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Whale poop reveals plastics problem: three million microplastics per day 01 December 2021
Whales in the vicinity of the city of Auckland, New Zealand consume large amounts of microplastics every day. A team of international researchers reac...
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Lecture Antoaneta Dimitrova in Prague: Freedom is Precious 30 November 2021
Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor Comparative Governance, presented the Cleveringa Lecture at the Vaclav Havel Library in Prague last week. We spoke to h...
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Students Ruşen and Rana fight for diversity in higher education 29 November 2021
Two Leiden students stand a chance of winning the ECHO Award for Higher Education. Deniz Rana Kuseyri (Rana for short) and Ruşen Koç are two of the si...
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SAILS researcher Anne Meuwese awarded PDI-SSH grant 26 November 2021
The PDI-SSH grant will be used by Meuwese to create a web portal and collection of tools and resources, named ‘WetSuite’, that will help researchers a...
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Olaf van Vliet appointed Professor of Economics 25 November 2021
The Executive Board has appointed Olaf van Vliet as Professor of Economics at Leiden University, specialising in social security and labour market pol...
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People have found new jobs during coronavirus crisis, but in the same field 25 November 2021
Some sectors have been hard hit by the pandemic, whereas others have grown. Yet there was no influx of workers from shrinking to growing sectors. This...
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New Platform for Internships: TRAIL is live! 23 November 2021
Our students have much to offer both public and private organisations. Therefore, FGGA wants to match students and organisations more effectively by d...
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Little Amal Presented with LU Card to Welcome Her at Leiden University in The Hague 22 November 2021
During the week of 15 November, Little Amal, the larger-than-life doll visited The Hague. Naturally she received a warm welcome by Leiden University d...
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‘The historical pedigree of New Wars and New Terrorism’: meet LUCIR scholar Isabelle Duyvesteyn 17 November 2021
Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Professor of International Studies and Global History at the Institute of History and member of the advisory board of Leiden Univ...
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Programmes FGGA popular among employers 17 November 2021
What is the top 50 most popular studies among employers? That's what career platform Magnet.me investigated for the second consecutive year. What does...
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Festive hand-over of first copy new book by Frits van der Meer 16 November 2021
In celebration of the release of his new book on changes in public administration, Prof. dr. Frits van der Meer, professor by special appointment of t...
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LUC The Hague receives 'Top rated Programme' seal for the ninth time in a row 11 November 2021
Leiden University College The Hague received the 'Top rated Programme' seal from the Keuzegids Universiteiten 2022 (Dutch University Guide). It is the...
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Digital coffee with Gert Renkema, Head of Financial Economic Affairs/Business controller of FGGA 10 November 2021
FGGA's Financial and Economic Affairs department is always busy with... finances. It is an important department that directly and indirectly affects e...
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Grant for workshop series on Ocean Governance 09 November 2021
Dr. Vanessa Newby (ISGA) and Dr. Catherine Jones from St Andrews won a grant worth over €23.000 from the RSE Saltire Facilitation Network Award entitl...
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Looking for connection through the power of Storytelling 09 November 2021
Anyone can tell a story. That is the guiding principle Hans Dekker, Senior programme leader at the Centre for Professional Learning (CPL), and his col...