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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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International students find their way around Leiden: 'Getting a feel for the city'
This week, around 1,200 brand new students from 68 different countries are getting to know each other and their new student city. Orientation Week Leiden (OWL) got off to a good start on sunny Lammermarkt, which was packed with enthusiastic internationals.
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Leiden Classics: Leiden University’s first women students
It was not until 1878 that the first female students enrolled at Leiden University, but the discussion on whether women were suited to study was by no means over. 8 March is International Women's Day. BBC correspondente Kim Ghattas will deliver a lecture on 6 March on the struggle by Arabic women for…
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Planet in Peril: the relationship between mankind and the planet
What is the relationship between humans and nature like? And how can we use it to tackle climate problems? In the Master Honours Class ‘Planet in Peril’, students approach climate issues from the perspective of the humanities. ‘Things are not always as one-sided as they seem.’
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Meeting participants provide input for Strategic Plan
In its Strategic Plan Leiden University sets its direction for the coming years. A new plan will be presented next year, and in the runup to this we are organising different forms of student and staff consultation within the scope of LDN FWD (‘Leiden Forward’). A series of meetings were recently held…
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‘Make science communication more work and less hobby’
Young researchers met this month for the fifth Science Communication Summer School. ‘This is the first time some participants get to meet other researchers who also enjoy science communication. It’s great to see’, says Julia Cramer, one of the coordinators.
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Responses to Mare newspaper report on University Council’s advice against reappointing Executive Board President
An article in Leiden University’s Mare newspaper on 24 September states that the University Council advised against reappointing President of the Executive Board Annetje Ottow. The Board of Governors, deans and Annetje Ottow respond below.
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University and associations join forces to beat loneliness during Winter Weeks
Not all students spend the holidays with family and friends. The Leiden University Winter Weeks gives these students the opportunity to take part in a range of fun and free activities. The student well-being team worked again with student organisations from Leiden and The Hague to organise this year’s…
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Reporting from ESOF: ‘How can we use science to solve the next crisis?’
From global warming to the decolonisation of knowledge. At the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) in Leiden over 500 speakers from 60 countries have come together to discuss the big themes of our times. Why have the delegates come?
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Workshop: Become a more efficient writer - Science
Study support
- Behind the screen: consent and harassment in online dating
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Uni-visions: Hope, heat and wonder in 2075
Arts and culture, Studium Generale
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Young transformational leadership: Capacity building for equitable and sustainable change
Study support
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Online workshop - CV and application letter
Career and apply for jobs
- Study Support Group
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Workshop: The certainty of uncertainty
Course
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Workshop LinkedIn Profile & Network
Career and apply for jobs
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Meeting about Giftedness
Meet & greet
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Academic Writing Basic Skills Workshop (POPcorner The Hague)
Study support
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Barista workshop
Course
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Study Skills (English spoken) (POPcorner The Hague)
Study support
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Visit the Embassy of The Republic of Yemen in The Hague
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Three different perspectives on how the online world has fundamentally changed the way we live our lives
In the ESOF2022 mini-symposium organized by the Social Resilience & Security programme, international experts with a background in psychology, philosophy, and law discussed how the online world is related to adolescent mental health issues, moral and emotional awareness and children’s rights. In three…
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Thesis week Leiden
Study support, Study support
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BSA Study Support (POPcorner FSW)
Study support
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Workshop What can I bring to an employer?
Career and apply for jobs
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A Contemporary Past – Looking Back and Forward
Exhibition, Photo exibition
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Honours College Science Society and Self Information Session
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The Buddysystem (POPcorner FSW)
Study support
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Compliment Day
Study support
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Spinoza Lecture 2023
Lecture
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Honours College Science, Society and Self Experience
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Workshop: Entrepreneurship with Sjoerd Louwaars and Vahit Güzel the founder of Choco & Things
Career and apply for jobs
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Workshop CV & Cover Letter
Career and apply for jobs
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Online Workshop CV & Cover Letter - Faculty of Science/ LUMC
Career and apply for jobs, Study support
- University election campaign kick-off
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Time Management (English spoken) (POPcorner The Hague)
Study support
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Japan's Iron Lady? Sanae Takaichi and the New Japanese Government
Debate
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Workshop: Academic writing and GenAI
Study support
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Interactive theater performance 'Safe Space'
Arts and culture
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Wat heb ik een werkgever te bieden
Career and apply for jobs
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Effective Networking @ The Bètabanenmarkt
Career and apply for jobs
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Well-Being Moment: Spring Wisdom Walk
Student wellbeing
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AI in Academia: How to Use It Ethically and Effectively
Study support
- Well-Being Moment: Autumn Wisdom Walk
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Word by word, the first modern Japanese-Dutch dictionary is nearing completion
It was more than twenty years ago that the plan for a Japanese-Dutch dictionary was born. Now it contains over 65,000 words, and completion is tentatively coming into view. Dictionary makers Oscar Veltink and Hetty Geerdink-Verkoren talk about their enthusiasm for this decades-long mammoth task.
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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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‘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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End Fossil occupation of Lipsius building
Members of the End Fossil climate action group, including students from Leiden University, have occupied two rooms in the Lipsius building at the Faculty of Humanities today (23 November 2023).
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Dutch Higher Education Award 2022: second place for The Learning Mindset
The Leiden University College (LUC) education team behind The Learning Mindset (TLM) has received 800,000 euro’s during the Dutch Higher Education Award Ceremony 2022. The LUC team was second behind Universteit Twente. The prize was awarded during the annual Comenius Festival of the Comenius Network.…