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Opening of Academic Year on sustainability: optimism and criticism go hand in hand 04 September 2023The theme of the Opening of the Academy Year on 4 September was sustainability and how the university could take the lead as a change agent. How is it...
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Executive Board column: Working on internationalisation with European universities 13 June 2023Our university recently joined the European university alliance Una Europa. Staff from the 11 affiliated universities met in Leiden last week to discu...
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Researchers from Leiden visit Indonesia on knowledge mission 23 May 2023A delegation from Leiden University recently embarked on a knowledge mission to various NGOs, universities and government organisations in Indonesia. ...
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Cabinet proposal for binding study advice: not a wise plan 09 May 2023On 9 May, Minister Dijkgraaf of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), announced his plans for amending the Binding Study Advice (BSA). If the Minister...
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Alumni meet up in Japan. ‘Finally the chance to speak Dutch again’ 01 May 2023An impressive 60 alumni recently came to the Dutch Embassy residence in Japan to meet, network, see friends and practise their languages.
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Executive Board column: How we are tackling the smarter academic year 24 April 2023
Research by The Young Academy on the length and intensity of the Dutch academic year has given us food for thought. Do our staff have enough time and ...
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Netherlands and Japan united by a tradition of mutual curiosity 04 April 2023The Netherlands and Japan share a long and unique history with knowledge exchange playing a leading role. And knowledge exchange still proved to form ...
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One history, different memories. Does this always lead to conflict? 28 March 2023Different groups can have different memories of the same historical event. This can lead to conflict but does not have to. How is this, and how can co...
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Executive Board column: interdisciplinary collaboration, from suspicion to snowball effect 14 March 2023
How is interdisciplinary collaboration faring at Leiden University? And has disciplinarity been completely abandoned? I’d like to reflect on some conc...
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Turkish and Syrian students talk to Rector about possible support 22 February 2023A group of Turkish and Syrian students from the university are raising money for victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Two of them met Recto...
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Value of science the focus of 448th Dies Natalis 08 February 2023The importance of science communication and cross-boundary collaboration, and the ‘mantra’ of diminishing social cohesion in society: these all came u...
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Executive Board column: ChatGPT, threat or opportunity? 07 February 2023ChatGPT, the text-generating chatbot, has recently become available for anyone to use. Some people are thrilled, but others less so. In the past few w...
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Rector Magnificus presented with long list of missing Iranians 14 December 2022Hester Bijl, the Rector Magnificus of Leiden University, was handed a ‘shockingly long list’ of names of missing Iranians in her office at the Adminis...
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Debate on courage, threats and an ounce of Cleveringa 25 November 2022‘If we all possessed just an ounce of Cleveringa, then all would be well in the world,’ said Professor Leo Lucassen. In the Cleveringa debate on the l...
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Executive Board column: My concerns about the increased harassment of academics 07 November 2022
Academics increasingly face threats, intimidation and abuse. The WetenschapVeilig platform has been launched to address this. Academics who are being ...