450 news items found
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Students for Palestine panel discussion in The Hague on 24 May 17 May 2022
Students for Palestine – a group of students from Leiden and The Hague – are holding a panel discussion in the Leiden University in The Hague Wijnhave...
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Results of University elections: swing in student representation 17 May 2022
The results of the 2022 University elections are out. The student section of the University Council will be different from how it has been in the past...
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How do we stop homophobia at sports clubs? 17 May 2022
Not all gay and lesbian students feel equally safe at their sports clubs. ‘Homo’ is used almost unthinkingly as a term of abuse and players often face...
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Video series: The value of collaboration with Indonesia 16 May 2022
Researchers from Leiden and Indonesia work together on a range of projects on topics such as disappearing languages and cultures, the role of Islam, c...
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Detaching students from the idea that everything you read is true 16 May 2022
We expect students to be critical readers. ‘But how?’ they ask. ‘You read an article and it all sounds perfectly logical and convincing, so why should...
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‘Homo sapiens is too arrogant: call us Homo faber, the toolmaker’ 16 May 2022
We need to dispel the arrogant and misguided idea that modern humans are superior to earlier human species. It is thanks in part to all our predecesso...
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‘The child protection system really isn’t in good order’ 13 May 2022
Last Thursday the Dutch House of Representatives held a debate on children being put into care when the childcare benefits scandal (toeslagenaffaire) ...
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Dutch Higher Education Award 2022: second place for The Learning Mindset 13 May 2022
The Leiden University College (LUC) education team behind The Learning Mindset (TLM) has received 800,000 euro’s during the Dutch Higher Education Awa...
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First photo of black hole at the heart of our Galaxy 12 May 2022
Finally we know for sure that there is a black hole at the centre of our own galaxy. Today, astronomers unveiled the first ever photo of Sagittarius A...
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Podcasts about the online life of today's youth 11 May 2022
The former outreach team of the Social Resilience and Security programme 'Jonge Wetenschappers' developed a podcastseries (in Dutch) about the online ...
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Minors in AI, Data & Digitialisation in Delft, Leiden and Rotterdam 11 May 2022
The universities of Delft, Leiden and Rotterdam are working together to show their students what artificial intelligence (AI) means for their own fiel...
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Construction of alternative Humanities Campus is feasible 10 May 2022
Leiden University can build an alternative Humanities Campus on its own available land at the current location in the city. This is the conclusion of ...
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Knowledge to the neighbourhood on Day of Empathy 04 May 2022
The tuktuk of the European City Of Science Leiden 2022 sent science on its way to the neighbourhood. In the town center of Oegstgeest, the Empathy Tea...
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Comenius teaching grants for four Leiden lecturers 03 May 2022
Four lecturers from Leiden University will receive a 50,000-euro Comenius Teaching Fellow grant. This will enable them and their team to realise an ed...
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Newsletter Student Support FSW May 2022 03 May 2022
This Student Support FSW newsletter tells you all about the services provided by the FSW POPcorner, Career Service, and Community Engagement Service. ...