450 news items found
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High school students at the Open Day: 'I want to do my own thing' 24 October 2022
Last Saturday, the Turfmarkt in The Hague, where during the week thousands of commuters make their way to the many ministries in the city centre, was ...
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Executive Board column: Let’s be alert to unacceptable behaviour 21 October 2022
This is a difficult time. Above all, for all those directly involved in this horrible case – unacceptable behaviour by a professor and his removal fro...
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Cleveringa professor Gert Oostindie: ‘We stood up for our own freedom but ignored that of others’ 19 October 2022
Now that war is once again raging in Europe, the question of when you need to stand up against injustice has become more relevant than ever. In his Cl...
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Archaeologist Mark Driessen’s book and project in royal spotlights 19 October 2022
On September 28, 2022, dr.ir. Mark Driessen presented a publication about the ancient Roman frontier in Jordan. Venue for the book launch was the resi...
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Introducing the new assessor: 'I immediately knew: this is what I want' 18 October 2022
With the new academic year, the Honours Academy welcomes a new assessor: Maarten Kolpa. What does an assessor do? And what can he do for honours stude...
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Leiden University professor removed for extremely unacceptable behaviour 18 October 2022
A professor from Leiden University has subjected various colleagues to intimidating and unacceptable behaviour for a longer period. These are the find...
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Alisa Lavrenchenko fled Kyrgyzstan and has now been nominated for an award 18 October 2022
At the age of 16, Alisa Lavrenchenko fled to the Netherlands with her mother. She is now taking a Master’s in Russian and Eurasian Studies at Leiden U...
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University signs Digital Sustainability Manifesto: ‘We need a Delta Plan’ 18 October 2022
Digitalisation can make a huge contribution to a greener future, but it must also be as sustainable as possible. To make significant progress, more co...
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Meet Foteini Tsigoni: ‘My role will be to help improve interactions between international and Dutch students’ 18 October 2022
Starting September 2022, Foteini Tsigoni is tasked by the Faculty of Archaeology to bring the different nationalities within the faculty community tog...
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Heritage Quest project wins European Heritage Europa Nostra Award 14 October 2022
Heritage Quest is a large-scale citizen science project in the field of archaeology that allows anyone to contribute to scientific research. It is the...
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The minefield that is unacceptable behaviour 14 October 2022
University is often a period of sexual exploration and experimentation, generally to the satisfaction of all involved. But sometimes you want it and t...
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler 11 October 2022
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian governmen...
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University energy campaign: ‘Warm yourself, not the world’ 10 October 2022
Sky-high energy prices and a climate that keeps getting warmer: it’s clear that we have to turn down the heat. Sustainability Day on 10 October will m...
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‘When I leave the lecture and students are still discussing, I know I did a good job’ 05 October 2022
‘It was the biggest bunch of flowers I’d ever seen,’ says Emily Strange about the moment she won the Leiden Teaching Prize 2022. The judge praised the...
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor 04 October 2022
Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by...