370 news items found
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Snouck Hurgronje Prize goes to Leiden Resuscitation DayQuick resuscitation can save lives, but under 1% of the population of Leiden is a community first responder. Student associations and various partners...
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Robots and our data: opportunity or danger?Self-driving cars, surgery robots, and stock market algorithms: the use of robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly increasing. What are the...
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Dance, poetry and food bring together international studentsPractically the whole world came together on International Cultural Night on 29 November. International students got together on this night organised ...
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‘Diversity doesn’t appear at the wave of a magic wand’If universities want to open their doors to more students and staff from minority groups, good intentions alone will not suffice. That is what Frank T...
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Plastic Spotter: spot plastic in the canals of LeidenHelp us spot and clean up the plastic in the canals of Leiden! Leiden University is calling on the good folk of Leiden to help our researchers study t...
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Cleveringa Professor: ‘Individuals make history’Through each individual decision, however small, people make history. This is what historian Katja Happe said in the Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November...
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Mayor of Delft praises collaboration with Leiden and Rotterdam‘Make use of us!’ This is what the collaborating universities of Rotterdam, Delft and Leiden have to say to administrators and policymakers. And the c...
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Studying is less hassle with BrightspaceMany students have already started using Brightspace, the new learning environment. How are they finding it? Two students, Jelle Kremers and Simone Sc...
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Etymology calendar: every day a word and its historyThe Etymology Calendar for 2020, which was compiled by five linguistics students from Leiden University, has now hit the shops. After the resounding s...
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Content key factor in choosing a master’s programmeLast Friday was Master’s Open Day time once again. Students from home and abroad descended on Leiden and The Hague to find out more about our master’s...
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‘You gain a better understanding of why people migrate to certain places’Migration and diversity are key factors in one of the most fundamental transformations of society today. Students study this phenomenon in the Leiden-...
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How Johan Huizinga sent the Nazis packingIn 1933, Leiden held a large international student conference. It was supposed to be a celebration of unity that would bring together the French, Brit...
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Four pressured months trying to solve society’s woesIn the National Think Tank, 20 young academics spend four months mulling over a solution to a societal problem. Two Leiden alumni tell us more.
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Students help staff adopt healthier habits at Healthy University WeekStudents on the Health and Medical Psychology master’s programme have developed workshops on topics including reducing stress and being more active at...
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Science & Cinema: Leiden researchers at the Leiden International Film FestivalA film and quiz at the Old Observatory, a film whose ending you decide or a political satire in The Hague. These are some of the options at Science & ...