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Rapenburg - backdrop for art and knowledgeStreet theatre, drama, poetry and a lot of science: Leiden's Rapenburg was the backdrop for the fifth Night of Art and Knowledge on Saturday 16 Septem...
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Festive opening of Asian Library by Queen MáximaOn 14 September Queen Máxima symbolically opened Leiden’s new Asian Library. In a Pieterskerk filled with international guests, the queen received the...
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First five-yearly anniversary master’s programme Child Law celebratedOn the evening of 11 September 2017, the first five-yearly anniversary of the master’s programme Child Law (Jeugdrecht) was celebrated.
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Plastic Soup Surfer calls for sustainable academic yearOne person can already make a difference, and if all students and academics were eco-friendly, the world would be a much more sustainable place. Plast...
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SBB alumni nominated for the ‘’Best tech-idea of 2017’’SBB alumni Dennis van der Wiel and Max Wijsman are nominated for the ''Best tech-idea of 2017'' of the scientific magazine 'kijkmagazine'.
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The magic of El CIDFor almost fifty years EL CID has been the whirlwind start of their studies and student life for thousands of first-year students. With up-and-coming ...
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Signing off after eight yearsWhat do you do when you never got the chance to sign your name in the famous Leiden ‘Zweetkamertje’, the Sweat Room, after graduation? Alumna Maria Ju...
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Leiden Law School celebrates 5 years of the Frontiers of Children’s Rights Summer SchoolOn Wednesday 5 July 2017 the Child Law Department and the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden Law School hosted a festive drinks ...
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Fetal laser surgery as a last resortFor his dissertation, Joost Akkermans searched for areas of improvement for delicate fetal laser surgery with Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTS). This sy...
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Interview with European Youth Award winner Matteo ConsonniMatteo Consonni, Public Administration graduate at Leiden University won the European Youth Award (EYA) in 2015. In this interview with EYA, he tells ...
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‘Banks can improve the position of women in Africa’Ineke Bussemaker studied Maths at Leiden University and now works as a banker in Tanzania. In an interview in alumni magazine Leidraad she brings thos...
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Alumni Public Administration now mayor of AlmereFranc Weerwind studied Public Administration at Leiden University from 1986 to 1992. Right now, mr. Weerwind is the mayor of the municipality of Almer...
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Parents responsible for obesity in children?‘The idea that overweight and obesity are the fault of parents and/or the child, is rubbish.' Roxanna Camfferman, who specialises in child and adolesc...
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Back to MoroccoHayat Essakkati grew up in the Netherlands and studied Public Administration in Leiden. She started her own company in Morocco, the country where her ...
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Experiences of a PhD: the influence of leadership on security.After his retirement, security expert Victor Roggeveen became dual PhD at the Dual PhD Centre. He now translates the knowledge he gained as security e...