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Looking at the past with VR glasses: 'It really helps to visualise the impact of policy' 24 November 2023
A subject like history is all about the past. That often involves scrolling through old documents, but in the Research Master's in History, Professor ...
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These students studied Byzantine Rome... in Rome: ‘It was an immersive experience’ 22 November 2023
Professor Joanita Vroom, together with the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) offered the course Byzantine Rome in September 2023. The course,...
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Farewell lecture Peter Rodrigues, Professor of Immigration Law 21 November 2023
On Friday 6 October 2023, Peter Rodrigues delivered his farewell lecture ‘Ongelijkheidscompensatie in het vreemdelingenrecht’ (inequality compensatio...
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How to build resilience in times of climate crisis 20 November 2023
In the honours course Sustainability & Health, students examine the causes and effects of climate change – but also how they can relate to these thems...
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18 billion animals a year: they die, but never end up on our plate 20 November 2023
Each year a staggering 18 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows either die or are killed without making it onto someone's plate. Env...
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‘In ten years’ time, we’ll ask ourselves how we can make the Netherlands more attractive for migrants’ 16 November 2023
When politicians claim they can make major differences with their migration policies, they’re raising false expectations. The opportunities for the go...
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Jayshri Ramadhin wins Moot Court Challenge Cup 16 November 2023
This was the twelfth occasion that the Moot Court Challenge Cup has been awarded! This time for the best oral argument at the Moot Court held in the s...
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‘Handboeken Veiligheid’ are well known: 'Very special that this series has been running for almost 25 years' 15 November 2023
For almost 25 years, ‘de Handboeken Veiligheid’ have been a phenomenon. Who does not have a copy on their bookshelf? In 2024, the series will be celeb...
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Dual Medical Delta appointment for six Leiden professors and one lecturer 15 November 2023
Six professors and one lecturer from Leiden University have officially been appointed Medical Delta professors or lecturers. They were inaugurated sim...
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As many as a hundred ideas in minor Living Education Lab 14 November 2023
Students presented the prototypes of educational tools they made in the first ten weeks of the new minor Living Education Lab. We asked two students ...
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Closing the Gap 2023 is just around the corner: three questions about this conference 13 November 2023
On Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 December, the third edition of the Closing the Gap conference will be held in The Hague, hosted by EU Cyber Direct. Thre...
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‘We are drowning in dossiers of which we have long known they will play a role’ 13 November 2023
The new government needs to look further ahead, says environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra. ‘We keep pushing forward big dossiers like demographic a...
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Leiden University’s intake numbers are stable, also for international students 10 November 2023
The number of students enrolled at Leiden University remained stable this year. As at other Dutch universities, the growth in recent years seems to ha...
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Vocational education and university join forces for quantum technology 09 November 2023
Quantum technology is the future, but not without skilled people. For this reason, the Talent & Learning Centre (TLC) Delft/Leiden has been establishe...
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In ‘Learning Behind Bars’, Leiden students study with inmates 09 November 2023
Prison and student life are worlds apart. But in the Learning Behind Bars project, Leiden criminology students get the chance to study inside prison w...