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Education that connects to market needs: new course for master’s students focuses on quality in drug development09 October 2023
Immediately connect with the needs of industry with your master’s degree. The new course Practical Aspects of Quality Management in Pharma and Biotech...
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Urban Studies graduates: 'The field is interesting and relevant, and keeps expanding'09 October 2023
After years of hard work, Urban Studies graduates were presented with their diplomas. How do they look back on their studies? And what can we expect f...
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Microbiome ecology professor Ákos Kovács' new job feels like coming home09 October 2023
‘Working in Leiden is a dream come true.’ Ákos Kovács studied in his birth country Hungary and worked in Germany, Denmark and Groningen. As professor ...
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The how and why of course evaluations: your input is valuable05 October 2023
The first block is almost over and that means that you will soon complete the courses you attended. Of course, we hope you enjoyed your courses and to...
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‘An internship can be very enlightening in helping you figure out where your interests lie’28 September 2023
Niels Broekman did an internship at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, where he worked on, among other things, biodiversity advocac...
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Five new Teaching Fellows appointed26 September 2023
Hanne Cuyckens, Michiel Dam, Anja van der Voort, Daan Weggemans and Paul Gobée have joined the Leiden University Teachers’ Academy. Lecturers from the...
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Meet the new members of the Cultural Anthropology OLC 2023-202425 September 2023
Liselotta Jahnke, Jason Irwin, Rachel Cruickshank and Paula Kovač are the new student members of the Programme Committee (OLC). This committee advises...
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Deans celebrate ten years Honours Academy: ‘We are educating people who can make a difference’25 September 2023
The Honours Academy celebrates its tenth anniversary. How did the institute develop over time, and what are aspirations for the future? We speak with ...
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Unlock your leadership potential with the Leiden Leadership Programme25 September 2023
In the orientation seminar of the Leiden Leadership Programme lecturers and alumni shared their experiences and prospective students asked questions. ...
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Join a study association: ‘It expands your worldview’25 September 2023
A discount on textbooks is always welcome. But for these students joining a study association has meant much more than that alone.
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Bas van Rijn defends PhD dissertation on afterlife research22 September 2023
On 22 September, LUCSoR alumnus Bas van Rijn successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “The Experimental Culture of Afterlife Research: Atte...
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Leiden University joins the Just Transitions for AMR Working GroupA Just Transition for Antimicrobial Resistance: planning for an equitable and sustainable future with antimicrobial resistance 21 September 2023
Leiden University joins the Just Transitions for AMR Working Group, an interdisciplinary team of social science and humanities researchers who are exp...
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Leiden University & Elsevier Symposium on Digital Sovereignty19 September 2023
Our ever-increasing reliance on software and technologies, out of convenience, necessity or otherwise, binds us to supranational and commercial compan...
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Political Science Master’s thesis prize 2023: the nominees18 September 2023
Towards the graduation ceremonies, you sense an increasing nervousness. Not only because all the tradition and glamour surrounding the event, also bec...
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Meditating before class: ‘Students sometimes say: I forgot I had a body’18 September 2023
In this new ‘Educatips’ column, Psychology lecturers share their most important insights about teaching. This month: Elise Seip wants to help students...