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What's your idea for bringing Dutch and international students together?Do you have a creative idea for improving contacts between Dutch and international students? Work out a plan and you could win the Van Bergen Prize an...
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New BA Urban Studies: How to keep cities liveableBy 2050, 70 per cent of the world's population will live in cities. This has major consequences for the lives of city-dwellers and for the environment...
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Seeking balance in a changing world and universityThe world around us is changing. What does that mean for the future of Europe, on this turbulent world stage? And what does it mean for our teaching, ...
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What's your idea for bringing Dutch and international students together?
Do you have a creative idea for improving contacts between Dutch and international students? Work out a plan and you could win the Van Bergen Prize an...
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50 years of the Academic Language Centre: plus ça change?That's just learning parrot-fashion. This was the argument with which the proposal to establish a language lab at Leiden University was rejected in 19...
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New Master Honours Classes on societal innovationsSocial impact and circular economy. Two topics focusing on the future and bringing forward many concrete problems. Two Master Honours Classes, in whic...
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Opening Beehive Student Centre in The HagueThe new student centre in The Hague, the Beehive, will be opening its doors in stages starting from 1 October. The name Beehive was chosen because it ...
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‘I try to make my students enthusiastic about the subject’‘My lectures have to be as enjoyable as possible for the students, even when they're about the drier parts of maths.' Robert-Jan Kooman is one of the ...
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‘I take my students with me up the mountain’It's good to have high expectations of your students, says public administration lecturer Maarja Beerkens. ‘But I don't stand at the top of the mount...
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New Student Wellbeing task force kicks off with mental healthStress among students is a growing problem. A new Student Wellbeing taskforce will be looking at the mental health of students at Leiden University.
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Students hunting for breakthrough in antibiotics resistanceBacteria that fluoresce green, blue or red may play a role in combatting resistance against antibiotics. Under the motto of 'Say yes to stress', thir...
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Enthusiastic start to EL CIDMore than 3,500 enthusiastic Leiden first-years, 80% of them coming to Leiden University, gathered on Monday morning 13 August at the Lammermarkt for...
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Augustinians reveal recipe for close friendships
It is a holy grail among behavioural scientists: can you predict how close a group will become? An international research team from Leiden, Oxford and...
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Protecting children is what inspires Cleveringa professor Dettmeijer-VermeulenCorinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, the well-known legal expert and Leiden University alumna, was for many years the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in H...
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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to open 2018-2019 Academic YearDuring the official opening of the 2018-2019 Academic Year on Monday 3 September, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will talk about Europe and the future of our c...