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Attend the Diversity & Inclusion Career Session on 15 June 2023 Announcement - 25 May 2023

Growing diversity of Dutch population not immediately visible at universities News - 29 January 2024
The intake of bachelor’s students from classic immigration countries whose prior education was in the Netherlands does not reflect the growing diversity in society. This is according to data from Statistics Netherlands.

Saniye Çelik Professor by special appointment Diversity and Inclusion of the Police
Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Farewell to Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa: Tireless advocate for D&I News - 12 June 2024
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.

‘People are equal but not the same’: diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective News - 18 January 2022
What is written in law and what equality, inclusion and diversity mean in practice is not always the same. This was the focus of this year’s D&I symposium on 13 January. The plenary sessions were watched by hundreds of participants and there was a wide range of workshops covering different aspects of…

Equality as a driver for diversity: ‘Seek out contradiction and the unknown’ News - 19 December 2021
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…

D&I Symposium 2024: What have we achieved with a decade of diversity policy? News - 15 January 2024
How has progress been made on diversity and inclusion at Leiden University over the past decade? Attendees reflected on this at the D&I Symposium 2024: Untold Stories. And in the workshops, students and staff discussed the next steps toward a more inclusive community.

Titia Loenen Professor emeritus Human Rights and diversity
Faculty of Law

‘The COVID-19 crisis just goes to show how things can go wrong’ News - 11 January 2021
Ijeoma Uchegbu is Professor of Pharmacy at University College London (UCL). As a female scientist of colour, she was initially reluctant to play an active role in the university’s diversity policy. Until, that is, she had a radical change of heart: ‘I knew it; I had to become an evangelist.'

Diversity & Inclusion Career Session Event - 15 June 2023
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