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New Science Library Open 15 April 2024From study places to consulting collections and from a meeting with your faculty liaison to getting books after opening hours: the new Science Library...
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Optimisation software 'Kernel Tuner' ready for serious use 05 April 2024LIACS assistant professor Ben van Werkhoven leads the development of software for optimising graphics processing units. By now, version 1.0 of 'Kernel...
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‘Maybe interdisciplinarity could function as a way to change the university’ 25 March 2024This year, in a three-part symposium series, we are exploring how interdisciplinary collaboration can be promoted at the university. In the second ses...
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Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks 21 March 2024The English taught interdisciplinary minor Violence Studies looks into various facets of interpersonal violence. Is this minor for all Leiden students...
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Quality of master’s programmes assessed in new guide 21 March 2024The Air and Space Law (Advanced LL.M.) master’s programme at Leiden University is among ten ‘excellent master’s programmes’ at Dutch universities. Thi...
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Skilled students: this is how the Science Skills Team supports you as a teacher 05 March 2024Education is more than just knowledge transfer: students also develop numerous important skills. But which skills are addressed in which courses? And ...
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The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco 05 March 2024A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (Nimar) in Rabat at the end of February. For a whole host of disciplines...
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Students help make Maldives more fertile 04 March 2024Its idyllic setting and white sandy beaches have made the Maldives a hotspot for tourists. This provides an income but is a problem for the fragile na...
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College or university? Computer science students in the right place 27 February 2024The right student in the right place. That is what LIACS programme director Frank Takes and education coordinator Joyce Glerum are aiming to do with t...
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Thesis on animal welfare wins second prize at Leiden University award ceremony 22 February 2024Did you know that each year 18 billion animals die without making it to someone’s plate? Governance of Sustainability alumna Juliane Klaura has won th...
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Meet the professor: ‘Can my sister be prosecuted for stealing my eraser?’ 08 February 2024On the university’s birthday, professors traditionally teach a class of 10 and 11-year-olds during Meet the Professor, and this year was no different....
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How oak seedlings teach us more on dune restoration 08 February 2024What is the best way to restore dune ecosystems? The project TERRA-Dunes researches the role of soil microbes in the development of natural dune areas...
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge 29 January 2024Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent s...
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Starting the new year together: these are the winners of faculty awards 10 January 2024A beautiful speech by vice-dean Bart de Smit, a mini-lecture on exoplanets and the presentation of three faculty awards. That's how we started the new...
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Supercomputer ALICE is even more powerful, and that is good news for many disciplines 03 January 2024Supercomputer ALICE has been expanded, making it even more powerful and faster. This means researchers and students can work with heavier models. From...