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From obtaining a Master in Child Law to a lateral entry in teaching 14 February 2022
This month we interview alumna Dominique Mars who made an interesting career choice: she tells us how she chose to be a teacher at a primary school wh...
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Koen Marijt is crazy about history: 'So much has happened within one kilometre of Rapenburg' 10 February 2022
Anyone who has taken a walk through the centre of Leiden before might have come across him, an attentive group of tourists gathered around. After stud...
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Conference abstract submission deadline extended - Courts as an Arena for Societal Change 01 February 2022
On July 8 - 9, 2022, Leiden University will be hosting a two-day, international conference on the theme of Courts as an Arena for Societal Change. The...
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A new administrative culture starts with us 25 January 2022
A new administrative culture. Renewed vigour. More transparency. Will it become reality with the new government? And how do you go about achieving it?...
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IOC Vice President: ‘Leiden is where I learned to stand up for myself’ 24 January 2022
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 made a big impression on Nicole Hoevertsz. I’m going to be there one day, the eight-year-o...
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No legal career but a food truck on Bonaire instead 20 January 2022
If you study law, you won’t necessarily end up striding round a law firm in tailor-made suits. Alumnus Harrie Schoffelen certainly hasn’t: he made the...
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Mid-term review: An open discussion about strategy for the legal programmes 20 January 2022
On Wednesday 19 January 2022, the online mid-term review of the legal programmes took place on the platform Let’s Get Digital. It was an interactive a...
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Images of the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949 - Online Exhibition 18 January 2022
Starting January 18, the online exhibition Images of the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949 can be viewed via the UBL website. The exhibition i...
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Graduated, and then what? 'We want to make sure the network stays alive and well' 18 January 2022
Alumni associations are there for both recent and older alumni to exchange experiences about the field and more. We spoke to Arla Mannersuo, board mem...
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University historian Pieter Slaman: ‘I can point to valuable constants and experiments that went too far’ 18 January 2022
As University historian, Pieter Slaman researches the University’s past, but he’s equally interested in its present. ‘It’s useful to be familiar with ...
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Legal expert Reijer Passchier on the law, Big Tech and Big Brother 18 January 2022
Is the child benefits scandal an omen for the future and will people’s lives soon be fully dominated by algorithms? Assistant Professor of Constitutio...
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Alumna Gabriella Sancisi: ‘In Leiden I learned what I think is important in life’ 13 January 2022
For seven years she worked at Noordeinde Palace, as the Private Secretary of Queen Máxima. Since the summer of 2021, Gabriella Sancisi (1973) has been...
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EIBL alumna Suzanne Kingston appointed judge of the General Court of the European Union 11 January 2022
Suzanne Kingston will be officially sworn in mid-January. She graduated from the Leiden Advanced LLM European and International Business Law (EIBL) in...
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Rutte IV: a fifth of the cabinet studied in Leiden 10 January 2022
The new cabinet has finally taken office. Six of its members studied in Leiden, once again making the University a key supplier to the cabinet. Who ar...
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Six prospective members of the new cabinet studied in Leiden 04 January 2022
The Rutte IV cabinet will be sworn in soon. A fifth of the prospective ministers and secretaries of state studied in Leiden. Who are they and what did...