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Talk and debate: how do we prevent science from harming the environment? 14 December 2021Sustainability researchers can play an important role in the energy transition. But what if their partners are not (yet) sustainable and science itsel...
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Professional female footballers have to play like a man 06 December 2021Women’s football is steadily gaining attention. It’s as though the sport is becoming emancipated. And yet in conversations with professional female fo...
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Curator Ruurd Halbertsma: ‘Surely we can’t just sweep away antiquity?’ 06 December 2021Like many others, Ruurd Halbertsma has had a rollercoaster of a year. His museum, the National Museum of Antiquities (RMO), was closed for a long whil...
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Students work with local community 06 December 2021Problems cannot always be solved from a desk. Students on the Master’s in Governance of Sustainability therefore went to various Leiden neighbourhoods...
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‘Studying in Leiden is a life-changing experience’: students on the LExS grant 03 December 2021Last year around 2,000 international students started a master’s degree at Leiden University. To make this possible, there are various grants that the...
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Giving makes you happy 03 December 2021Receiving a gift is nice, but giving a present also makes you happy. Development psychologist Mara van der Meulen from the Leiden Consortium on Indivi...
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Fenna on EUniWell: ‘Students can be involved in lots of different ways!’ 03 December 2021EUniWell, the alliance of seven European universities committed to developing teaching and research relating to well-being, is celebrating its first a...
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Cancer patients want a doctor who shows empathy and doesn’t make vague promises 22 November 2021Patients with incurable cancer want their oncologist to be clear but to show empathy too. They find hard and vague communication harmful. These are th...
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Law graduate Jiska Ogier speaks from experience: ‘The Netherlands should be much more accessible for people with disabilities’ 18 November 2021Jiska Ogier studied notarial law, which wasn’t always easy because she went to lectures in a wheelchair. As a student she pushed to make society acces...
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What the campus at Leiden Bio Science Park will look like 15 November 2021The university campus at Leiden Bio Science Park will change rapidly over the next few years. A short film shows the transformation to a full campus. ...
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Your opinion of the library counts! 09 November 2021What do you think about our libraries, the (digital) collections, services and the library staff? The Leiden University Libraries (UBL) would like to ...
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Five Leiden professors installed as Medical Delta professors 03 November 2021On 2 November, nine professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta Professor’ at Leiden University, LUMC, Delft University of Technology...
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‘Heart rate and skin conductance predict romantic attraction’ 02 November 2021Synchronised heart rates and skin conductance tell us that people are attracted to each other. This explains why we feel a romantic ‘click’ with some ...
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Walaeus Library part of UBL 01 November 2021Starting 1 November, the Walaeus Library, located in the Leiden University Medical Centre, is part of Leiden University Libraries (UBL).
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Cleveringa honoured with statue in birthplace of Appingedam 27 October 2021Almost 81 years after his famous protest speech against the German occupation, Leiden professor Rudolph Pabus Cleveringa will be remembered in his Gro...