI Fund in 2023.
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Bilingual and international education central to World Teachers Programme
In this bilingual profile, you follow university teacher training with a special focus on language, culture and diversity in bilingual and international education. Student Lauren Rutherford and educator Tessa Mearns talk about this programme.
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Publications
Below is a chronological list of the most recent to oldest publication from the MultiGreen project.
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Turning academics into researchers: The development of National Researcher Categorization Systems in Latin America
Seminar
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Women in Data Science (WiDS)
Conference
- Applied African Linguistics
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The influence of English on Belgian Dutch: Studying the suspects, Addressing the allegations
Lecture, LUCL Colloquium - Lunch Series '23/'24
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LUCAS PhD Alumni Network Event 2022
Alumni event, Job market Preparation for PhD's
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MCBIM Colloquium: Lightning Up Platinum Complexes for Tumor-Targeted Anticancer Therapy
Lecture
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D&I Symposium 2023
Conference, D&I Symposium
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PhD Supervision Excellence Training for Academic Staff
Training
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LIBC Colloquium
Lecture
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Entre la utopía tecnocrática y la colegialidad académica
PhD defence
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With kind regards: September 2022
Lecture
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How do we walk in crowds? A brief journey from crowd physics to smart environments
Lecture
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Reducing the chronic disease burden in China
PhD defence
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Final Conference of the European Network on Teaching Excellence (E-NOTE) Project
Conference
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IPSA RC31 Conference, Decolonizing Western Political Philosophy
Debate
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Optimizing antifungal treatment through pharmacometrics: dosing considerations for enhanced efficacy
PhD defence
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Hall of Fame
Many of our staff and students have won an award, received a grant, obtained an academic fellowship for their quality or have been socially engaged due to their specific expertise. See below for an overview per year.
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Cosmopolis
Cosmopolis seeks to explore the transnational and cultural dimensions of intra-Eurasian encounters through Dutch sources.
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Educational Innovation Hub
Since its founding, LUC has been a college of educational development and experimentation. Its mission statement identifies the college as “a site of innovation in pedagogy, curriculum design, and student well-being,” and it applies a student-centred approach to learning throughout its BA and BSc degree…
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Women on the agenda in Leiden
Women are are on the agenda again at Leiden University. That was clear on 8 March in the Academy Building. First there was an informal get-together with women professors and talented researchers, followed by the 27th Annie Romein-Verschoor lecture, on happy and angry women.
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‘Friends can achieve a great deal together’
On 29 January, the Mayor of Leiden, Henri Lenferink, was awarded Leiden University’s Scaliger Medal. The longest-serving Mayor of Leiden was presented with the medal by the University’s longest-serving Rector Magnificus, Carel Stolker. Lenferink was awarded the medal in recognition of his achievements…
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Spinoza prize for Jan Zaanen
Jan Zaanen, Professor in Theoretical Physics of condensed material, has been awarded a Spinoza prize. His pioneering ideas about the collective behaviour of quantum particles and high temperature superconductivity have often given him the reputation of being something of a rebel.
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Only in America: chemist becomes America correspondent
Chemistry, which is what Hans Klis studied in Leiden, is not what one might expect of a general journalist. ‘I’m a late bloomer,’ he says, despite having spent four years as America correspondent and written a book on notorious school shootings by the tender age of 34.
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Social Science Matters: Confidence in the future?
After a long period of formation, the Rutte III cabinet presented itself on 26 October 2017. The coalition agreement on which ministers will build is called ‘Vertrouwen in de toekomst’ ('Confidence in the future'). But what impact will this new cabinet have on our future? We asked our researchers in…
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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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CEO Andrew de la Haije: ‘Optimally serving our clients is more important than growth or profit’
Andrew de la Haije is Director of the Dutch branch of Xebia Consultancy Services, an internationally operating consultancy agency that coaches companies through digital transformation. He followed the executive master’s programme in Cyber Security and graduated with distinction.
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On-campus Master’s Experience Day
Study information
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Van Marum Colloquium: Active surface adsorbate structure and complex materials exploration with Bayesian optimization
Lecture
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LLRC conference: curriculum and course design for language teaching
Conference
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E-NOTE Second Teaching Excellence Training for Academic Staff
Course
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Online Dies Natalis for Alumni 2023
Alumni event
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LLRC conference: Critical, ethical, and practical use of AI in the language classroom: opportunities and risks
Conference
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Inclusivity with Law: What does it mean to look at diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective?
Conference, D&I Symposium
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Panel discussion Bias in AI, algorithms, and the tech sector - Young Alumni Network
Alumni event
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Philosopher of law Ali Kösedag: Hague heart, Leiden mind
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their family to go to university. In this fourth instalment: alumnus and philosopher of law Ali Kösedag (1992): ‘Philosophising about equality before the law in the Netherlands at an early-morning…
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Older publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Environmental Biology (1972-2015)
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Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics 2022
Conference
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Overview of publications
The BLRN members have published extensively in recent years. In addition to the BLRN book series, dissertations of BLRN members published in the E.M. Meijers Institute Series, you will find below a selection of our publications. For a more complete overview of publications of each BLRN member, please…
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2019 Hall of fame
Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a position in public life. All of these are good reasons to include them in our 2019 Hall of Fame. We are proud of them all.
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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Publications
Recent publications
- Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Middle East Culture Market 2023
Arts and culture, LUCIS Middle East Culture Market