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Alumna Izra ter Weer: ‘Leiden had many more connections with the rest of the world than I thought’ News - 15 January 2026
Izra ter Weer's mother had studied English Language and Culture in Leiden and was always so enthusiastic about her studies that Izra decided to follow in her footsteps. After completing a Master's degree in Linguistics, she now works as a consultant at strategic consultancy firm Sprenkels and organises…

milling machine at the Fine Mechanical Department: now producing even more complex 3D shapes with extremely high precision News - 21 January 2026
The Fine Mechanical Department has recently expanded its machine park with a universal CNC milling machine. The purchase of this machine is not only an investment in technology, but also in the future of the Fine Mechanical Department, where it is expected to remain in operation for at least 10–15 y…

More contact with colleagues, no picture frames but on the wall: evaluation of activity-based working at FSW News - 2 May 2024
No fixed offices, only flexible workstations: For colleagues in the Faculty Office and CADS, it has been everyday reality since the Activity-based Housing pilot. In a new evaluation, colleagues are positive, although some miss the convenience of having their own office.

ten years’ time, we’ll ask ourselves how we can make the Netherlands more attractive for migrants’ News - 16 November 2023
When politicians claim they can make major differences with their migration policies, they’re raising false expectations. The opportunities for the government to restrict migration are in fact very limited. And what about the little room they do have? Mark Klaassen’s advice is to make use of those opportunities…

Archaeologists come up with a more precise estimate for how long modern humans and Neanderthals co-existed News - 13 October 2022
Modern humans and Neanderthals may have co-existed in France and Northern Spain for up to 2,900 years until the Neanderthals disappeared. This is what archaeologists from Leiden University and Cambridge University write in a new publication in Scientific Reports.

Octogenarian underground poets, political language turned on its head, and more: unofficial poetry from China in Digital Collections News - 13 June 2023
Over 30.000 pages of new material have been added to the online collection of unofficial poetry publications from China in the Leiden Digital Collections. Produced outside the system, these journals and books are hugely influential yet very hard to find. To address this paradox, Leiden University Libraries…

research project: two articles and a fact sheet: 'I was able to get so much more out of my thesis' News - 30 May 2023
How do you turn your thesis into an academic article? That's a question Floortje Fontein, who conducted research into inclusive leadership, can answer. She looked at how public managers manage a diverse team. She got a 9 for her thesis and is currently working on several articles based on the results…

Comenius grant for more diverse ancient history: 'Especially in the first year of the bachelor, the impact of a project is great' News - 5 July 2024
The History programme has been working for several years to make the curriculum more diverse and inclusive. With a Comenius grant, university lecturer Kim Beerden wants to take the next step.

familiar routine of papers and write a blog post! ‘This way you can be more involved with the subject’ News - 25 March 2022
Exam, paper, exam, paper. A familiar, though sometimes little unexciting, routine for students. That is why Film and Literary students Sietske de Haan and Wouter Dijkman decided to write a blog post for the course Interculturality. Their impressive achievement was rewarded with a publication on science…

KNAW Early Career Award for Alisa van de Haar: ‘I want to take a more positive approach to migration and multilingualism’ News - 22 February 2024
Alisa van de Haar is one of three humanities scholars to win a KNAW Early Career Award this year. The university lecturer of Ancient French Literature is receiving the award for her innovative research on multilingualism and migration. 'It would be nice to use this to set up a project with students.…

Wooclap – Make your class more interactive! Event - 3 March 2026
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– ‘There's “money law” and there's “people law” and I've always been more interested in the latter.’ News - 19 April 2023
Not everyone benefits from the increased flexibility in the labour market. EU migrant workers engaged at the lower end of the employment spectrum are falling behind. According to Daniel Carter, the legal system is at fault and in his PhD thesis he explains the reasons why.

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