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Carel Stolker: 'It's a no-brainer: the opportunity just has to be seized!'Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) has been in existence for almost six years and will be entering its second phase in 2019. What course will the alliance tak...
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Students solve spider mystery in BorneoThey sprayed with corn starch and made detailed drawings of the genitalia of spiders. In different ways students studied spiders in the dense tropical...
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The best exam tips from Leiden’s student psychologistsAre you a school or university student, and do you feel very anxious before and during exams? Take advantage of these tips by Leiden student psycholog...
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From a lecture to a whole day of archaeology field techniquesUntil last year the Archaeology Field Techniques programme for first-year students consisted of a number of two-hour lectures. Now they spend a whole ...
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Fifty Shades of StressThe challenge: Building a tool to detect chemical compounds that individually cause non-lethal stress to bacteria, but that are lethal in combination....
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To anglicise or not to anglicise?This variation on Hamlet’s ‘to be or not to be’ is exercising the emotions of the academic world in the Netherlands. Leiden's Vice-Rector, professors ...
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Toothbrushes made of bamboo and dining on left-oversThe Leiden University Green Office (LUGO) organised a symposium about sustainable consumption on 2 May. Various speakers told a packed room about sust...
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Students get advice on avoiding stressA quarter of all Dutch students suffer burn-out symptoms, and an even greater percentage regularly experience emotional exhaustion and tiredness. At a...
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The story behind the war victimsHerta Mohr was a promising Egyptologist who died in Bergen-Belsen. Lawyer Amandus Wolfsbergen died in Auschwitz, without knowing that the his work wou...
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The man who sewed a new man togetherOrgan transplantation is often subject to ethical, economic and political discussions. In the Honours Class Organ Transplantation, students take part ...
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New phase of Harmonisation of Educational Logistics programmeWith the Harmonisation of Educational Logistics programme, we are taking steps to coordinate educational processes within the university. The aim is t...
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University elections: ONS is again the biggest student party, FNV Government represents staffOnce again the ONS student party (Enterprising Leiden Students) is the biggest party in the university elections. This gives the party three seats in ...
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V&D bankrupt? ILLP-students to the rescue!On 11 and 19 April, the International Leiden Leadership Programme students got together to participate in a Business Game: a simulation game where the...
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A minor alongside your bachelor’s programme: ‘a win-win situation!'!'A minor (a coherent course package) on top of your bachelor’s programme gives you the chance to specialise or broaden your knowledge. And this can be ...
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On exchange from your student roomFollowing optional courses at universities in Madrid or Hong Kong. That's now possible via Virtual Exchange. But how does it work in practice? We answ...