496 search results for “activity” in the Student website
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1st year students information session “Start your career during your studies”
Career and apply for jobs
- Zen Garden Student Well-being Week
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Compass on Purpose - Explore what matters to help you choose (NL/EN)
Career and apply for jobs, Study support, Study support
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Compass on Purpose - Explore what matters to help you choose (NL/EN)
Career and apply for jobs, Study support, Study support
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Hora Hester Bijl! Farewell to a rector who steered the university through turbulent times
The university bid farewell to its Rector Magnificus, Hester Bijl, on 13 January during the ‘Hester’s Highlights’ symposium.
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Equality as a driver for diversity: ‘Seek out contradiction and the unknown’
The freedom to be who you are – woman, man, homosexual, heterosexual, transgender, religious, atheist, and so on – is perhaps the Netherlands’ greatest attribute. The principle of equality and the right not to be discriminated against are in the very first article of our constitution. Yet there is a…
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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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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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Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to Leiden researchers.
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Buurtlab 070 launched – sustainability research in, by and for the community
Buurtlab 070 is a new Leiden University project in which residents, researchers and students from The Hague work together on climate, sustainability and biodiversity solutions. What do they expect of the lab?
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Rector Hester Bijl on education in times of corona: ‘We have high hopes, but we are also realistic.'
The Dutch universities as a whole are lobbying for a 'normal' academic year from the end of August, where on-campus teaching will be possible. It's a view that Leiden University shares. Rector Hester Bijl talks about what teaching will be like then. She also looks back on a year of lockdown.
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Executive Board column: Let’s be alert to unacceptable behaviour
This is a difficult time. Above all, for all those directly involved in this horrible case – unacceptable behaviour by a professor and his removal from the University – the case we went public about on 18 October and that has been reported in the media. This is painful and tough for the complainants…
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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.
- Leiden University's Winter Weeks
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Drawing with diverse techniques and materials
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Botanical drawing
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Career College: Working in Education (at the faculty of Science)
Career and apply for jobs
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Night of the Lobbyist 2026
Evenement
- Discover Brussels with Career Service
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Daily Dutch (POPcorner FSW)
Study support
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A university conversation on Israel/Palestine
Debate
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Qualitative Empirical Research Methods in Law | Introductory Course for PPP-students
Research
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Compass on Purpose - Explore what matters to help you choose (NL/EN)
Career and apply for jobs, Study support, Study support
- Orange the World 2025 – Campaign Against Violence Towards Women
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Compass on Purpose - Explore what matters to help you choose (NL/EN)
Career and apply for jobs, Study support, Study support
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Report: Tracking down green spaces in The Hague in places you don't always want to be
Although there is considerable evidence that nature in the city is beneficial to both people and animals, we still do not have an overall picture of those benefits. To rectify that, a Leiden PhD candidate and a student – armed with a cargo bike – are using The Hague as a life-size laboratory.
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‘Universities are changing, but they remain essential to society’
From academic freedom to security and medical breakthroughs: during Leiden University’s 451st Dies Natalis, the speakers reflected on the role of universities in a world of social and geopolitical tensions.
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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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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Take care of each other’
After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.
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Executive Board adopts committee’s recommendations on Israel-Palestine
The Executive Board proposes to take the decision to suspend the existing institutional student exchange programmes with two Israeli universities, and until further notice not to engage in any new exchange programmes with Israeli universities that have comparable links with the Israeli military (the…
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BSA Study Support (POPcorner FSW)
Study support
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Thesis group Leiden
Study support, Study support
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CareerCollege Working in Research
Career and apply for jobs
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Navigating the Unpredictable: Climate Chaos and the Future of Water
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Opening of the academic year
University ceremony
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Innovating and connecting
447th Dies Natalis
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Update: Executive Board responds to coalition agreement
The three parties currently forming a government – D66, CDA and VVD – have presented a new coalition agreement, in which they announce their intention to reverse the substantial funding cuts to higher education. This is encouraging news, although many uncertainties remain. The Executive Board will closely…
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Talent Boost* : Personal Development (NL/EN) Leiden
Career and apply for jobs, Study support
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Talent Boost* : Personal Development (NL/EN) The Hague
Career and apply for jobs, Study support
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Governance and Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Becoming an inclusive university
Conference, D&I Event
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Hosting Global Justice: The Netherlands and International Courts (ICJ & ICC)
Lecture, Studium Generale
- Give your physical and mental health a boost during Student Well-being Week
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Belonging first: in conversation about an accessible university
D&I Event
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Career Days | 14-18th of April 2025
Study information