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Sustainable fish on the menu: Leiden Leadership Programme students collaborate with the Marine Stewardship Council 02 September 2026How do you get sustainably caught fish onto more plates at events? That was the question a student team from the Leiden Leadership Programme (LLP) set...
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New: The Academic Pride Podcast 01 September 2026Could you truly be yourself at Leiden University over the past 450 years? This question is at the heart of the first episode of ‘The Academic Pride Po...
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Political leaders chose moral messaging after downing of MH17 and attacks in Belgium 01 September 2026What words do politicians choose when an attack shakes society? PhD candidate Daan van den Wollenberg studied how Prime Minister Rutte responded to th...
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‘What do you think I should do?’ The first question from new Scientific Director Dennis Claessen 01 September 2026From September, Dennis Claessen will take up the role of Scientific Director of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL). He wants to give researchers th...
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First-ever Opening of the Academic Year in The Hague: ‘One academic community together’ 31 August 2026For the first time in Leiden University’s 451-year history, the Opening of the Academic Year took place in The Hague. The programme featured a process...
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Festival: What is the future of humanity? 28 August 2026How is the world changing, and what does it mean to live in it? This is the central question at the annual Brave New World art and science conference,...
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Computer model could help improve our understanding of how skin cancer spreads 27 August 2026How do skin cancer cells spread through the body? By recreating the environment surrounding cancer cells, researchers at Leiden University hope to gai...
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Five tips for settling into student life 26 August 2026Is this your first year at a university and are you still finding your way around the university? These tips will help you settle into student life.
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Lost at Lowlands: Leiden psychologists study atopia 25 August 2026At the Lowlands festival last weekend, visitors could test their navigation skills and contribute to scientific research. Leiden psychologists were st...
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NSE 2026: Leiden students satisfied with their degree programmes, while attention remains focused on well-being and career preparation 24 August 2026Students at Leiden University continue to be broadly positive about their degree programmes and study environment, according to the results of the 202...
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International students from 75 countries begin studies in Leiden 24 August 2026All the continents are represented, as around 1,300 students from 75 different countries start Orientation Week Leiden. What’s on the programme?
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Tiny root hairs, big impact: Leiden researchers uncover how bacteria help plants survive drought 24 August 2026Scientists at Leiden University have discovered how a beneficial bacterium helps plants cope with drought. The finding reveals a previously unknown bi...
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From wolf droppings to your own inner world: discover science in Leiden and The Hague 20 August 2026Researchers Dietsje Jolles and Rachel Plak are helping bring science to a wider audience as ambassadors for the Weekend of Science on 3 and 4 October....
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In memoriam: Tjerk Kroes 18 August 2026Tjerk Kroes (1965-2026), a member of the Board of Governors, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Saturday 15 August.
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Behind the scenes at the Honours Academy: Alexa was student and honours assessor 18 August 2026For two years, Alexa represented the voice of honours students within the Honours Academy board. She is now stepping down as assessor. It’s time to lo...