450 news items found
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Research into grave goods sheds new light on traditional roles 28 June 2022
New archaeological research into grave goods and skeletal material from the oldest grave field in the Netherlands shows that male-female roles 7,000 w...
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Contested heritage in The Hague: what to do with the remains of the Atlantik Wall? 28 June 2022
During World War II, the Nazi’s ordered a coastal defensive line to be built from the south of France to Norway. This Atlantik Wall aimed to defend th...
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Honours students on fieldwork: ‘The police don’t need to be doing dances on TikTok’ 27 June 2022
Interviewing pupils and brainstorming with judges and lawyers. Students from the Trust in the Rule of Law honours course discovered how pupils at the ...
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Renewed Leiden Leadership Programme ‘provides tools to make a difference’ 27 June 2022
The Leiden Leadership Programme is going to innovate. After 12 years, the honours track for master’s students will get a new set-up. We asked two of t...
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First patient in the Netherlands successfully treated with stem cell gene therapy 22 June 2022
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have successfully used stem cell gene therapy to treat a baby with the severe congenital ...
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‘Build resilience in traumatised children and young people’ 21 June 2022
Many children experience trauma and if they are unable to deal with it properly, it can have a huge personal and societal effect. Building resilience ...
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Spinoza Prize for astrophysicist Ignas Snellen 17 June 2022
With his clever measuring methods Ignas Snellen – together with his team – was the first to detect carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of exoplanets. Fo...
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‘You feel connected to the people of a bygone era’ 16 June 2022
Documenting and preserving rock art in the Pakistani Himalayas; this was the aim of the ‘Karakorum Rescue Project’ to which students at the Honours Co...
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National Student Survey shows Leiden students satisfied 16 June 2022
The first results of the National Student Survey (NSE) show that Leiden students are still satisfied with their degree programmes. On average they are...
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Climate activist Aniek Moonen: 'At 24, I can already make a huge impact' 16 June 2022
No full-time job, but full-time voluntary work instead. That’s what Aniek Moonen decided on graduating from Leiden University College The Hague, when ...
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The impact of climate change on groups of people 14 June 2022
The socio-economic effects of climate change often do not receive enough attention. At the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) a group of researchers will p...
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Honours students mount an exhibition on ‘the other’ 14 June 2022
Master’s students in the Honours Class ‘Leiden, City of Refugees?’ were asked to contemplate the concept of ‘the other’ from both an academic and an a...
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In pictures: ‘Groot Nederlands Student Kampioenschap’ student games for the first time in The Hague 13 June 2022
The 'Groot Nederlands Student Kampioenschap' student games have been held for the first time in two cities, Delft and The Hague. To make this happen o...
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Annual Report 2021 published 13 June 2022
Leiden University’s Annual Report 2021 has been published. In this report, which consists of a general section and a financial section (the financial ...
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Leiden’s student portal: a single place for organising your studies 13 June 2022
Leiden University’s digital study environment is being expanded to include the Leiden student portal: a single place where as a student you can find a...