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UN calls for urgent rethink as resource use skyrocketsThe International Resource Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme, with CML researcher Ester van der Voet as member, has prepared a report ...
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The Mastermind approach to brain researchThe brain is a complex organ, and researching medicine to treat brain disorders is equally if not more complex. Elizabeth (Liesbeth) de Lange, Profess...
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All lectures to start at the same timeLeiden University will introduce a new daily schedule from September 2019, with the same schedule for all programmes. This will make it easier to foll...
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Studying or researching a semester abroadA growing number of Science students are spending a semester abroad. To inform other students about the possibilities for study and research outside t...
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University to sponsor Leiden SingelloopAt this year's Leiden Singelloop (canal run) on 5 April, €4.44 per runner will go to charity instead of the usual €4. This is because Leiden Universit...
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Vote in the University electionsThere are a lot of candidates to choose from in the University elections that will be held from Monday 8 April to Thursday 11 April. Cast your vote fo...
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Suspected wrongdoing? Contact the Confidential Counsellor for MalpracticeWhat should students (and staff) at the University do if they witness something that doesn’t seem quite right? This could be the improper use of a lab...
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Share your ideas and experiences with the Student Wellbeing TaskforceThe Student Wellbeing Taskforce, which was launched in September 2018, is almost ready to issue its advice to the Executive Board. It has already hear...
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Lindsey Burggraaff and Emma Koemans win FameLab heatWhich young researchers were best at explaining their research to a general audience? Twelve researchers battled it out at the FameLab heat on 7 March...
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Female professors from the present and the futureRole models are key to inspiring the next generation. Fifteen female professors therefore celebrated International Women's Day with girls aged between...
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Cookies for Science students - 25% response rate achieved!After 4 weeks 25% of all Science students have completed the NSE. To celebrate this, the study associations will hand out cookies! Have you not filled...
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Five languages in one poemIn the Bachelor Honours Class ‘The Noble Art and Tricky Business of Translation’, Honours students learn about the tricky business of translation. To ...
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Nine CMR-chemicals are added to the list of substances of very high concern (for health, environment)
The organization RIVM has recently updated the Dutch list of so-called substances of very high concern and has added 9 CMR chemicals to their list.
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How biased information on the internet can influence researchThe internet is a good place to rapidly collect large amounts of data. But if you don’t watch out you’ll collect very biased, one-sided data. These we...
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Economic expansion and land use cause bird extinctionPopulation growth, economic expansion and the associated land use caused an increase in the number of bird species facing extinction and a reduction i...