News
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Marnix Medema new visiting professor Van der Klaauw chair 01 May 2020
The Institute of Biology Leiden has a new visiting professor as of the first of May. Bioinformatician Marnix Medema holds the Van der Klaauw chair for...
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Successful start of e-learning skills platform in Brightspace 29 April 2020
For the first time, students were able to develop their skills using a digital platform in Brightspace. It turned out to be a success: on average stud...
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From smarter cities to epidemic control: algorithms can help 06 April 2020
Where should you plant ten trees so that as many city-dwellers as possible can enjoy them? If a smart algorithm knows how people move through the city...
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Digital dissection and remote microscopy lessons 03 April 2020
Due to the corona crisis, they had to switch to online education halfway during their course: associate professor Marcel Schaaf and PhD candidate Mich...
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From field work by boat to excel sheets: how the corona virus is impacting education 01 April 2020
Professor of Ecotoxicology Martina Vijver had planned an eight-week field work course for her students, but the corona virus threw a spanner in the wo...
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‘I always thought I was immune to stress, but now I’m not so sure’ 26 March 2020
Lecturers had a week to move their courses online. An enormous challenge because remote teaching definitely wasn’t commonplace at Leiden University. S...
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Looking to distract the kids while you work from home? Get them programming! 25 March 2020
Many of us are working from home at the moment, but our children are at home too. While this can be fun, parents sometimes need a bit of peace and qui...
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CML Stans Prize 2019 12 February 2020
CML grants three Stans Awards each year, known as the best PhD paper, best student thesis and best outreach from the past year. The CML staff nominate...
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A real professor in the classroom 07 February 2020
A school lesson by a professor, for instance about the history of Africa, the climate or research and healthcare. A hundred Leiden professors told pri...
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‘A good lecturer treats students as young professionals from the start’ 20 January 2020
Passionate, innovative lecturers are the driving force behind our education. Janine Geerling, former assistant professor of the Bio-Pharmaceutical Sci...
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Martin van Hecke wins 2020 Dutch Physica Award 09 January 2020
The 2020 Physica Award has been awarded to physicist Martin van Hecke, a researcher at the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) and the Amsterdam AMOLF....
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Parade of creative science communication products 23 December 2019
From bedtime stories about mathematics to podcasts about microplastics and games on weeds: master students from the Science Communication & Society tr...
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This is how virtual reality brings education to the next level 23 December 2019
Early December, lecturer Joris Timmermans gave the first virtual reality lecture at the Institute of Environmental Sciences. Together with the Centre ...
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Students make podcasts about micro- and bioplastics 20 December 2019
Four Master's students Science Communication & Society made two podcasts on the theme Plastic for the end project of their study programme. With the p...
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Leiden University as source of inspiration for new Master's programme in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science 10 December 2019
Across Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka there is an urgent need for appropriate educational programmes that develop skills in data science and artifi...