628 search results for “been” in the Student website
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Documentary Screening: Retazos Móviles
Arts and culture
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Anniversary activity: SUP for Sustainability
450 jaar
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Anniversary activity: Canal concert
Arts and culture
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Cancelled: National strike against the higher education cuts
Demonstratie
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Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to Leiden researchers.
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent symposium, 28 groups of four to five students unveiled their solutions. The commisioners expressed great enthusiasm.
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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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Statement on Academic Freedom – The Rectors of the Dutch Universities (2025)
Without academic freedom, we might not have antibiotics, nor a deep understanding of human behaviour. Literary criticism, climate models, and ecological restoration would be severely limited; just like ethical reflection on artificial intelligence, justice, trauma, parenting, faith and hope. All these…
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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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Hester Bijl: ‘On-campus teaching is a big step forward, so take care’
‘We’re going to see each other again on campus. We’re so pleased, but we do have to say safe.’ Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl is looking ahead to the new academic year, which begins on 6 September. No more 1.5m distancing, but we do have to take responsibility for other people’s safety.
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’
The theme of the opening of this year’s academic year was peace and justice. With the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine, these are turbulent times. During the ceremony those present reflected on what the academic community and universities can mean in times of crisis and conflict.
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Crisis on campus: 'Both terrible and incredibly fun'
Chaos in the Lipsius building! Master's students zigzag through the classroom, write on whiteboards and discuss tensely. In a simulation of the Leiden Leadership Programme, they experience what it is like to deal with a crisis as an office holder.
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Academic freedom, protests and a safe campus: where are we and how are we going to move forward?
Leiden University has had a turbulent week. There have been protests inside and outside our buildings that have evoked reactions, and students and staff have felt unsafe. We want with this message to look back at the past week and look forward to the future. What happened and how do we now want to move…
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
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‘A country’s immigration narrative really influences the people arriving there’
Immigration and naturalisation policies are an important theme in the upcoming Dutch elections. The Netherlands should be mindful of its immigration narrative, says PhD candidate Hannah Bliersbach, as this greatly influences the relationship between ‘new’ citizens and their new home country.
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Live blog: Alternative demonstrations in Leiden and The Hague against government cuts
Alternative demonstrations were held in Leiden and The Hague on Thursday 14 November after the national protest in Utrecht was cancelled. Leiden University supports these protests, which were organised by WOinActie. Read our live blog of the demonstrations.
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EL CID 2021: a great start in a friendly city
‘Leiden is small, friendly and welcoming,’ says new first-year student Ayla Russel. Strong wind and heavy showers were forecast for the first in-person day of the EL CID on 16 August, which could easily have spoiled this impression. But fortunately the showers – apart from one – fell somewhere else,…
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Exploring educational experiments: pass/fail and ‘unessays’ at Honours College Law
How to innovate education? In this series, the Honours Academy highlights examples from their educational testing ground that aim to inspire. Today: the liberating effect of pass/fail and ‘unessays’ at Honours College Law.
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Warm welkom voor nieuwe studenten tijdens EL CID
On a sunny Lammermarkt, thousands of new students gathered to kick off their student life in Leiden at the 56th edition of EL CID.
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So long, Gravensteen: ‘History dripped off the walls’
Historic and iconic yet expensive and cold. It’s with mixed feelings that the university is leaving the Gravensteen building, which dates back to the 12th century. How was it to work and study in this former Leiden prison?
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Timo Kos: ‘We want our buildings to be as open and safe as possible’
Speaking for the Executive Board, Timo Kos reflects on the university’s security policy and what lies ahead. ‘We want to keep our buildings open, but we also need to be able to guarantee the safety of everyone there. It’s a real balancing act.’
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Hard bargains: politics of debt and investment in the EU
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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EU' responses to the challenges of the platform economy
Lecture, Seminar
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European social policy in neoliberal times: dealing with social issues during and after the Delors years
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Telling the story of Gaza
Lecture, Book presentation and Q&A
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Migration policy of the European Union: what lies ahead?
Lecture, Seminar
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network
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Stability in unstable times: how the European Central Bank handles inflation
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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India in the World: Interaction with Rahul Gandhi and Sam Pitroda
Lecture, Event
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Public Lecture: The Seven Points of Mind Training
Lecture
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Visiting NATO
Career and apply for jobs
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A new impetus for EU enlargement?
Lecture, Seminar
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Impact on Russia's war in Ukraine on ecology of Ukraine and Europe
Debate
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Ties to the fossil fuel industry
Debate
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Relational Multilateralism: the Play of International United Front in China’s Global Grand Strategy
Lecture
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Join the Gorlaeus biodiversity walk
Walk
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Never the same again: The EU's eastern enlargement after 20 years
Lecture
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CANCELLED: Gloves are off: When and why allies use cyber weapons in hybrid scenarios?
Lecture
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Meet & greet with Dutch diplomats: a conversation about counterterrorism & diplomacy
Meet and Greet
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Balancing the climate, economy, and justice: Can the EU have it all?
Lecture, European Union Seminar
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Keti Koti Table
Diner | Dialoog
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On the Backlash: The Weimar Republic and the Contemporary World, UCDxLeiden
Lecture, INVISIHIST event
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The role of the UN in the conflict in Ukraine
Lecture, Seminar
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Guidance group for gifted students
Study support
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What Trump’s Return Means for Europe
Debate, Roundtable
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Words and Warning Messages: Communicating Deterrence in Theory and Practice
Lecture
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(CANCELLED) The UK, the Netherlands, and Ukraine. How strong bilateral relations are crucial for multilateral diplomacy
Lecture, Seminar
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A university conversation on Israel/Palestine
Debate
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HEAR ME NOW
Exhibition