450 news items found
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Video series: Why Latin America matters 07 June 2022
Latin America matters! With its rich history, culture, its impressive resilience and creative innovation in the face of such a diverse array of challe...
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Paterbrug closed for the next 18 months 02 June 2022
The bridge between the Lipsius building and Cluster Zuid (Paterbrug) will be closed the next 18 months. Cyclists and walkers can use the bridge on the...
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Scientific journal for and by students: 'We have to break habits' 02 June 2022
Associate Professor Paz González had two things she wanted to improve for students: collaboration and publication opportunities. Her solution? A scien...
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Ethics and student research: 'Students have the same questions as researchers' 01 June 2022
When do you submit a thesis proposal to the Ethics Committee? And how do you ensure that students save their data properly? On 9 June, thesis supervis...
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The lifecycle of a cigarette filter 01 June 2022
The university is launching a campaign to focus extra attention on our smoke-free university locations. The University is using aptly named cigarette...
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Video series: Collaboration with China in daily practice 31 May 2022
What are the benefits for us of collaboration with Chinese partners? What sparks off Leiden researchers' interest in collaborating with colleagues in ...
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How do European Muslims see their future? 30 May 2022
Professor of Islam and the West Maurits Berger wants to use citizen science to answer this question. On the futureofislam.eu website, he is inviting E...
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‘How can you lead an organisation when you do not yet know yourself?’ 30 May 2022
How to implement good leadership? This is the central question posed during the inspiration seminars of the LLP, in which renowned guest speakers shar...
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Plastic in cigarette filters: why smoking is bad for the environment too 30 May 2022
We all know smoking is bad for our health. But we might not have known that the cigarette filters that litter our streets also impact the environment....
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Maria del Carmen Parafita Couto: ‘I have to speak to my cats in Galician’ 30 May 2022
In the new video series 'The World of Linguistics', alumni and researchers talk about their passion for their field. University lecturer Maria Del Car...
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The person behind the murderer 26 May 2022
Are all murderers calculating psychopaths with an obscene predilection for bloody chainsaws? Yes, if Hollywood is to be believed, but in the real worl...
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Executive Board column: Which parts of online learning do we want to keep? 24 May 2022
Luckily we’ve been able to meet up on campus again for a few months now after two years of mainly online teaching. Alongside the inconvenience, enforc...
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Should intelligence services have a ‘licence to kill’? 19 May 2022
The ‘University of the Netherlands’ is a series of lectures in which academics address topics based on their expertise. In the latest instalment, cult...
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Language as a weapon: alumna Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for the government commissioner on sexual violence 19 May 2022
It is one of the most talked-about subjects right now: how do we eradicate sexual harassment and violence? Alumnus Femke Eisma is the spokesperson for...
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Leiden University publishes the titles of seven tainted scientific articles 18 May 2022
In a supplementary decision on 17 May 2022, the Executive Board of Leiden University has concluded that it will publish the titles of seven articles i...