918 search results for “environment” in the Student website
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Diversity and inclusion
Leiden University is committed to becoming an inclusive community that enables all students and staff to feel valued and respected. Do you have questions about diversity and inclusion? Or are you looking for advice, support or contact? Find out who you can turn to at Leiden University.
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Minor Global Affairs
You’re about to start your minor at Leiden University. Make sure you are well prepared and get your studies off to a good start!
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Get involved
Become a Resident Assistant.
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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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Writing skills
Good academic writing skills are essential for the successful completion of your study programme. Learn about the best ways to write and how you can motivate yourself to write well by taking a look at the tips on this page.
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Minor Security, Safety and Justice
You’re about to start your minor at Leiden University. Make sure you are well prepared and get your studies off to a good start!
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Study plan
Some study programmes help you monitor your own academic progress by assisting you in drawing up a study plan at the end of your first year.
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Archaeology & Society
Changing the future, by understanding the past. Join Archaeology & Society and broaden your horizon!
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ESOF 2022: The effect of the online world on adolescents
In the online panel discussion of ESOF 2022 ‘The effect of the online world on adolescents’, together with Amy Orben, Professor Eveline Crone, Sterre van Riel, Professor Anne-Laura van Harmelen and Professor Jan Sleutels, Professor Ton Liefaard shared his research on adolescents and the online world…
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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Invitation to submit applications – Leiden Empowerment Fund 2021
The Leiden University Fund (LUF) invites researchers of all faculties to submit applications for the Leiden Empowerment Fund (LEF).
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Extra challenges
Of course, your studies come first, but are you looking for more opportunities to further develop yourself within or alongside your studies? Take a look at some of the options below!
- Join the Extinction, Extraction, Emergence lecture by Dr. Sophie Chao
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Active Acquaintance for new Archaeology students: ‘Wellbeing, study succes, and having fun is all connected’
Every year the newly arriving Archaeology students are invited to join an introduction day during which they get to know the Faculty and each other. This year, however, for the first time, the students were invited to join in on introductory activities of a less static and more fun nature, organised…
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Biological Origami at molecular level: folding a single protein
Human cells are protecting their proteins from unfolding and aggregating. That's what biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his team discovered after seven years of in-depth research into the folding mechanisms of proteins. With an unprecedented approach, the team was able to study the folding of a single…
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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Leiden University Student Platform (LUS)
The Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) is a student-led ‘think-tank’. It consists of eight members: one representative from each of the seven faculties plus one chair. The LUS provides independent advice on university-wide policies that concern all topics of relevance to students. It also awards…
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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eLaw Summer School “Regulating AI and data in the age of EU digital reforms” - 24-28 June, Leiden (Registrations are open)
Course, Summer School
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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Minor Intelligence Studies
You’re about to start your minor at Leiden University. Make sure you are well prepared and get your studies off to a good start!
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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Welcome to Leiden University
Welcome to Leiden University
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Studying with a visual disability
Having a visual disability can impact your learning at Leiden University.
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Minor Public Administration: Multi-Level Governance
You’re about to start your minor at Leiden University. Make sure you are well prepared and get your studies off to a good start!
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Leiden Empowerment Fund
Short Course, PhD
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Skills workshops
We start the second day of the FLO event with the skills workshops. We have 2 rounds of skills workshops about several skills.
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Where?
Study abroad: where and when?
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The Meeting Point
Assistance for refugee students, first-generation students, and students from Suriname and the Caribbean region of the Netherlands.
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Course and exam enrolment
Course and exam enrolment
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Meet the student candidates for the Faculty Council Archaeology 2024-2025
Organisation
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Religious Studies students "learn with the city": bridging the gap between religion and society
Three students in Elpine de Boer’s class “Practicing Religious Studies” have been working together on a “Leren met de Stad” (“Learning with the City”) project with community centre Morschwijck, located in Leiden. The students were asked by the organization Incluzio to investigate to which extent cultural…
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Go for a Minor and Summer School in Rome
Education
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Leiden’s poo can help rid patients of resistant gut bacteria
Transferring poo from healthy donors to the intestines of chronically ill people has beneficial effects on these recipients’ gut bacteria, also in the longer term. This is the conclusion of research by the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Netherlands Donor Feces Bank (NDFB).
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New eDNA method opens doors for environmental research
With a single sample of water or soil, researches can analyse the DNA of everything that is living in that environment. During her research, PhD candidate Beilun Zhao discovered a way to analyse not only the kind of species, but also the age of the species in a water sample. The method showed its first…
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The lifecycle of a cigarette filter
The university is launching a campaign to focus extra attention on our smoke-free university locations. The University is using aptly named cigarette barrels to try to show clearly just how many cigarette filters are being saved from the environment. How harmful are these cigarette filters to the e…
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NICA is moving to Leiden
Since 1 January Leiden has a new graduate school. The Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA), previously based at the University of Amsterdam, has moved to the Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).
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Affordable period products now available in the SchoolSupply vending machines
Organisation
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Publication: Engaging with Everyday Sounds by Marcel Cobussen
'Engaging With Everyday Sounds' is a rich and inspiring exploration of the role of sounds in everyday life, including their impact on human actions, emotions, and imagination. Marcel Cobussen intertwines sonic studies with philosophy, sound art, sociology and more to create an impressively lucid and…
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Update 17 February 2022: Restrictions eased, many measures lifted
Organisation
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‘My internship changed my view of the public sector’
Hidde studies Public Administration and did an internship at the Kennemerland safety region. During his internship, he conducted research effective collaboration on the Environment and Planning Act at the safety region.
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Internal and external surveillance cameras at KOG
Facility, Security
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Butts off our campus: throw your cigarette butt in the bin
Facility
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Joris Larik awarded fellowship at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study
Dr. Joris Larik, Assistant Professor at LUC The Hague, has been selected for a fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) in Amsterdam. During his fellowship, Larik will conduct research on a fundamental question: Was Brexit worth it when it comes to striking trade deals around…
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Are the brains of males different from those of females? Psychologists produce a podcast on brain research and mental health
Women are more often diagnosed with depression, whereas ADHD is much more frequently detected in men. And there are other more striking differences. What role does the brain play in mental health and what is the influence of the environment? For answers to these questions, listen to the ‘(Un)gendered…
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Tackling climate change with the ground beneath our feet
Soil ecologist Emilia Hannula has been awarded a Vidi grant by NWO to examine how soil could become a promising ally in combating climate change and improving biodiversity. ‘Soil creatures might be invisible’, she says, ‘but they play a huge role in creating a healthy environment.’