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Leiden starts exchange with Poland 17 January 2019
Leiden University has started a collaboration with the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland. The project includes the exchange of students and sta...
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Amy Montanje receives the 'Kees Bakker Award' 07 January 2019
Leiden Biology student Amy Montanje received the annual award for being the best BSc-student in 2018 from the “Stichting Professor Dr. K. Bakker-fonds”.
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From stickers to spacecraft parts: students discover the diversity of the Bio Science Park 07 December 2018
On Friday 30 November 2018 more than 70 students became acquainted with the large range of companies that Leiden Bio Science Park has to offer. In add...
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Unilever Research Prize for master student Lukas Kiefer 28 November 2018
Leiden Biology student Lukas Kiefer has won the Unilever Research Prize 2018 for his research into efficient production of a new antibiotic. Kiefer: ‘...
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An evening of exchanging dilemmas surrounding sustainability 27 November 2018
Why does it turn out to be so complicated to solve sustainability issues if everyone ‘knows’ about these problems? This was the central question in a ...
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Janneke Fruin-Helb Scholarship for student Tim Rietbergen 19 November 2018
Tim Rietbergen, master student Evolutionary Biology at Leiden University, won the award for the best Leiden University Fund (LUF) grant application of...
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HundrED selects IAU astroEDU as a top 100 education innovation 13 November 2018
AstroEDU is one of the world's most inspiring education innovations, according to the experts at HundrED. It is a recognition for a place where educat...
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Leiden astronomers explain the universe in educational videos 13 November 2018
A stretchy sheet over a bowl representing space, a marble on it's surface creating a dimple, deforming space. Simple classroom experiments like these ...
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Favourable visitation for MSc Chemistry and LST programmes 23 October 2018
The Chemistry and LST master’s programmes are both structured on an individual basis and well-embedded in the research at the faculty. Those are the m...
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Become the future change agent with the new master Governance of Sustainability 22 October 2018
For students who want to be an intermediary between scientific experts, policy makers and politicians in the domain of sustainability, the master prog...
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Explore the universe in VR 18 October 2018
Navigating through the universe with VR glasses? It is possible, with the help of the new computer application built by Marc Driessen, a Computer Scie...
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Open Day for international students: ‘I like the Leiden canals’ 16 October 2018
On Saturday 13 October the historical city Leiden was crowded with prospective students visiting the Open Day. They all came to Leiden to orientate th...
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Senior Teaching Qualification for first ten lecturers 15 October 2018
The Senior Teaching Qualification is for experienced lecturers who have done more than lecturing alone. Ten quotes from the first ten lecturers to re...
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Is Michael Meijer the Smartest Chemist of the Netherlands? 09 October 2018
He is occupied with the home stretch of his promotion. But in between, there is another challenge: Michael Meijer is going through to the finals of ‘T...
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First Leiden Science Family Day: glitter gel, virtual reality and ice-cold clouds 09 October 2018
The first Leiden Science Family Day on Saturday 6 October was a great success. During the ‘Weekend of Science’ more than 700 visitors, including 350 c...