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Ukrainian course to start soon: ‘Useful for contact with refugees’
The Academic Language Centre is organising an introduction to Ukrainian with the Russian Studies/Russian and Eurasian Studies programmes. This six-part course is meant primarily for people who are in contact with refugees from Ukraine.
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A message from the Executive Board
These are turbulent times at Dutch universities. We have all seen what has been and is still happening at various campuses in the country. Protests, demonstrations, occupations. Situations and scenes that deeply affect us all.
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Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June: limited access to university network and libraries closed
Facility, ICT, Library, Organisation
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Leiden University signs Durham Declaration: intensified climate collaboration
The Durham Declaration was presented at the Climate Symposium marking the Coimbra Group’s 40th anniversary on 26 March. Leiden University is proud to be one of the first signatories of this declaration.
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Jointly into the quantum future
The second quantum revolution is in full swing, bringing all kinds of new technologies to within reach, and offering many opportunities as well as challenges. Leiden and Delft decided to join forces.
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Lakenhal Late: Strijden Ga Ik
Evenement
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Money Matters: Financial Distress and Sustainable Change
Panel Discussion
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The Buddysystem (POPcorner FSW)
Study support
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Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life. Jasper first wrote his column from Kuala Lumpur, and it was ready to share. Then a crisis arose this week that demanded…
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Safety instructions
The university finds it important that students and staff are offered a safe environment. Read here about the safety measures in place and what you should do in case of emergencies or other incidents.
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Erasmus+ for Teaching Assignments
PhD, Staff
- Scheduled maintenance educational systems
- Warm Welcome: Let’s Kickstart this Academic Year Together
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From a child in the orchard to director of the botanical garden
At the age of six, Barbara Gravendeel already knew what she wanted to be: a biologist. The seed was planted in the garden of her childhood home: an old orchard surrounded by a large hedge. Since 1 May, she has been the scientific director (prefect) of the Hortus botanicus in Leiden, and all the pieces…
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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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From research in space to director on earth
After ten years and one day, Leiden Observatory has a new director. As of 1 September, Ignas Snellen will set the course for the astronomical institute. In this interview, you will get to know Ignas. Or at least a little. That is why we gave him five dilemmas and asked the people around him who he really…
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‘Sometimes choosing a different path can take you further’
On International Women's Day (8 March) we take time to consider female emancipation and participation. What does this day mean for Leiden University, and how does it tie in with our aim of becoming more diverse and inclusive? We talked about these issues with Annetje Ottow, who recently became the…
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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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What are we defending? Steven Pinker on the core values of NATO and the Enlightenment
NATO not only safeguards our security and stability, but also defends Enlightenment principles, promoting prosperity, health and freedom. This is what eminent psychologist and thinker Steven Pinker argued to a packed Great Auditorium.
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Opening academic year
University ceremony
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Workshop Keep on Writing: Becoming disciplined to write your thesis (Writing Lab Humanities)
Study support, Study support
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Thesis Week 2 & 6 May - Campus The Hague
Study support
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Writing Lab Humanities: Thesis Week 4-7 April
Study support
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Walk-in session for all your questions about finances (SHout Leiden)
Walk-in session
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Workshop Job Interview
Career and apply for jobs
- Potluck Spring Dinner: Feeling Like Belonging
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Personal Professional Skills market
Career and apply for jobs, Study support
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Meet Stichting We zien mekaar
Meet & chat
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Q&A with the LDE Honours Programmes
Study information
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Thesis week The Hague
Study support, Study support
- Come visit the Honours Conference!
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Young transformational leadership: Capacity building for equitable and sustainable change
Study support
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Belonging first: in conversation about an accessible university
D&I Event
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JIP Informatiesessie Leiden
Study information
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Compliment Day
Study support
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JIP Information Session Leiden
Study information
- Workshop: How to manage your finances in 2023 (SHout!)
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Workshop Creating a clear structure (Writing Lab Humanities)
Study support, Study support
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Meeting about Giftedness
Meet & greet
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SHout! - Walk-in session for all your questions about finance
Study information
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Kaiser Spring Lectures: Astrochemistry
Lecture
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Workshop Developing an Academic Writing Style (Writing Lab Humanities)
Study support, Study support
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Thesis week Leiden
Study support, Study support
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International Criminal Justice: Utopia or Reality?
Lecture, 5th Owada Chair Symposium
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Online event - Working in the Netherlands for non-EU
Career and apply for jobs
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4 - 6 April 2023 - Leiden University Career Event
Course, Online Career Week
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New spinoff company to solve major roadblock in the quantum revolution
Physicist Kaveh Lahabi’s research on quantum materials led to the launch of a new company: QuantaMap. With his colleagues, he developed a sensor that will improve the production of quantum computer chips. ‘It turns out that what I need for my fundamental physics research is also very useful for the…
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Royal honour for former Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker
Carel Stolker, former Rector Magnificus and President of the Executive Board of Leiden University, has been made an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau for his services to the city and University. Mayor Henri Lenferink awarded the royal honour to Stolker at the University’s Dies Natalis on 8 February…
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Artwork in the new Gorlaeus Building: ‘Academics and artists have more in common than we think’
Leiden artist Jos Agasi gets to create the artwork for the atrium of the new Gorlaeus Building. His work was chosen from several entries and will be a real eye-catcher in the building. The artist has a fascination for light and uses it to create works of art with all kinds of materials, objects and…
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Energy as a weak spot: a new approach to tackle aggressive breast cancer?
Could we stop cancer cells by cutting off their energy supply? That’s what Dione Blok, a bachelor’s student in Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences, aimed to find out during her thesis research. She investigated a compound that affects the tumour cells’ energy metabolism. ‘Hopefully, these insights will provide…