450 news items found
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Sustainability Day: Sustainability embedded in our education 10 October 2025In our teaching, Leiden University gives all students the opportunity to learn about sustainability themes and issues. Social issues, including sustai...
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This new programme prepares students for today's sustainability challenges 08 October 2025How often do you consider the impact of your choices? 10 October is Sustainability Day: a good time to introduce the new bachelor's programme Science ...
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Update: Executive Board responds to government cuts 07 October 2025The Schoof government, which has since assumed a caretaker role, presented its coalition agreement last year, followed later by its budget. As expecte...
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Always a smile with your cappuccino: Pilvi stays cool under pressure 06 October 2025No matter how long the queue at Brasserie Science gets: Pilvi Kipper can handle it. Everyone is greeted with the same friendly smile, and chances are ...
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Hutspot, herring and... science: Community engagement with Leiden’s research at 3 October University 06 October 2025Amid the many traditions of Leiden’s 3 October Festival, a relative newcomer is beginning to take hold: the Science Market. At market stalls, the peop...
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Championing educational innovation: new Leiden Teachers’ Academy Fellows 02 October 2025Leiden Teachers’ Academy is proud to welcome six new fellows: Dennis Braekmans, Arjan Louwen, Noa Schonmann, Anouk van der Weiden, Deepak Balak and Jo...
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How can the Netherlands form a stable government? 29 September 2025Dutch politics is becoming increasingly polarised, and forming stable governments seems more difficult than ever. Is there a magic formula for politic...
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Leiden University in The Hague praised by L’Express as one of Europe’s ‘schools of power’ 27 September 2025Leiden University is considered a ‘school of power’, and the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) has been described as ‘the diamond of Lei...
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Luc Sels new President of Leiden University 25 September 2025As of 1 November 2025, Professor Luc Sels will assume the role of President of Leiden University’s Executive Board, succeeding Annetje Ottow, who held...
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Bangs, smoke and pear-flavoured ice lollies: how students make science cool 25 September 2025Playing with nitrogen and fire to show school pupils how exciting science can be – that’s what the student volunteers of Stichting Rino do alongside t...
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LUMC researchers use viruses to fight prostate cancer 24 September 2025Modified viruses can both kill cancer cells and activate the immune system. This is what an LUMC team discovered while researching a new prostate canc...
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What does the Wadden Sea sound like? New research sheds light on porpoises and underwater noise 24 September 2025‘Wadden Sea Sounds’ is the name of a new project launched by the Waddenvereniging in collaboration with researchers from Leiden University and the Uni...
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New easy-to-use tuberculosis vaccine patch in development 23 September 2025Researchers from Leiden have developed a promising TB vaccine that users can self-administer via a special patch. This could be beneficial for countri...
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Jasper's day 23 September 2025Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, J...
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Join us at 3 October University and the Weekend of Science 22 September 2025Are you brave enough to enter a haunted house? Curious about how the human skeleton works? Discover this and more on 3 October at the Science Market i...