450 news items found
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Leiden University professor removed for extremely unacceptable behaviour 18 October 2022
A professor from Leiden University has subjected various colleagues to intimidating and unacceptable behaviour for a longer period. These are the find...
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Alisa Lavrenchenko fled Kyrgyzstan and has now been nominated for an award 18 October 2022
At the age of 16, Alisa Lavrenchenko fled to the Netherlands with her mother. She is now taking a Master’s in Russian and Eurasian Studies at Leiden U...
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University signs Digital Sustainability Manifesto: ‘We need a Delta Plan’ 18 October 2022
Digitalisation can make a huge contribution to a greener future, but it must also be as sustainable as possible. To make significant progress, more co...
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The minefield that is unacceptable behaviour 14 October 2022
University is often a period of sexual exploration and experimentation, generally to the satisfaction of all involved. But sometimes you want it and t...
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Debate on World Cup Qatar: Boycott it or seize opportunity for attention? 13 October 2022
The FIFA World Cup will get underway in Qatar this November – an event that has attracted much discussion in recent years. This discussion is not only...
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Sustainability Day: Billie Cup launch 12 October 2022
On 10 October, Sustainability Day, the ‘Billie Cup’ pre-pilot at Leiden Law School got off to a good start. Among those present were ‘plastic soup sur...
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Olaf van Vliet doubly appointed in the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus network 11 October 2022
Olaf van Vliet is among the four professors specialising in migration that will soon be appointed as Leiden-Delft-Erasmus professors.
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler 11 October 2022
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian governmen...
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Study programmes Leiden Law School awarded ‘best study’ medals 10 October 2022
Five study programmes at Leiden Law School have received a medal for ‘best study programme’. This was the result of research conducted by Dutch EW Mag...
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University energy campaign: ‘Warm yourself, not the world’ 10 October 2022
Sky-high energy prices and a climate that keeps getting warmer: it’s clear that we have to turn down the heat. Sustainability Day on 10 October will m...
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Education and Child Studies and Child Law to continue successful interdisciplinary collaboration 10 October 2022
Researchers from the Institute of Education and Child Studies and the Department Child Law will be collaborating in two new research projects. The res...
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‘Citizens should be able to rely on information provided by Tax and Customs Administration’ 07 October 2022
Information provided by the Tax and Customs Administration is something that concerns every citizen. So it is not surprising that the Tax hotline rece...
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‘When I leave the lecture and students are still discussing, I know I did a good job’ 05 October 2022
‘It was the biggest bunch of flowers I’d ever seen,’ says Emily Strange about the moment she won the Leiden Teaching Prize 2022. The judge praised the...
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Mark Klaassen and Olaf van Vliet discuss European labour migrants in FD 04 October 2022
The Netherlands cannot stop European labour migrants coming here. Nor does The Hague have much influence on the influx of asylum seekers. But experts ...
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Historian Gert Oostindie the new Cleveringa Professor 04 October 2022
Gert Oostindie, Emeritus Professor of Colonial and Postcolonial History, is this year’s Cleveringa Professor at Leiden University. He was appointed by...