319 news items found
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From assignment to action plan: students take on the housing crisis in The Hague 11 May 2026The Hague has positioned itself as a vibrant student city, and with its growing student population is well on its way to becoming one. But the student...
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Bats on a break: tracking the secret life of pond bats 14 April 2026What do bats do at night when they’re not hunting? Using tiny GPS trackers, Leiden researchers discovered that pond bats spend a substantial portion o...
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Science Skills team helps students develop essential skills for the job market: ‘This is what energises us’ 09 April 2026As a student, you’re expected to write papers and collaborate. But how do you do that if you’ve never been taught? Thanks to the Grassfields grant, th...
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Psychology lecturers awarded grant for ‘Family Dinner’ critical thinking app 24 March 2026Lecturers Zsuzsika Sjoerds and Sebo Uithol have been awarded a 100,000-euro Dutch National Education Institute (NKO) Scale-Up Grant for their ‘Family ...
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Keuzegids Master’s guide: which programmes score above average? 05 March 2026Four of Leiden University’s master’s programmes score above average across the board according to the Keuzegids Masters 2026 guide. This is based on t...
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Master’s Open Day: tours, presentations and making the right choice 09 February 2026With lab tours, presentations and an information fair, Leiden University’s Master’s Open Day gave students a good impression of our master’s programme...
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D&I Symposium 2026: ‘You can’t call something inclusive if it doesn’t include everyone’ 03 February 2026How can our university really become inclusive? This is what students and staff discussed at our annual Diversity & Inclusion symposium. ‘It’s moving ...
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Spui Campus opens its doors: ‘Today’s the big day’ 02 February 2026A gold carpet welcomed students, staff and curious locals into Spui Campus on Monday 2 February. What was once the V&D department store has been trans...
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Suicide prevention professor: ‘Talking saves lives’ 20 January 2026How can we as a society prevent suicide? According to Professor of Suicide Prevention Renske Gilissen, a better understanding and targeted action coul...
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Hora Hester Bijl! Farewell to a rector who steered the university through turbulent times 14 January 2026The university bid farewell to its Rector Magnificus, Hester Bijl, on 13 January during the ‘Hester’s Highlights’ symposium. The themes of the day wer...
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How a coach can empower first generation students 13 January 2026Since 1 October, Sabina Chiță has been working as a coach for first-generation students in Physics. But who are first-generation students, and why mig...
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Harvest: a garden for learning, experimentation and community 07 January 2026LUC students and staff came together this past semester to transform a local urban garden into a hands-on space for learning, experimentation, and com...
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‘Teaching is like a professional sport: you always have to be switched on’ 11 December 2025For a long time, Thijs Bosker was an average student, until he discovered how exciting learning becomes when there are no ready-made answers. To his s...
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‘I’m always proud when a student follows their own interests’ 11 December 2025He is always positive towards his students, helps them see the bigger picture of the programme, and tries to remind them that ‘a degree is an enormous...
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Extraterrestrial life, AI and more: these are the most-read Leiden Science articles of 2025 11 December 2025Speculation about alien life, a new nitrogen map, AI as a thesis supervisor, groundbreaking telescopes and multi-million-euro investments to combat an...