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Study and elite sports: three Leiden students competing in FISU Summer World University Games 14 July 2025Three student athletes from Leiden University are representing the Netherlands at the FISU Summer World University Games, a kind of Olympic Games for ...
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MIRD Graduation – Class of 2025: ‘More than a degree’ 09 July 2025A day full of celebration, gratitude and even a few tears: that was the 2025 graduation of the two-year Advanced MSc International Relations and Diplo...
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Update: Executive Board responds to government cuts 08 July 2025The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
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LUMC participates in pioneering type 1 diabetes research 08 July 2025The promising early results of an international study have shown that insulin-producing cells grown from stem cells can cure the disease. The new Cure...
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‘Democracy is not self-evident, it requires continuous engagement’ 08 July 2025In a time of growing polarisation and declining trust, the rule of law is under pressure. The system as we know it today only took shape 177 years ago...
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In pictures: jubilee edition of Leiden Canal Concert 07 July 2025Leiden’s Rapenburg canal was transformed into a magical open-air stage for the jubilee edition of the Leiden Canal Concert, as hundreds gathered to ce...
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Dreaming of a start-up? These students are taking the plunge: ‘Just do it and see where it goes’ 04 July 2025Many students dream of running their own business. But where to start? The Master Honours Challenge ‘Entrepreneurship’ helps students figure things ou...
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What should the university do? Questions and emotions at university conversation on Israel-Palestine 02 July 2025Should we cut our ties with Israel or maintain them? The event ‘A university conversation on Israel/Palestine’ on 1 July revealed the depth of feeling...
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Opinion: AI is taking over our jobs – or is the reality more nuanced? 02 July 2025Following the news that TomTom is cutting 300 jobs due to the use of artificial intelligence (AI), FGGA researchers Friso Selten and Alex Ingrams resp...
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What will it be like to study in 2075? Uni-visionaries help shape the university’s future 02 July 2025LEGO creations, a clothesline of visions and a journey into the past and the future: just some of the highlights of Uni-vision day, where creatives de...
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From Sterre to Mick: A conversation about the role of assessor 01 July 2025With the academic year coming to an end, the assessor role at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) is also transitioning. After three i...
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A campus in bloom: new book shows spectacular metamorphosis of Leiden Bio Science Park 01 July 2025The university campus at the Leiden Bio Science Park is flourishing. Amid lush greenery, a modern and vibrant campus has taken shape. Students, resear...
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New partnership aims to enhance public sector leadership 30 June 2025The newly launched Public Leadership in Collaboration partnership has been designed to enhance leadership within and across public sector organisation...
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A stronghold of freedom: how IncLUsion welcomes refugee students into the academic community 30 June 2025The incLUsion programme offers refugees who are not yet able to enrol as regular students the opportunity to take part in university education. Simon ...
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Leideners find more than 2,000 species in urban biodiversity inventory 30 June 2025Around 1,300 Leideners found 2,265 species during the Expeditie Stadsnutuur urban biodiversity inventory. ‘It’s been a huge success’, says scientific ...