378 search results for “new religions and alternative spirituality” in the Student website
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Other disabilities
Not every person who experiences chronic challenges identifies with the term disability.
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FAQ Programme
Below you can find the most frequently asked questions and answers provided by staff and students themselves.
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Studying with a chronic illness
A chronic illness is a long-term and persistent health condition that can impact your learning at Leiden University.
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Mental well-being
Student psychologists
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Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden
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NSE: The National Student Survey
All students in the Netherlands are invited to take part in the National Student Survey (NSE) once a year. Via the NSE you can give your opinion on the positive aspects of your study programme, as well as what you think could or should be improved.
- Course Design
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Relief of Leiden: University closed on 2 and 3 October
Facility
- Forgotten heroes
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CSC-Leiden University Scholarship
PhD
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Brave New World 2023
Conference
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Fake News and Disinformation
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
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Chinese New Year Festival Reception
New year reception
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Zoom available for teaching from 22 January on
From 22 January on, the video conferencing app Zoom will be available for students and teachers at Leiden University. The University is responding to calls by staff and students, and has now acquired the programme.
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The link between The Hague bonfires and different types of citizenship
For the third year in a row, the bonfires in the Duindorp and Scheveningen neighbourhoods in The Hague during New Year's Eve have been cancelled. According to Professor Henk te Velde, the fight for the bonfires represents something bigger: angry citizens.
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‘Forgotten books inspire a love of reading’
The compulsory reading list is infamous among secondary school students, and for all the wrong reasons. This prompted the Faculty of Humanities and the Onderwijsnetwerk Zuid-Holland (South Holland Education Network) to launch the Alternative Reading List Award, in search of books that motivate young…
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‘During lectures I sometimes felt my brain was exploding with all the new insights.’
The bachelor's programme in International Studies is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Ko Voskuilen was among the very first batch of students to follow the study, and Sophia Healy graduated this summer. How do they look back on their time at the university?
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Discover plant-based food at the university during Meat- and Dairy-Free Week
Facility
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Call for Applications - Classics Colloquium, 12-15 December at the University of Bologna
Education
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Consequences of fire and power cut at Leiden Bio Science Park
Facility
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Cybersecurity month: Always work safely online, wherever you are
ICT
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Doing the CPC Run in The Hague? Collect your free Leiden University running shirt
Social
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Need immediate assistance abroad? University’s external emergency number temporarily changed
Security
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Work in progress on footbridge between UB and Cluster Zuid
Library
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2024
- What's New?! Fall Lecture Series 2023
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2022
- What's New?! Spring Lecture Series 2023
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Leiden Classics: Humbert de Superville, founder of the Print Room
Dutch artist and visionary David Humbert de Superville (1770-1849) was the founder and first director of the Print Room at Leiden University. An exhibition and symposium are now being organised in his honour. What makes him so remarkable?
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Vacancy: Research-Assistant Data Management Humanities
Research
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Chinese calligraphy: Chinese New Year special
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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The protagonist of horror is the ghost of modern consumer society
Who doesn't love to turn on a horror film on a rainy evening? Fortunately, it is only fiction - or is it? According to university lecturer Evert Jan van Leeuwen, modern horror says more about our society than we think. He has been nominated for the Klokhuis Science Prize for his research into addiction…
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European support for Dutch-Flemish project in the fight against disinformation
Dutch and Flemish partners, including Leiden University, are joining forces as the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) in the fight against the spread of fake news, and have received the support of the European Commission.
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Online teaching and assessment
Online education and assessments
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Studying with dyslexia
Dyslexia is a learning disorder which is common among students and can impact your studies at Leiden University.
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Course and exam enrolment
Course and exam enrolment
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A love letter to poetry: Albert Verwey Lecture by Antjie Krog
The South African poet and author Antjie Krog gave the 37th Albert Verwey Lecture in the Great Auditorium in the Academy Building on 18 November. Inspired by Verwey’s poem ‘De zegger van verzen’, Krog’s lecture was a polyphonic and multilingual love letter to poetry.
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Expanded access NexisUni in 2023
Education, Library, Research
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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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Humanities Lab
Humanities make a difference!
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Previous projects
You can find an overview of the projects and a list of all research trainees below.
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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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Plastic in cigarette filters: why smoking is bad for the environment too
We all know smoking is bad for our health. But we might not have known that the cigarette filters that litter our streets also impact the environment. Esther Kentin is a lecturer at Leiden Law School. She is raising awareness of the University’s cigarette butt problem.
- Summer winter schools
- Summer winter schools
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- Summer winter schools
- Summer winter schools
- Summer winter schools
- Summer winter schools