450 news items found
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Erwin Muller appointed Vice-Rector of Organisational Development 17 April 2024
Leiden University’s Executive Board has appointed Erwin Muller as Vice Rector of Organisational Development. In this role, he will help further profes...
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‘Scientists should be careful when interpreting results of AI models’ 16 April 2024
Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame studies how AI is changing the practice of scientific research. From astrophysics to mathematics to climate science, t...
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Calling on universities and funders: make research information open 16 April 2024
Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open R...
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How a local shaman can help fight climate change 11 April 2024
Who knows more about environmental management: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote highlands of Myanmar? ‘To ta...
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MIRD students explore international organisations in Geneva 10 April 2024
From 25 to 27 March, second-year students of the Advanced MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) took part in the programme's annual visi...
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Leiden University/LUMC to drop cum laude honour for Master’s in Medicine 10 April 2024
As of 1 September 2024, the cum laude honour will no longer be awarded for the Master’s in Medicine. The Executive Board recently decided to grant an ...
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‘I am not conscious about what I spend my money on’ 10 April 2024
How do you make sure you have enough money every month? Do you receive a basic grant, have a part-time job or do you borrow for your studies? Below, a...
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University elections: these are the student parties you can vote for 09 April 2024
The university elections are coming up. Sustainability, inclusion, student well-being: what do you think should get more attention? From 22 to 25 Apri...
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Small fire in Snellius building: no injuries, building reopened on Wednesday 09 April 2024
At around noon on Tuesday 9 April, a small fire started in the basement of Leiden University’s Snellius building. The fire brigade was quickly on the ...
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Students advice security experts: 'Fantastic combination of research and practice' 08 April 2024
Presenting a well-thought-out idea to Schiphol experts, a former ambassador or a security expert. For the third-year Security Studies bachelor student...
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The internet has many bosses. It’s chaotic but it works 08 April 2024
Governing the internet is rather chaotic, says Professor Jan Aart Scholte. ‘But it works.’ Not only do national and local governments have a say but a...
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Child rights expert sounds the alarm: ‘Global crises are hitting children hardest’ 08 April 2024
Wars, climate change and the effects of covid have caused a global decline in children’s well-being. In her inaugural lecture Ann Skelton, Professor o...
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How can we banish racism from education? 28 March 2024
A safe haven for students, more bicultural staff and more powers for diversity officers. In a national expert meeting at Campus The Hague, administrat...
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The Top 450 is growing: entry number 50 published 27 March 2024
We have reached our first milestone: the 50th Top 450 entry has now been published. In the run-up to the university’s 450th anniversary in 2025, we ar...
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Surprising results of research on counterterrorism: ‘Assumptions surrounding Trump may be wrong’ 27 March 2024
It was pouring rain when Alexander Gallo received his diploma from West Point Military Academy. A bad sign, people said back then. It was June 2001, t...