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Thijs Porck wins LUS Teaching Prize 2019 02 September 2019
Lecturer in Old and Middle English Thijs Porck was awarded the annual Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) Teaching Prize at the opening of the ac...
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Campus The Hague in the picture 26 August 2019
Leiden University turned 444 this year, and we are celebrating this milestone with the residents of the two cities in which we have a presence: Leiden...
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‘The question is more important than the answer’ 08 August 2019
Francesco Ragazzi loves to talk about international relations. But what makes him really happy is if his students question the discipline. This has wo...
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia 02 July 2019
The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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Psychology talents present their research on Psychology Science Day 2019 01 July 2019
On the Psychology Science Day 2019 bachelor students were granted a certificate for participating in the Honours Research Bachelor Project (HRBP) and ...
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CWTS Leiden Ranking 2019: indicators open access and gender 17 May 2019
The new indicators introduced in the 2019 edition of the Leiden Ranking provide large-scale systematic evidence to inform science policy discussions o...
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New free online course on Health Behaviour 14 May 2019
As of 14 May, people from all over the world can follow a little part of our university’s education through a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on...
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ERC President Jean-Pierre Bourguignon visits Leiden University 25 April 2019
Storm clouds are gathering for the European grants for ‘excellent’ research. Researchers therefore need to explain how important these grants are. Thi...
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More than 500 students at 2nd edition Campus The Hague Career Event 15 April 2019
Wednesday afternoon April 10th the 2nd edition of the Campus The Hague Career Event took place, organised by Career Service. More than 500 students an...
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Comenius grants for three Leiden lecturers 01 April 2019
Three lecturers from Leiden University have each been awarded a €50,000 Comenius Teaching Fellows grant to implement an educational innovation project...
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The end of life as a subject for debate 26 March 2019
Most students do not have to deal with death on a daily basis. A Bachelor Honours Class about this specific topic seems to be a special experience: th...
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Young Academy Leiden: bursting with youthful zeal 21 March 2019
Great things are expected of Young Academy Leiden. The first 13 members of this society for young researchers will provide the Executive Board with fr...
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Mark Westmoreland and Francesco Ragazzi receive a Seed Grant 20 March 2019
Dr. Mark Westmoreland (Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology) and Dr. Francesco Ragazzi (Institute of Political Science) have b...
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Master’s Open Day: ‘I’ve mainly come to ask a lot of questions’ 18 March 2019
It was a soggy Friday, but the visitors to the Master's Open Day were made of sterner stuff. Bachelor's students from all around the world defied the ...
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Discussing water management is ‘more important than ever’ 15 March 2019
Paul Hudson, a professor at Leiden University College, is organising a symposium on water management in the Netherlands and abroad that will take plac...