450 news items found
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Researchers from Leiden make Ted Ed videos: ‘We want to integrate Islamic history into world history’ 09 August 2022
What are the origins of the Islamic Empire? And what was daily life like there? Two new Ted Ed animations answer these questions in simple language. A...
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Vidi grant for Angus Mol: ‘Historical games are like time machines’ 28 July 2022
How do games help shape our perception of the past? Associate Professor Angus Mol receives a Vidi grant to answer this question.
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Ineke Sluiter: ‘Accessibility, diversity and inclusion are a matter of doing the right thing’ 28 July 2022
For two years, Ineke Sluiter was president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). Now, she is returning to the university full ...
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‘Together, we have to ensure that the faculty is a respectful and safe environment’ 26 July 2022
Student initiative COOP is committed to a respectful and safe academic environment. Here is a report of the activities over the past few months.
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Humanities Lab: broaden your horizon and grow 25 July 2022
Are you a motivated student wanting to grow outside of your own bachelor’s programme? Then, look no further than the Humanities Lab honours programme:...
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Alexander Dencher: ‘I want to give new elan to the study of applied arts’ 25 July 2022
A successful series of lectures on interior design, a symposium on four-poster beds and a new series of study afternoons on the horizon. University le...
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences publishes advice on dignity and respect in academia 20 July 2022
If universities and research institutions want to tackle unacceptable behaviour in academia, they must shift their focus from dealing with complaints ...
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Three Leiden PhD candidates awarded Mosaic 2.0 scholarships 20 July 2022
Three PhD candidates from Leiden University have been awarded a Mosaic 2.0 scholarship for their PhD research. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) Mosaic...
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TED Talks for a better world 14 July 2022
At the conference of the Honours College Science & Society, students present TED Talks on a social issue of their interest. ‘It brings together everyt...
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Reporting from ESOF: ‘How can we use science to solve the next crisis?’ 14 July 2022
From global warming to the decolonisation of knowledge. At the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) in Leiden over 500 speakers from 60 countries have come t...
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NIAS grant for research on ‘War on Drugs’ 11 July 2022
His article on ‘the War on Drugs’ in Colombia and the Philippines has been in the top five most downloaded articles of Oxford University Press for som...
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‘Faculty should feel as comfortable as a living room’ 08 July 2022
What does the future of student welfare look like? Throughout this academic year, our faculty has been working hard to answer that question. Ruben van...
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Over 3,000 euros for equal opportunities in academia thanks to NSE respondents 06 July 2022
Within the scope of the National Student Survey (NSE) a cheque for €3.087,75 was presented to the Leiden University Fund (LUF) on Monday. The money is...
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'The effect of the online world on adolescents' 06 July 2022
How do digital technologies affect adolescent mental health and resilience? How do we foster a secure online environment? How should we deal with incr...
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Should you leave academia to handle democracy? 06 July 2022
The relationship between academia and democracy is a complicated one. Should policy makers listen to scientists or to citizens? That is the dilemma Va...