450 news items found
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Interview Roxane de Massol Rebetz – ‘Vulnerability doesn’t come out of a vacuum. Authorities are responsible for reinforcing vulnerability of migrants.’ 30 May 2023The legal distinction between victims of human trafficking and victims of migrant smuggling is unjust, argues De Massol Rebetz in her PhD thesis. In c...
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Debate on painting of cigar-smoking white men 26 May 2023The brief removal of Rein Dool’s ‘cigar-smoking white men’ painting generated a storm of reactions last November. Students, staff and alumni reflected...
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Covid graduates sign their names in the Sweat Room 26 May 2023A graduation ceremony at your laptop in your student room is a huge anticlimax. Many students who graduated during the pandemic were unable to celebra...
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Students HC Law visit neighbourhood centre: 'You think that's bizarre? Welcome to our world' 25 May 2023Do young people trust the law? That is what HC Law students are trying to find out. Regular guest speaker and social worker Carlito Jones invited the ...
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Nearly all buildings at LBSP open and operating again from Wednesday 24 May 24 May 2023Nearly all university buildings at the Leiden Bio Science Park will be open and operating again as of Wednesday 24 May. Last night a team worked hard ...
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Jan Kleijssen to deliver Hans Franken Lecture 2023 22 May 2023On 30 June, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies of Leiden University (eLaw) will hold the annual Hans Franken Lecture. This year, the lecture ...
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Community support officer bows out: ‘My face on a mug got me known’ 17 May 2023He was a popular face in the Leiden student world and even developed his own merchandise, but all good things come to an end. After seven years, commu...
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From Leiden to Japan: ‘As a news correspondent, I really get to know the country’ 17 May 2023It was a family friend who told him to quit his self-destructive work in IT: ‘Go do something with your life!’ So at the age of 23, Anoma van der Veer...
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Alumna Nadia Kadhim: From children’s rights to Forbes 30 under 30 16 May 2023Alumna Nadia Kadhim started in 2017 as a corporate lawyer implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at one of the companies where she...
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Our Earth is becoming unliveable. Can we still turn the tide? 16 May 2023We have crossed six of the nine boundaries within which human life on Earth will still be possible for future generations. That is not good news. Can ...
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'Writing a judgment is far easier than writing a dissertation' 15 May 2023Doing a PhD on the side? External PhD candidates, like Joost Van der Helm, just get on and ‘do it’. Besides his hectic job as a justice at the Court o...
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Living room KOG: a space to relax and connect 10 May 2023The Student Living Room at the KOG will soon officially open its doors. All Leiden Law School staff and students are welcome to come and see this new ...
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Cabinet proposal for binding study advice: not a wise plan 09 May 2023On 9 May, Minister Dijkgraaf of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), announced his plans for amending the Binding Study Advice (BSA). If the Minister...
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Await AND anticipate. How the municipality of Amsterdam manages developments in the digital public domain. 08 May 2023The issue of how to deal with a development such as digitalisation in the public domain raises difficult questions for the municipality: who is respon...
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Broaden your horizons with an interdisciplinary minor 08 May 2023Until 15 July, you can apply for a Leiden minor. Do you want to cross the boundaries of your own discipline and approach social problems from various ...