450 news items found
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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...
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Tailoring support for refugee students: ‘They are amazed at the number of options’ 04 October 2022
Many people have fled to the Netherlands since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, including students. But even before this war, students with refugee bac...
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3 October University: ‘Artificial intelligence is like young people and sex’ 04 October 2022
‘Everyone’s talking about it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, but the reality is disappointing,’ says biochemist Gerard van Westen in his 3...
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Craft and innovation take centre stage at LeidenGlobal exhibition 04 October 2022
An interdisciplinary photo exhibition about crafts and craftsmanship in different cultures will open at Oude UB on 6 October. At the opening Fridus St...
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Matthias Haentjens appointed as Professor of Civil Law 04 October 2022
Starting 1 January 2023, Matthias Haentjens has been appointed as Professor of Civil Law at Leiden University. His expertise lies in the field of prop...
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Another successful collaboration between Leiden Law School and LUMC 04 October 2022
Researchers from Leiden Law School and the LUMC have received a grant for a joint research project. They will be looking into ways in which caregivers...
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IIASL alumni receive awards from the International Institute of Space Law 29 September 2022
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) that took place last week in Paris was extremely successful for IIASL.
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Hague city councillors on working visit: ‘The Hague is becoming a real student city’ 29 September 2022
What does the University mean for The Hague? And what are researchers and students learning from the city and its residents? The Hague city councillor...