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Respecting the corona rules at the USC: ‘Giving people a quick reminder, then moving on is what works best'Having to remind users of the café at the University Sports Centre (USC) about the 1.5 metre rule is something that can be quite difficult for the stu...
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EL CID in a time of corona: ‘This is great fun – we don’t know what it was like before anyway’The EL CID introduction period is mostly online this year. But all first-years get to come to Leiden for a day for a taste of studying and student lif...
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Arianna Pranger: ‘I pack as much creativity as possible into my teaching’Arianna Pranger has lost her heart to teaching. A senior lecturer on the master’s programme in Pharmacy, she is one of the three nominees for the LUS ...
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Mentor and tutor help first years get off to a flying startAll first-year bachelor’s students at Leiden will be assigned a student as a mentor and a lecturer as a tutor to help them find their way around their...
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A warm virtual welcome to Leiden first yearsNo decorated signs on an overfull Lammermarkt but instead a video meeting that gradually fills up and the inevitable question of ‘Can everyone hear me...
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Leiden student associations urge students to socially distanceIn a joint letter, the Leiden student associations have appeal to students to practise 1.5m distancing and to only meet others if they are fit and wel...
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How EL CID week can go ahead after allWhen the government introduced its corona measures, the future of EL CID suddenly looked uncertain. But this annual introduction week will start on 5 ...
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Leiden student associations join together on online platformThe Local Chamber of Associations (PKvV) has launched an online media platform that brings together all 24 Leiden student associations. It developed t...
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Rie and her GentlemenRie Schild-de Groen watched over ‘her’ Gentlemen, the residents of the ‘t Heerenhoeckje (Gentlemen’s Corner) Minerva house at Rapenburg 110, like a mo...
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Bibi Dumon Tak new writer-in-residenceAuthor Bibi Dumon Tak will be the new writer-in-residence at Leiden University from autumn 2020.
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‘Lectures with the teacher talking for 90 minutes are completely outdated’Historian Robert Stein is a lecturer in Medieval History. He was recently awarded the Senior Teaching Qualification. What did he learn from the STQ tr...
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More powerful data centre will accelerate researchLanguage evolution, targeted drugs or archaeological interpretation. Researchers are making increasing use of supercomputers that can rapidly process ...
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How sustainable is Leiden University?How does Leiden University save energy? Could we organise our recycling better? Do our study programmes devote sufficient attention to the importance ...
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Annetje Ottow new President of Leiden UniversityProfessor Annetje Ottow will be appointed President of the Executive Board of Leiden University on 8 February 2021. She will be the first woman to be ...
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Rijksmuseum Boerhaave opens exhibition with major role for corona crisisThe ‘Contagious!’ exhibition was set to open at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in April but had to be postponed because of the corona crisis. The museum hasn’t...