450 news items found
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Results of the 2025 university elections announced 16 May 2025
The results of the 2025 university elections are in. Who will represent us in the participation organs?
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University to host meetings for our community following Wijnhaven occupation 16 May 2025
The demonstration at and occupation of our Wijnhaven building on 6 May had a deep impact on our community, including the Executive Board. The universi...
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Running Leiden Marathon in a 450th-anniversary t-shirt 13 May 2025
Nearly 19,000 runners lined up at the start of Leiden Marathon on Sunday, among them students and staff from the university. For some this was their f...
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A message from the Executive Board about the Wijnhaven demonstration and occupation 07 May 2025
On Tuesday 6 May our university was the scene of an unscheduled demonstration and occupation at Campus The Hague. We understand that this incident and...
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Campus The Hague occupied 06 May 2025
A group of over a hundred pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered in the Wijnhaven building on Campus The Hague at around 13.00 hrs on Tuesday 6 May. The...
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Live: protest in Wijnhaven building Leiden University 06 May 2025
Around 1:00 p.m., a group of more than one hundred pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at the The Hague campus. Participants chanted slogans and put u...
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The Leiden students who sailed to England during the Second World War 28 April 2025
In a sailboat, a canoe or stowed away on a ship: during the Second World War, many Leiden students tried to cross the sea to join the Allies in Britai...
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King talks with students about sexual harassment 25 April 2025
At the invitation of government commissioner Mariëtte Hamer the king spoke with the university community on Thursday in the Herta Mohr building about ...
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Uni-visions: what is your vision of studying in 2075? 24 April 2025
What is your vision of the future? What will it be like to study at Leiden University in 2075? We invite you to enter Uni-visions. Bring your vision o...
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Mediterranean hunter gatherers navigated long-distance sea journeys well before the first farmers 24 April 2025
Small, remote islands were long thought to have been the last frontiers of pristine natural systems. Humans are not thought to have been able to reach...
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The eternal student: exhibition travels through 450 years of studying 23 April 2025
Be it with a paintbrush or camera, over the centuries painters and photographers have depicted students at study in Leiden. An exhibition at the Hortu...
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Leiden students help with primary school language lessons 22 April 2025
De Regenboog primary school in The Hague has a high percentage of children whose first language is not Dutch. In the ‘Children of the City’ project, E...
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Career Days launch ‘Don’t just focus on success’ 16 April 2025
‘Health, happiness and productivity. The focus is mainly on the latter, but to create a sustainable career you need all three.’ These were the words o...
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Claim that Executive Board agreed to join 11 April discussion is incorrect 10 April 2025
End Fossil, Open Leiden and Students for Palestine incorrectly claim that a meeting will be held with the Executive Board on Friday 11 April. This sta...
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Education Blog Archaeology: Alex Geurds on navigating change together 09 April 2025
In this new series the Vice-Dean and portfolio holder of education in the board of the Faculty of Archaeology will reflect on the state of education. ...