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Buurtlab 070 launched – sustainability research in, by and for the community 18 April 2023
Buurtlab 070 is a brand-new Leiden University project in which residents, researchers and students from The Hague work together to find climate, susta...
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Goodbye SPSS, hallo R: ‘Now we can help students who like statistics to excel’ 12 April 2023
After the summer, the SPSS statistics programme will be replaced by the new ‘R’ software for first year students. Hemmo Smit and Sjoerd Huisman, both ...
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'As refugees, we shouldn't give up on our dreams' 12 April 2023
'In Leiden, I can continue on the path towards my dream: having my own pharmacy,' says Duaa Abbas. She studied pharmaceutics in Syria and worked in a ...
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‘Comprehensive handbook victims’ – Interview with Janne van Doorn 11 April 2023
What do scholars, the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service, the police, the National Rapporteur Human Trafficking, Victim Support Netherlands, and t...
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Steven Verburg wins Hugo Weiland Thesis Prize 2022 11 April 2023
Steven Verburg wins the 2022 Hugo Weiland Prize for best thesis in Central European Studies; Caroline Schep and Anneke Romijnders awarded “Honorable M...
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Educational adventures in the tropics: discovering rainforests in Borneo 11 April 2023
Photographing fluorescent flowers, searching for frogs and shooting tropical cucumbers out of trees: this is only a small part of the course Tropical ...
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Life after Security Studies: five students share their thoughts about the programme 11 April 2023
Five students who graduated from the Bachelor Security Studies share their experiences. Where did they end up after graduation? Are they still using t...
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The successful pilot with bring your own device exams at the Faculty of Archaeology 06 April 2023
At Leiden University, more and more exams are being done digitally instead of on paper. Originally, Leiden University would provide the large quantiti...
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Mandy Koenraads: ‘We can really fortify the links between practice, research, and policy’ 05 April 2023
The Scriptiewerkplaats (thesis workshop) is an initiative of Leiden University, TU Delft, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the municipality of The Ha...
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Leiden Lawcast S02E02: Developments in Space Law with Tanja Masson-Zwwan 05 April 2023
During the second episode of this Leiden Law podcast, hosts Juli Wentholt and Ishana Badhai will talk with Tanja Masson-Zwaan about the latest develop...
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No matter the weather: honours students explore the 'wilderness' in Wassenaar 04 April 2023
With a combination of incidental sunshine, torrential rain, and wind chills, weather conditions were not ideal for a hiking excursion. Even so, last S...
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Netherlands and Japan united by a tradition of mutual curiosity 04 April 2023
The 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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Leiden University to take part in ‘smarter academic year’ pilots 04 April 2023
Can the academic year be structured in such a way to give students, lecturers and researchers a bit more breathing space? To find out, Leiden Universi...
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Playing bingo and walking with senior citizens for research into social cohesion 03 April 2023
Playing bingo and Dutch shuffleboard and going for walks with senior citzens is regular fare for Marieke van der Heijden, a master’s student in Cultur...
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Celebrating Twenty Years of MIRD: Alumni, Professors and Students Reconnect 03 April 2023
On 25 March, the Advanced Masters of Science in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) celebrated its 20th Anniversary. Throughout the day, the ...