209 news items found
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‘Transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaborations lead to better scholarship and solutions’ 20 June 2024How can you persuade researchers who are used to conducting research within clearly defined disciplines to adopt an interdisciplinary approach? Newly ...
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Academic freedom report: ‘This jewel in our crown deserves better care’ 18 June 2024What does academic freedom mean? And how do we give shape to it in Leiden? The Academic Freedom Core Team considered these questions and presented its...
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Leiden University fifth in SustainaBul sustainability ranking 17 June 2024Leiden University has secured fifth place in SustainaBul, the sustainability ranking for universities and universities of applied sciences in the Neth...
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‘Ties with Leiden University important for prospective prime minister Dick Schoof’ 30 May 2024Dick Schoof can also be called the neighbour of the faculty in The Hague. Especially from his role at the NCTV, he worked together a lot with Leiden U...
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Leiden University/LUMC to drop cum laude honour for Master’s in Medicine 10 April 2024As of 1 September 2024, the cum laude honour will no longer be awarded for the Master’s in Medicine. The Executive Board recently decided to grant an ...
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How can we banish racism from education? 28 March 2024A safe haven for students, more bicultural staff and more powers for diversity officers. In a national expert meeting at Campus The Hague, administrat...
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Ronald Giphart writer in residence at Leiden University this autumn 25 March 2024Writer in residence Ronald Giphart will explore a number of his own fascinations with Leiden students.
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Leiden University and University of Edinburgh to deepen collaboration 22 March 2024Joint masters and PhD programmes. A research and teaching hub. A delegation from the University of Edinburgh recently visited Leiden University to dee...
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Be sincere, work together and have fun: leadership lessons from Peter Hertinge 21 March 2024The former Volvo director travelled from Sweden to Leiden to give a lecture to the master’s students of the Leiden Leadership Programme. Among other t...
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Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks 21 March 2024The English taught interdisciplinary minor Violence Studies looks into various facets of interpersonal violence. Is this minor for all Leiden students...
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A semester in Morocco: ‘You see the history that you’re learning about’ 14 March 2024The Netherlands Institute in Morocco is open to students from all Dutch universities. Two students explain why they are spending a semester studying i...
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Students help make Maldives more fertile 04 March 2024Its idyllic setting and white sandy beaches have made the Maldives a hotspot for tourists. This provides an income but is a problem for the fragile na...
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Why do vulnerable groups miss out on benefits? Research nominated for thesis prize 19 February 2024Why do vulnerable groups fail to make use of benefits that they are entitled to? This is what Max ten Velde researched in his Master’s in Management o...
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Meet the professor: ‘Can my sister be prosecuted for stealing my eraser?’ 08 February 2024On the university’s birthday, professors traditionally teach a class of 10 and 11-year-olds during Meet the Professor, and this year was no different....
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge 29 January 2024Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent s...