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Prime Minister gives lecture to first-year students
Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, gave a guest lecture to first-year law students at Leiden University. He spoke about democracy, the war in Ukraine and the role of the Netherlands.
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Join the protest against the higher education cuts
Students and staff from Leiden University are protesting in The Hague on 25 November against the billions in cuts to higher education. ‘The cuts are a terrible idea and we want to show why’, says Claire Weeda from WOinActie. ‘Research and teaching are essential to society.’
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Update from the Executive Board on the announced budget cuts
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.
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Minister Dijkgraaf: ‘We must narrow the gap between science and society’
The speed at which science is changing our lives gives rise to tensions and concerns. In his talk at Leiden University, Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf (Education, Culture and Science) said we should talk more about science’s relationship with society and political decision-making.
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Alumni meet in Brussels: ‘We’re at a crossroads in European history’
Alumni who live and work in Brussels met on 18 February at the annual Leiden Alumni in Brussels Event. As well as celebrating Leiden University’s 450th anniversary, they also looked at the challenges Europe faces.
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Room for everyone at a sun-drenched EL CID
Thousands of first-year students and hundreds of mentors kicked off the EL CID on Monday morning. This year for the first time, the introduction week of Leiden University and Leiden University of Applied Sciences was also open for students of Regional Training Centre mboRijnland and the Leiden Instrument…
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Cleveringa lecture
Inaugural lecture
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Liesbeth van VlietSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Occupation makes for eventful Cleveringa Lecture: ‘Protect free spaces for debate’
Despite an eventful afternoon – with Students for Palestine occupying the Academy Building – political scientist Hélène Landemore gave her Cleveringa Lecture as planned on 26 November. She reflected on the protest and the importance of open debate, within the university and within a democracy.
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Adriaan BednerFaculty of Law
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Herman SchippersFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Marion PluskotaFaculty of Humanities
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Mitra BaratchiFaculty of Science
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Nira WickramasingheFaculty of Humanities
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Crystal EnnisFaculty of Humanities
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Afshin EllianFaculty of Law
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Mariëlle BruningFaculty of Law
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Tsolin NalbantianFaculty of Humanities
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Eduard Fosch VillarongaFaculty of Law
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Ton LiefaardFaculty of Law
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Claire WeedaFaculty of Humanities
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Gerrit DusseldorpFaculty of Archaeology
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Wei ChuFaculty of Archaeology
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Marie SoressiFaculty of Archaeology
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Bleda DüringFaculty of Archaeology
- Netherlands Institute Morocco information session
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D&I Symposium 2023
Conference, D&I Symposium
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
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What do you do if your professor winks at you?
Sexual harassment was the theme of the recent annual symposium of student ambassadors to the Leiden-Bollenstreek police in collaboration with the police and the municipality. An extremely important issue to students − if the 100 places being claimed as soon as the symposium was announced was anything…
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‘We moeten diversiteit minder vieren, het moet vanzelfsprekend zijn’
Op welke manieren kan inclusieve communicatie ervoor zorgen dat mensen zich welkom voelen? Hierover ging het D&I-symposium van Universiteit Leiden.
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project within their own teaching. They have been awarded three grants of 100,000 euros within the Senior Fellows programme and four grants of 50,000 euros within…
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Open science means better science
Leiden University has an active open science community. Open science means transparency in all phases of research by precisely documenting every step of the way and making this publicly available. ‘It’s time to be open,’ say psychologists Anna van ’t Veer and Zsuzsika Sjoerds. There is increasing awareness…
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‘Divisions are there to be bridged’
Annetje 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 back at the highs and lows – and ahead to what’s next.
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Growing diversity of Dutch population not immediately visible at universities
The intake of bachelor’s students from classic immigration countries whose prior education was in the Netherlands does not reflect the growing diversity in society. This is according to data from Statistics Netherlands.
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Peter AkkermansFaculty of Archaeology
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How to Study a Polymath
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Nanne TimmerFaculty of Humanities
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Mariana De Campos FrancozoFaculty of Archaeology
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Eefke de HaanFaculty of Humanities
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Karwan Fatah-BlackFaculty of Humanities
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Neutrino: Documentary & Q&A with the directors
Studium Generale
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Sophie van RijnSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Update Executive Board: Impact of government cuts, drastic measures required
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regularly look at the consequences of what it deems an irresponsible policy.
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Leiden vegan student association off to a flying start
Good food. This is an important topic in the interview with Chair Ruben Venema and Activities Director Martine Feteris from the Leiden Vegan Student Association, which was launched in May. An interview rounded off with an extra helping of recipes.
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Maurits BergerFaculty of Humanities
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Roeland van der RijstICLON
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Maartje van der WoudeFaculty of Law
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Salvador Santino RegilmeFaculty of Humanities
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Isabelle DuijvesteijnFaculty of Humanities
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Book Presentation of Beyond the Mulatta: Haunted Hybridity in Advertising
Book Presentation | Studium Generale Lecture