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Lodewijk Govaerts to leave Board of Governors as of 1 April 18 March 2025
As of 1 April 2025, Lodewijk Govaerts will be standing down from the Board of Governors due to other commitments that will demand a significant part o...
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Pure Basic: soup, snacks and sandwiches for every budget 17 March 2025
You may already have seen them in the larger restaurants in the teaching buildings: simple yet tasty hagelslag or cheese sandwiches. Students asked an...
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'Language is part of your identity’ 17 March 2025
Rik van Gijn was appointed professor of Ethnolinguistic Vitality and Diversity in the World from 1 December 2024. He is keen to use the position to se...
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Jos Schaeken appointed interim vice-dean: ‘The focus is on future-proofing the faculty’ 17 March 2025
Professor Jos Schaeken has been appointed interim vice-dean from 1 March. As Mirjam de Baar's successor, he will focus on future-proofing the educatio...
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Crisis on campus: 'Both terrible and incredibly fun' 13 March 2025
Chaos in the Lipsius building! Master's students zigzag through the classroom, write on whiteboards and discuss tensely. In a simulation of the Leiden...
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What is happening on the shop floor? Executive Board visits the Institute of Tax Law and Economics 13 March 2025
Each scientific institute has its own dynamics. The Executive Board is visiting the different institutes to find out what is going on there. On 11 Mar...
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Farewell event for Mark Rutgers on a unique day in the university’s history 13 March 2025
With the red flag flying proudly on the Academy Building (Leiden University was on strike for the first time in its history!), the farewell event for ...
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Liveblog: Leiden University strikes against government cuts 10 March 2025
Staff from Leiden University are starting the Dutch universities’ staggered strike against the government cuts on 10 March. Follow the strike in this ...
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10 March: Leiden University to start staggered strike against government cuts 06 March 2025
Staff from Leiden University will start the Dutch universities’ staggered strike against the government cuts on 10 March. University of Applied Scienc...
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Always vegan, always fun: student-run Community Kitchen thanks to The Hague Market 05 March 2025
Healthy communal meals that also prevent food waste. On 4 March, Hague alderman Robert Barker came to see what was cooking at the LUC Community Kitche...
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Joanne van der Leun to chair new knowledge security and fossil industry committees 04 March 2025
Leiden University has set up two committees to consider issues that are the focus of much attention within our community and society at large. They a...
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‘Grassroots projects can help democracy’ 04 March 2025
Democracy is under pressure all over the world. With the #DemocracyinAction project, university lecturers Sara Brandellero and Kamila Krakowska Rodrig...
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Looking for inspiration concerning your professional career? Visit the Impact Fair 2025 at a discount 03 March 2025
On Friday 4 April, Leiden University will share impactful research and education with decision-makers and companies at the Impact Fair in Utrecht. Our...
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Sampling the course and the campus on the Bachelor’s Open Day 03 March 2025
It’s Saturday and electric minibuses ride back and forth bringing prospective students to Leiden University’s various faculties. They want to see for ...
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New interim dean Henk te Velde: ‘I don't have to do it alone’ 03 March 2025
Professor Henk te Velde started as interim dean of the Faculty of Humanities on 1 March. Mark Rutgers' successor is faced with the task of getting the...