450 news items found
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Executive Board and University Council discuss security measures 10 October 2024
In a confidential meeting, the University Council (UR) and the Executive Board (CvB) have discussed security within our buildings, partly as a result ...
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Children pay more attention to art when descriptions are playful and interactive 09 October 2024
The description of a painting directly affects how children look at that artwork. This was discovered by psychologist Francesco Walker in the Rijksmus...
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PR Coordinator LIFF Jetske Breedeveld: 'Going to the cinema between lectures' 08 October 2024
Alumna Jetske Breedeveld pursued both a Bachelor's in English Language and Culture and a Master's in Literary Studies at Leiden University. Her passio...
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Update: Executive Board responds to government cuts 08 October 2024
The 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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Lunch meeting on the rise of AI and challenges for governance 08 October 2024
Students and researches from all faculties at Leiden University are warmly invited to a lunch meeting on Monday 14 October, discussing the rise of AI ...
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Photo report of the university float in the Grand Parade 07 October 2024
The Grand Parade was a festive highlight of the 450th anniversary celebration of 3 October. Students and staff members from Leiden University particip...
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’ 07 October 2024
‘What more could I want?’ University and education historian Pieter Slaman is still deeply touched to have been awarded the LUS Education Prize for be...
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Hundreds of visitors learn about Leiden University science during 3 October University 07 October 2024
Glorious sunshine, dozens of enthusiastic academics and huge numbers of Leiden residents ensured that this year’s special jubilee version of 3 October...
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Herta Mohr: Headstrong female scientist in a man's world 07 October 2024
As a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky van de Beek became intrigued by the tomb chapels in Saqqara, Egypt. Now she is doing her PhD on them, just like anoth...
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Beatrice de Graaf to deliver the 53rd Huizinga Lecture 01 October 2024
On Thursday, December 12, 2024, historian and terrorism expert Beatrice de Graaf will deliver the 53rd Huizinga Lecture at the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leid...
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Exhibition featuring 50 years of Leiden’s archaeological excavations in Oss 01 October 2024
Princely graves, swords, pots or just soil discolouration. Leiden archaeologists have been conducting research with students and local archaeologists ...
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Sarita Koendjbiharie: ‘Through the dogs, I learned a lot about leadership’ 30 September 2024
University lecturer in Management & Organisation Sarita Koendjbiharie is a welcome lecturer on The Hague campus, and not only because she takes a genu...
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Sarah Cramsey's "Uprooting the Diaspora" wins the Kulczycki Book Prize in Polish Studies 27 September 2024
Sarah Cramsey's first book, Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the "Ethnic Revolution" in Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1936-1946, has won the ...
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Results National Student Survey: Lecturer appreciation high, job market preparation remains point for development 27 September 2024
The annual National Student Survey (NSE) was conducted in the first quarter of 2024. A third of all Leiden University students responded. Lecturer app...
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Scores of visitors attend open evening at new Middle Eastern Library 26 September 2024
Over 200 people paid their first visit to the new Middle Eastern Library on a special open evening. As well as exploring the library, they got to see ...