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All lectures to start at the same timeLeiden University will introduce a new daily schedule from September 2019, with the same schedule for all programmes. This will make it easier to foll...
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University to sponsor Leiden SingelloopAt this year's Leiden Singelloop (canal run) on 5 April, €4.44 per runner will go to charity instead of the usual €4. This is because Leiden Universit...
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Vote in the University electionsThere are a lot of candidates to choose from in the University elections that will be held from Monday 8 April to Thursday 11 April. Cast your vote fo...
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Share your ideas and experiences with the Student Wellbeing TaskforceThe Student Wellbeing Taskforce, which was launched in September 2018, is almost ready to issue its advice to the Executive Board. It has already hear...
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Lindsey Burggraaff and Emma Koemans win FameLab heatWhich young researchers were best at explaining their research to a general audience? Twelve researchers battled it out at the FameLab heat on 7 March...
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Female professors from the present and the futureRole models are key to inspiring the next generation. Fifteen female professors therefore celebrated International Women's Day with girls aged between...
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Five languages in one poemIn the Bachelor Honours Class ‘The Noble Art and Tricky Business of Translation’, Honours students learn about the tricky business of translation. To ...
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How biased information on the internet can influence researchThe internet is a good place to rapidly collect large amounts of data. But if you don’t watch out you’ll collect very biased, one-sided data. These we...
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Seven Leiden researchers win €1.5m Vici grantSeven Leiden researchers have each been awarded a Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This will enable them to f...
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FameLab: young scientists take the stageIn FameLab contestants explain their research to the public in a three-minute presentation – without using PowerPoint or other presentation tools. The...
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Record number of visitors to Bachelor's Open Day: ‘My mum misses me already’What can you expect from studying in Leiden or The Hague? Which programme should you choose? Should you join a student association and will you need t...
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Positive assessment of teaching quality at Leiden UniversityLeiden University has received a positive assessment in the Institutional Quality Assessment audit (ITK). This is the second time that quality assuran...
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These students know what it’s like to be oldWhat is it like to be old? Many young people cannot really imagine what it is like. For a group of Honours students, however, this question has been a...
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Carel Stolker in the media: 'Brexit won't hold back science''Never underestimate universities as a connecting force.' These were the words of Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker in his address on the Dies Natalis, ...
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A Leiden love story – with a bit of a delayKerstin Fischer and Angus Johnston were exchange students in Leiden in 1995. Sparks flew when they met at a Leiden International Student Club party, b...