606 search results for “development diverse” in the Staff website
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Antonella MaielloFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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How accessible are our buildings?
Towards the end of February, three Leiden University buildings will be assessed for their accessibility to people with a disability. The assessment will be carried out by Ongehinderd, a social enterprise committed to making the Netherlands more accessible. Its founder and director, Gerard de Nooij,…
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Joost WillemseFaculty of Science
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Chao DuFaculty of Science
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Caro AalderinkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Vincent WalstraFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Federico De MussoFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jochanan VeerbeekFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Rizal ShidiqFaculty of Humanities
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Jacqueline VelFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Marieke BosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jiemiao ChenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Selin TopelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Johan MemelinkFaculty of Science
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Update organisational development
The Organisational Development team, led by rector Erwin Muller, has organized numerous meetings with colleagues from a variety of university departments over the last few months. Together, they’ve looked at organisational challenges, bottlenecks and opportunities. From these meetings, a strong demand…
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Shelley van der Veek
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Fie LuijtenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Leiden researchers pioneer ‘green’ framework for sustainable drug development
Medical drugs are expensive to make and can have an adverse effect on the environment. Researchers Stefano Cucurachi and Justin Lian have developed a framework to help the healthcare system assess the economic and environmental sustainability of medical compounds.
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Hoko HoriiFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Adriaan BednerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Metje Postma
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Executive Board President Annetje Ottow on fighting racism: ‘It’s the responsibility of all of us’
‘We may have taken steps together, but there is still much to do in the fight against racism and discrimination’, says Annetje Ottow, President of Leiden University’s Executive Board. ‘We have to be aware of this and continue to focus on this difficult, uncomfortable and often confronting topic.’
- New courses for the Professional Development Exchange Hub
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Inclusive Classrooms: Navigating Difficult Conversations and Situations
Personal development, Diversity, Transferable skills, Didactics
- New: Talent and Development Platform combines GROW, recruitment & selection and learning and development
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Purple Friday: ‘I try to give the community some support’
Purple clothing and a pride flag flying from all University buildings: Leiden University is once again taking part in Purple Friday. How do people experience this day? We asked some employees and students of the Faculty of Humanities.
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Nico SchrijverFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hsini HuangFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sanne RotmeijerFaculty of Humanities
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Kohei SuzukiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Tinashe ChimbidzikaiAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Personal and professional development online: but how?
We can all look back on a turbulent year, a year in which we rapidly switched to working – and learning – online. Because pandemic or not, many staff members have continued to work on their development. Last year the Learning & Development team developed a wide range of online courses and training,…
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Developing new therapies to fight muscle disease
Biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his collaborators are taking up the fight against muscular dystrophy: genetic disorders that cause muscle weakness. They want to inhibit the clumping of proteins that results in toxic aggregates. For this, the team receives 550,000 euros from Health Holland. The team…
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Leiden biologists find nanoplastics in developing heart
Nanoplastics can accumulate in developing hearts, according to a study by biologist Meiru Wang from Leiden University. Her research on chicken embryos sheds new light on how these tiny plastic particles pose a threat to our health.
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New easy-to-use tuberculosis vaccine patch in development
Researchers from Leiden have developed a promising TB vaccine that users can self-administer via a special patch. This could be beneficial for countries with limited health services, says PhD candidate Malene Neustrup.
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Chibuike UcheAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Anti-Asian racism deserves much more attention
Racism and discrimination come in many different shapes and forms – in the Netherlands too. Verbal attacks, stereotypes and violence: some people are confronted with these on a daily basis. A group that is often not included in research and the debate on racism is people of Asian descent. The Diversity…
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Pride is a celebration, but also a fight for visibility
‘Be yourself. Be as gay, queer, trans as you can and show the world you exist.’ These rousing words from Looi van Kessel marked the start of the third Pride Leiden for the university boat, with the theme: ‘450 years of being yourself’.
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Judi MesmanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Development of the Faculty Strategic Plan
The development of the Faculty Strategic Plan (FSP) did not come to a standstill over the summer. We now have a draft version of the Plan that incorporates the feedback on the strategic objectives that we obtained from various meetings and bodies before the summer. The Research Directors and a number…
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New platform to accelerate cardiac drug development
Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Leiden-based biotech company Ncardia have joined forces to develop a new platform that enables the automated production of 3D cardiac microtissues. This platform will allow large numbers of drugs to be tested quickly
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Model painting with diverse techniques
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Rob van WijkFaculty of Science
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Jan AbbinkAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Janine UbinkFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Leiden University extends collaboration with Asian Development Bank
Leiden University will set up further activities with the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Leiden University signs strategic partnership with Asian Development Bank
Leiden University is going to partner with the Asian Development Bank, a bank committed to regional development. President of the Executive Board Annetje Ottow signed a memorandum of understanding on this unique partnership in Manila on 27 April.
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Symposium about Rein Dool painting and University exhibition policy
At a symposium on 26 May, experts, staff and students from Leiden University will discuss what should happen with Rein Dool’s painting in the Academy Building and what the guidelines for the University’s exhibition policy should be. These issues will be explored from diverse perspectives during the…
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Thalia ThomassenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences