News
-
From freshers’ nerves to ‘the best week ever’: EL CID beginsIntroduction weeks 10 August 2026Tense faces, nervous glances and lots of excited new students. Thousands of students gather at Lammermarket on Monday morning. EL CID 2026 is about to...
-
Jilles Tjoelker new Student Assessor for Archaeology per September 1Appointment 10 August 2026As of 1 September 2026, Jilles Tjoelker will take up the position of student assessor at the Faculty of Archaeology. Jilles is 19 years old and will s...
-
Ninety international students work on sustainable solutions in The Hague04 August 2026Ninety students from Europe and Africa came together in The Hague for an international conference on sustainability. During the three-day programme, t...
-
Secondary school students learn how to stand up for their rightsEducation 29 July 2026Leiden Law School and International School Wassenaar teamed up to inspire students to know their rights, use their voice and make a difference in the ...
-
What makes the perfect student? Fifteen African educators share their perspectives28 July 2026How can universities help students become more independent learners? Fifteen teacher researchers from Kenya and Nigeria travelled to the Netherlands f...
-
Students specialising in digitalisation increasingly in demand in government: ‘My thesis focuses on military AI systems’Interview 27 July 2026Nynke Marije Attema grew up on a farm in Friesland, surrounded by animals. At the time, she could never have imagined that she would go on to become a...
-
More students choosing university teacher training programmesEducation 27 July 2026More students are training to become teachers at university, according to Universities of the Netherlands, the sector organisation representing Dutch ...
-
Veni grants for two researchers from Institute of Public LawVeni research grant 21 July 2026Fatma Çapkurt and Sophie Starrenburg, who work at the Institute of Public Law, (Constitutional and Administrative Law and the Grotius Centre for Inter...
-
Elvira Mora wins Speckmann Prize for participatory research with migrant communities in SpainStudent Research 15 July 2026The image of migrants portrayed in public opinion often swings between two extremes: on the one hand, representations in which migrants are depicted a...
-
MIRD Class of 2026 bids adieu: a journey to remember!Graduation 13 July 2026A day of celebration marking two years of hard work, creativity and camaraderie for the graduating class of the Advanced MSc International Relations a...
-
Leiden students work on the next generation of lab-grown mini organsSynthetic biology 09 July 2026With a custom-designed protein and a strong team effort, Leiden's iGEM team hopes to improve organoids: tiny lab-grown organs that could advance resea...
-
‘My dream is to be able to see how the cell’s entire repair machine works’Inaugural lecture 06 July 2026How do cells protect our DNA from damage? Professor of Human Genetics Martijn Luijsterburg studies how DNA repair offers insight into fundamental biol...
-
Generation Regeneration: these students envisage the South Holland Delta in 2100STUDENT PROJECT 02 July 2026They visited four regenerative farmers, viewed the landscape through the eyes of a dragonfly and organised workshops with policymakers and experts. Fi...
-
MIRD students explore multilateral diplomacy in Geneva01 July 2026Second-year Advanced MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) students explored Geneva’s role as a global hub for multilateral diplomacy throu...
-
What justice looks like up close: the Kavien Justice Award nominees01 July 2026The Kavien Justice Award recognises LUC Bachelor’s theses that connect scholarship to justice, human rights, peace, and accountability. This year’s no...