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Leiden University student attends Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony 22 December 2021
Natalia Sobrino-Saeb has attended the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo. She was awarded this honour after winning the essay competition of the...
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How an elective at the Academy of Art enriches your studies 20 December 2021
Students who also want to develop their artistic talents can take a year-long art class – Practicum Artium – at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague....
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Equality as a driver for diversity: ‘Seek out contradiction and the unknown’ 19 December 2021
The freedom to be who you are – woman, man, homosexual, heterosexual, transgender, religious, atheist, and so on – is perhaps the Netherlands’ greates...
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‘Migration is more about hope than economy’ 18 December 2021
Afghans who came to the Netherlands in a hurry, refugees who were used as leverage by Belarus and boat refugees who tried to reach Europe in an increa...
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Talk and debate: how do we prevent science from harming the environment? 14 December 2021
Sustainability researchers can play an important role in the energy transition. But what if their partners are not (yet) sustainable and science itsel...
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For LGBT+ migrants, dating apps are about much more than sex 10 December 2021
When you think of migration, you probably won’t immediately think of dating apps. Yet such apps are important to many migrants, such as those who iden...
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Professional female footballers have to play like a man 06 December 2021
Women’s football is steadily gaining attention. It’s as though the sport is becoming emancipated. And yet in conversations with professional female fo...
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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’ 06 December 2021
Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long whil...
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Students work with local community 06 December 2021
Problems cannot always be solved from a desk. Students on the Master’s in Governance of Sustainability therefore went to various Leiden neighbourhoods...
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‘Studying in Leiden is a life-changing experience’: students on the LExS grant 03 December 2021
Last year around 2,000 international students started a master’s degree at Leiden University. To make this possible, there are various grants that the...
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Giving makes you happy 03 December 2021
Receiving a gift is nice, but giving a present also makes you happy. Development psychologist Mara van der Meulen former member of the Leiden Consorti...
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Fenna on EUniWell: ‘Students can be involved in lots of different ways!’ 03 December 2021
EUniWell, the alliance of seven European universities committed to developing teaching and research relating to well-being, is celebrating its first a...
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Cancer patients want a doctor who shows empathy and doesn’t make vague promises 22 November 2021
Patients with incurable cancer want their oncologist to be clear but to show empathy too. They find hard and vague communication harmful. These are th...
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Law graduate Jiska Ogier speaks from experience: ‘The Netherlands should be much more accessible for people with disabilities’ 18 November 2021
Jiska Ogier studied notarial law, which wasn’t always easy because she went to lectures in a wheelchair. As a student she pushed to make society acces...
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‘The historical pedigree of New Wars and New Terrorism’: meet LUCIR scholar Isabelle Duyvesteyn 17 November 2021
Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Professor of International Studies and Global History at the Institute of History and member of the advisory board of Leiden Univ...