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From field work by boat to excel sheets: how the corona virus is impacting education 01 April 2020Professor 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 2020Lecturers 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 2020Many 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 2020CML 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 2020A 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 2020Passionate, 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 2020The 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 2019From 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 2019Early 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 2019Four 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 2019Across Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka there is an urgent need for appropriate educational programmes that develop skills in data science and artifi...
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Webinar Week: reaching out to prospective master's students 09 December 2019Not all students who are thinking of doing a master’s programme at Leiden University can come to the Master’s Open Day. Hence the first Webinar Week, ...
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The most popular articles of 2019 09 December 2019From children’s inability to identify animals to a big protest at the opening of the academic year: below are some of our most popular articles of 2019.
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Connect four: bachelor mathematics labelled excellent for the fourth time 06 December 2019For the fourth time in a row, the Dutch University Selection Guide labelled the Leiden bachelor’s programme Mathematics as ‘Excellent’. Director of ed...
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Stefano Polla wins Lorentz Master thesis award 26 November 2019Stefano Pollas master thesis 'Quantum Digital Cooling' has been awarded the Lorentz Master thesis award. The award, 3000 euros and a certificate, has ...