450 news items found
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How a healing field trip inspired Alexia to take the stage at TEDxLeidenUniversity 25 April 2024One day you feel inspired by a field trip, the next you are a speaker at TEDxLeidenUniversity. It happened to International Relations student Alexia. ...
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Leiden student Lucas Pistorius wins Moot Court competition on day of Thorbecke Lecture 25 April 2024The 2024 Thorbecke Lecture was held on Friday 19 April, with the theme of ‘The role of the Court of Justice in protecting the consumer’. Before the le...
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New Economics degrees to be launched in The Hague 24 April 2024Leiden University is going to offer two new Economics degree programmes at its campus in The Hague: the bachelor’s in Economics and Society and the ma...
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‘Children’s healthcare rights deserve more attention’ 19 April 2024‘Children’s rights are somewhat of a poor relation’, says Professor of Law and Health Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm. In her inaugural lecture, she will em...
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Military pilot and political scientist Jorik ter Veer: ‘I work with the invisible heroes of society’ 17 April 2024Not your typical student life but training that demands sheer hard work: that was the choice Jorik ter Veer (now 45) made when he signed up for the Ro...
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Erwin Muller appointed Vice-Rector of Organisational Development 17 April 2024Leiden University’s Executive Board has appointed Erwin Muller as Vice Rector of Organisational Development. In this role, he will help further profes...
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‘Scientists should be careful when interpreting results of AI models’ 16 April 2024Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame studies how AI is changing the practice of scientific research. From astrophysics to mathematics to climate science, t...
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Calling on universities and funders: make research information open 16 April 2024Crucial information about research, funding or how university rankings are created is often not freely accessible. The Barcelona Declaration on Open R...
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Alumnus Allard Altena is a Public Prosecutor: ‘It’s just the best job ever!’ 15 April 2024Since graduating from Leiden Law School with master’s degrees in Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law and Criminal Law, alumnus Allard Altena now works a...
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Interest organisations take legal action ‘so that most vulnerable are heard’ 12 April 2024Interest organisations are increasingly taking legal action and that’s a good thing for democracy, says PhD candidate Rowie Stolk. ‘It means that the ...
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How a local shaman can help fight climate change 11 April 2024Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote uplands of Myanmar? ‘To tack...
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Will AI be listening in on your future job interview? On law, technology and privacy 11 April 2024The law and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications need to be better aligned to ensure our personal data and privacy are protected. PhD candidate A...
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Leiden University/LUMC to drop cum laude honour for Master’s in Medicine 10 April 2024As of 1 September 2024, the cum laude honour will no longer be awarded for the Master’s in Medicine. The Executive Board recently decided to grant an ...
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Menu of active teaching methods: enrichment through activation 10 April 2024A new step towards the implementation of the Kernvisie! We’re proud to present the menu of active teaching methods. We’d also like to give you some mo...
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Minister Van Leeuwen gives guest lecture on current global developments 09 April 2024On Monday 8 April, a high-profile guest visited Leiden Law School. Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Geoffrey van Leeuwen g...