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Improving education with videos and humour 10 May 2022To better prepare students for lab sessions, a team from the BSc-programme Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences (BFW) creates interactive videos. These videos ...
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First professionals obtained their certificates Legal Technologies: ‘It was intensive, fun, and enlightening’ 12 April 2022Last week, the first seven professionals successfully completed the new Leiden Legal Technologies Programme (LLTP). They received their certificates d...
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LDE minor focuses on resources needed for energy transition 15 March 2022European dependence on Russian gas, earthquake damage in Groningen and the changing climate: the call for an energy transition is getting louder. This...
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University of Geneva has joined ULLA consortium to become its 10th member 11 March 2022ULLA, the European University Consortium for Pharmaceutical Sciences, is welcoming our tenth member: the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Univ...
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Women’s Day for Biology students 09 March 2022‘It was not always accepted, but I just wanted to be a researcher. Now, I am as happy as can be.’ It is one of the quotes from the International Women...
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Marcel Schaaf: 'Lecturers need to come off their islands' 09 March 2022Biologist Marcel Schaaf is one of four science faculty members who achieved the Senior Teaching Qualification in Leiden last year. How was that and wh...
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'If you think astronomy is a man's world, then it's your job to make a change' 08 March 2022During her master's thesis, Nashanty Brunken (24) worked in a team with five other women. With this female team, they discovered the largest molecule ...
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No exams or lectures, but building a radio telescope with empty paint cans 22 February 2022No more lectures and exams for the Radio Astronomy course taught by Michiel Brentjens. The corona crisis is a moment of reflection that has changed hi...
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A PhD, something for you? Math students doubt it too often 21 February 2022I'm not good enough. That thought leaves too many students doubting whether a PhD program is something for them. And isn't it lonely? On 4 February, m...
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MasterMinds Challenge named best educational innovation 16 February 2022The Master of Medicine at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has won the national biennial award for best educational innovation in medical teach...
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More than a billion people can now learn to program with Hedy! 10 February 2022Forget Python, Java and Scratch: there is now an accessible programming language for children. This is Hedy, invented by Dr. Felienne Hermans of LIACS...
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New detection method for quasars in the early Universe 09 February 2022Astronomers from Leiden Observatory have developed a new method to find distant quasars and better distinguish them from other objects that look like ...
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Jan Kolen new Artificial Intelligence Coordinator at Leiden University 03 February 2022The Executive Board of Leiden University has appointed Jan Kolen as the University’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Coordinator as of 1 February 2022. I...
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Horses and Computers - First Year LIACS Student Wins KHMW Prize 18 January 2022Winning an award at the start of your studies? No problem! Lieke Vertegaal is 20 years old and a first-year Computer Science student at Leiden Univers...
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Combining research and a good cause: Tutoring programme concludes successfully 18 January 2022More than a course. That was the aim of the Leiden Tutoring programme. Through weekly tutoring lessons, students did not just earn five EC. They helpe...