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Judi Mesman to become the new Dean of Leiden University College The Hague 01 March 2016The Executive Board has appointed Professor Judi Mesman Dean of Leiden University College The Hague with effect from 1 July 2016. The Board of the Fac...
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5 figures about the Open Day on 5 March 01 March 2016Thousands of curious students and parents are visiting the Open Day on 5 March. How do they get a good idea of the study programmes and the city?
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Graduate film Marleen Oostenrijk on local television 19 February 2016‘Over leven in Aarlanderveen’ , the film that Master's student Marleen Oostenrijk made for her graduation project of Cultural Anthropology and Develop...
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Speckmann prizes 2016 16 February 2016On Monday 15 February 2016 the annual Speckmann Prizes were granted at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. BA-studenten ...
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Is lack of sleep bad for study performance? 07 January 2016The Netherlands Association for Sleep-Wake Research is studying this issue. Lead researcher Kristiaan van der Heijden, Leiden psychologist and sleep ...
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Leiden University to strengthen research on Africa 15 December 2015The Leiden African Studies Centre (ASCL) will become part of the University from 1 January 2016.
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Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, a Healthy Faculty 04 December 2015The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has become a lot healthier, thanks to the first Healthy Faculty event on 29 and 30 October, 2015. Healt...
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Young children associate Black Pete more with clowns than with black people 03 December 2015Older children more frequently link Black Pete with a black person. Both younger and older children think positively about him. This is the conclusion...
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MOOC: ‘Federalism & Decentralisation: Evaluating Africa’s Track Record’ 16 April 2015What is federalism; what are the implications of decentralisation? Do federalism and decentralisation contribute to democratisation, governance, and d...