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Opening of the Academic Year: 'Relentlessly follow your curiosity and see where it takes you' 01 September 2025The opening of the new academic year highlighted students' and lecturers' personal motivators. Incoming students were encouraged to be bold, forge the...
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SUP for Sustainability: students clean up the Leiden canals 01 September 2025Some thirty Leiden students balanced on SUP boards for the Supping for Sustainability Lustrum activity. Together with alumnus Merijn Tinga, better kno...
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Researchers in the city: photo exhibition in The Hague City Hall 28 August 2025Leiden University has been firmly rooted in The Hague for 25 years. This could be seen very clearly during the celebrations around the Leiden Universi...
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International students find their way around Leiden: 'Getting a feel for the city' 25 August 2025This week, around 1,200 brand new students from 68 different countries are getting to know each other and their new student city. Orientation Week Lei...
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‘Divisions are there to be bridged’ 25 August 2025Annetje Ottow is stepping down as President of Leiden University’s Executive Board on 1 September 2025 after almost five years in the role. She looks ...
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Nominees for the 2025 Leiden Teaching Prize 25 August 2025Which teacher knows best how to inspire their students? Carmen van den Bergh (Humanities), Egbert Koops (Law) and Arjan Louwen (Archaeology) have been...
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Transgressive behaviour Professor of Archaeology plausible, Court still rejects dismissal 22 August 2025It is sufficiently plausible that, during her employment, a professor of archaeology at Leiden University was guilty of prolonged transgressive and un...
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Experiment: Leiden University student writes thesis with just AI tools for supervision 21 August 2025As an experiment, student Alicia Cai relied solely on AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude for supervision while writing her thesis. It was only after ...
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Hello The Hague! First-year students settle in smoothly 18 August 2025Strolling through the historic city centre of The Hague, discovering the faculty and, of course, relaxing on the beach... HOP week gives hundreds of f...
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Warm welcome for new students during El CID 11 August 2025On a sunny Lammermarkt, thousands of new students have gathered to kick off their student life in Leiden. The 56th edition of EL CID promises to be a ...
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First in your family to go to university? Five tips for settling into student life 07 August 2025Are you the first in your family to go to university? Or is the Dutch education system unfamiliar because you (or your parents) didn’t grow up in the ...
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NSE 2025: Students satisfied with study programme, study pressure and support remain important 07 August 2025The NSE (National Student Survey) 2025 was conducted in the first quarter of 2025. Over a quarter of students at Leiden University completed the surve...
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In memoriam: Andrea Evers (1967-2025) 05 August 2025It is with deep sorrow that we share the news that our dear colleague Andrea Evers passed away on Monday, 4 August 2025. Since 2013, Andrea had been a...
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‘At first I didn’t understand anything, now I can explain it’ 24 July 2025Engineering, law, and business students came together in the LDE Space & Society Honours Programme to explore how space and society can mutually benef...
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Astronomers and surgeons join forces in the operating theatre 22 July 2025Astronomers and surgeons from Leiden are collaborating with industry to develop an optical instrument that delivers faster, more accurate imaging of t...