282 search results for “scholte energy” in the Student website
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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.
 - Give your physical and mental health a boost during Student Well-being Week
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    Rene KleijnFaculty of Science
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    Sustainability Monitor 2023: Leiden University substantially reduces carbon emissions
        
    
The Sustainability Monitor 2023 shows that Leiden University is taking its sustainability efforts seriously.
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    Apply now for the Una Europa Summer School on Future Materials
    
    
Education, Research
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    ‘Some think I’m too lightweight, others too highbrow’
        
    
Cornald Maas was able to ‘pioneer’ in Leiden. This Dutch Studies graduate, presenter, programme maker and publicist combined an active student life with studying hard.
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    How do we stop homophobia at sports clubs?
        
    
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 homophobic comments. What can sports clubs and teams do to make sure everyone feels safe when playing sports?
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    Sarita Koendjbiharie: ‘Through the dogs, I learned a lot about leadership’
        
    
University lecturer in Management & Organisation Sarita Koendjbiharie is a welcome lecturer on The Hague campus, and not only because she takes a genuine interest in her students. In fact, Koendjbiharie brings her dog Coco to campus whenever she can.
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    Alumna first female rector of Venice: 'More women needed in academia'
        
    
Alumna Tiziana Lippiello became the first female rector magnificus of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice last year. In this way, she hopes to contribute to emancipation in the academic world: 'We need more women here.'
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    7 tips to combat procrastination
        
    
The end of the semester is approaching again. That means a lot of deadlines and the end of a lot of subjects. Have you prepared well for this period?
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    A wheelchair in the Old Observatory
        
    
Yesterday marked the start of the National Accessibility Week. How accessible is Leiden University for people with a disability? We asked Lucia Langerak, disabled herself and working at the Honours Academy, about her experiences: ‘Significant improvements are being made.’
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    Verderkijkers: hoe zie jij studeren in 2075?
        
    
Wat zie jij als je verderkijkt? Hoe ziet studeren aan de Universiteit Leiden in 2075 eruit? We nodigen je uit om mee te doen met Verderkijkers.
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    This is roughly what the new University Sports and Exam Centre will look like (and where it will be)
        
    
The new University Sports and Exam Centre is another step closer. Bigger sports and exam halls, plenty of room for meeting people, an open feel that integrates with the Campus Square and the sports fields, optimal acoustics and an uncompromisingly sustainable building with a green facade and solar panels.…
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    ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers
        
    
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established principal investigators for ground-breaking, high-risk research.
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    Start thinking about your future: additional course for Humanities students
    
    
Education
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    Four questions about why we’re holding a debate on our ties to the fossil fuel industry
        
    
On Wednesday 27 September we will be holding a debate for students and staff on our links with the fossil fuel industry in relation to the topic of sustainability. All students and staff of the university are cordially invited. If you’re still not sure about whether to attend, these four questions and…
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    Running Leiden Marathon in a 450th-anniversary t-shirt
        
    
Nearly 19,000 runners lined up at the start of Leiden Marathon on Sunday, among them students and staff from the university. For some this was their first race, for others a highlight of their year. This year, in celebration of our 450th anniversary, they ran in a special jubilee t-shirt.
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    Research and current affairs: 2022 in six stories
        
    
Life returned to something resembling normal after Covid but other crises soon took its place. These great challenges are also being felt at the University and our researchers are working on solutions. The nitrogen crisis, problems with young people’s services and an increasingly urgent climate crisis:…
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    'With Urban Studies in Practice, we bring the outside world inside'
        
    
Working for a social client during your studies: this is what happens at Urban Studies. For the course Urban Studies in Practice, third-year students carry out projects for public clients, such as the municipality of The Hague.
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    Tips & Tricks Study Skills
    
    
Study support
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    International Criminal Justice: Utopia or Reality?
    
    
Lecture, 5th Owada Chair Symposium
 - Humanities Campus Information Market
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    A Conversation on Helen Thompson's 'Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century'
    
    
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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    Lights out, stars on: Daan Roosegaarde on Seeing Stars Leiden
        
    
‘What if we switch off all the lights one evening? That idea crossed my mind from time to time. And when I mentioned it to a taxi driver one day, he said: “Oh, you mean: lights out, stars on!” That’s not completely true, of course, because the stars are always on, but his phrase summed up the idea n…
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    10 years of Humanities Lab celebrated in style at Capstone conference
        
    
Last week, Humanities Lab honours students presented their research through creative posters and pitches at the Capstone Conference in PLNT Leiden. It was a special edition, where alumni and teachers reminisced over the programme’s 10-year history.
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    Leiden students develop AI tool for marking assignments
        
    
Jeroen van Gessel’s lecturers didn’t always have time for extensive feedback on his written assignments. So, together with tech-savvy friend Menno Hahury, he founded Eduface, a startup to develop an AI teaching assistant. ‘The first users now work three times faster.'
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    TED Talks for a better world
        
    
At the conference of the Honours College Science & Society, students present TED Talks on a social issue of their interest. ‘It brings together everything they have learned in the past two and a half years.’
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    Science for Sustainable Societies: a new bachelor’s programme
        
    
The new interdisciplinary bachelor's program in Science for Sustainable Societies starts in the 2025-2026 academic year.
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    In memoriam: Andrea Evers (1967 - 2025)
        
    
It is with deep sorrow that we share the news that our dear colleague Andrea Evers passed away on Monday, 4 August 2025. Since 2013, Andrea had been affiliated with the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at Leiden University as Professor of Health Psychology. She was an undeniable driving force…
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    New research programme for urgent challenges in Africa
        
    
Leiden University and four other Dutch universities will appoint 51 PhD candidates to conduct solution-oriented research for and with the African continent.
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    These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023
        
    
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. In that respect, a huge amount happened at Leiden University in 2023.
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    7 tips from the Well-being Ambassadors to navigate student life
        
    
Starting university is a big step. There is a lot to arrange. The Well-being Ambassadors offer a helping hand to guide you through the practical aspects of student life.
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    A circular economy is about much more than just recycling
        
    
It’s Circular Economy Week, from 1 to 6 February. But what is it that makes an economy circular? And just how circular is our university? René Kleijn, lecturer on the honours class Circular Economy: from challenge to opportunity, explains.
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    Join a study association: ‘It expands your worldview’
        
    
A discount on textbooks is always welcome. But for these students joining a study association has meant much more than that alone.
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    ‘Students have been treated like temporary residents for four centuries already’
        
    
The new Students for Leiden party pulled off a stunning victory in the municipal elections. From nowhere, the party won two seats on Leiden Municipal Council. How are brand-new student councillors Mitchell Wiegand Bruss and Elianne Wijnands doing? ‘We’ve already asked questions about the quality of…
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    Farewell to Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa: Tireless advocate for D&I
        
    
Aya Ezawa bade farewell as Diversity Officer of Leiden University at a celebration in the Academy Building on 11 June. Since her appointment in 2019, she has been a tireless advocate for culture change and a champion for diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities for all.
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    Architect Aleida Nijland: ‘The building will become greener in many ways’
        
    
Now that the Herta Mohr building is fully operational, construction work is moving to the other side of the University Library. Over the coming years, the former Matthias de Vrieshof will be transformed into the Aleida Nijland building. Architect Bart van Kampen tells us more about the plans.
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    Community support officer bows out: ‘My face on a mug got me known’
        
    
He was a popular face in the Leiden student world and even developed his own merchandise, but all good things come to an end. After seven years, community support officer Dennis Perdok (49) is leaving this role. Last week he bid farewell to the police and to his job in Leiden’s city centre.
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    New professor of Medieval History Philippe Buc: 'I am just like a shepherd'
        
    
A shepherd, but also a comparativist and historian with very broad interests. That is how Professor Philippe Buc describes himself. As of 1 August 2021, he will hold the chair of professor of Medieval History at the university. In an introductory interview, Buc introduces himself, his research and his…
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    Field trip to sustainable farm shows ‘what you can achieve if you chart your own path’
        
    
How to take ownership of your career? To find out, students from ‘Design Your Career as a Climate Change Maker’ visited a farmer who has done just that. They learned from him that it’s never too late to start working on something you believe in.
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    These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2024
        
    
Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. What did the university achieve in 2024? A small sample.
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    ‘This mentor group will be their new family’
        
    
For many a first-year, student life has well and truly begun. This also applies to students in The Hague, who were thrown in at the deep end during the HOP introduction week. We paid them a visit on a sunny afternoon at Landgoed Clingendael.
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    Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’
        
    
Interview with Pieter Slaman who received the LUS Education Prize. What makes the award so special to him and does he already know how he will use his prize money?
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    Break the familiar routine of papers and write a blog post! ‘This way you can be more involved with the subject’
        
    
Exam, paper, exam, paper. A familiar, though sometimes little unexciting, routine for students. That is why Film and Literary students Sietske de Haan and Wouter Dijkman decided to write a blog post for the course Interculturality. Their impressive achievement was rewarded with a publication on science…
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    Leiden was buzzing on the Evening of Languages
        
    
What does it sound like when you create your own words in Chichewa? Can you decipher hieroglyphs after just one workshop? Visitors found answers to these and many other questions during the first edition of the Evening of Languages, held in the brand-new Herta Mohr Building. With a sold-out programme,…
 - Well-Being moment: workshop laughing yoga
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    Navigating the Unpredictable: Climate Chaos and the Future of Water
    
    
Lecture, Studium Generale
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    Walk-in session for all your questions about finances (SHout Leiden)
    
    
Walk-in session
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    JIP Informatiesessie Leiden
    
    
Study information
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    Wellbeing moment: Stress Less: Breathe and Balance Workshop
    
    
Arts and culture