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Read the online magazine on diversity and inclusivenessHow can we make sure that everyone feels welcome at our university? Read the highlights from the conference on The Making of an Inclusive Leiden Unive...
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‘The sky is not the limit for Honours students’Making Mars suitable for human habitation or giving first-year lectures as a student. For the past three years, 150 bachelor’s students have followed ...
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Centre for Innovation and LUMC win Surfnet Innovation ChallengeThe Leiden University Centre for Innovation and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have won the Surfnet Innovation Challenge. The team won th...
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Elian Yahye new UN youth representativeElian Yahye was chosen on 26 October as the youth representative for the United Nations. Yahye is a bachelor's student of International Relations and ...
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Talented Leiden students on the stageLeiden University has almost sixty talented students who are studying at the Royal Conservatory in parallel with their degree programme. They will be ...
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Use of virtual girl 'Sweetie' to fight child abuse problematic in the NetherlandsThe use of virtual girl Sweetie, used by the police to investigate pedofiles, is problematic in the Netherlands. Researchers of Leiden University and ...
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Go study abroad!Are you keen to immerse yourself in a new culture, broaden your horizons and make friends for life? If so, come to the Study Abroad Festival on Friday...
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Studying with a disabilityAround ten per cent of students have some form of functional disability, varying from ADHD or dyslexia to a physical handicap. Under a UN treaty, the ...
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Leiden to stage Brave New World symposiumHow will future technological developments influence our everyday lives? This is the key question during the Brave New World symposium on 2 and 3 Nove...
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Leids Ontzet: University closedWe celebrate Leids Ontzet, the Relief of Leiden, on Monday 3 October. This means that all University buildings in Leiden will be closed. The Universit...
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Leiden University and LUMC join Netherlands Centre for One HealthLeiden University and Leiden University Medical Center have joined the Netherlands Centre for One Health (NCOH), further strengthening the academic ne...
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Eight new MOOCsThis autumn Leiden University is launching eight new MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) that are available free to the general public. You can follow...
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A PhD at 20Philosopher Stefan Buijsman obtained his doctorate this year at the age of 20 at the University of Stockholm, making him the youngest PhD in Sweden. H...
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'Create better financing opportunities for fundamental research'The League of European Research Universities (LERU) calls for greater appreciation of fundamental research that does not have an immediate application...
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Studying in an ultramodern and traditional ChinaMore and more Leiden students are studying in China. Two of them talk about their summer course there. 'Now I understand better the kind of country Ch...