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Special training and testing reveal children's potential for learning09 October 2024
Traditional school tests, like the Dutch CITO, largely reflect students' existing knowledge and abilities. However, dynamic testing sheds light on stu...
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Don’t take everything in a scientific journal at face value, students learn in this new module08 October 2024
In the ‘Educatips’ column, psychology lecturers share their most important insights on teaching. This month: Anouk van der Weiden, together with a tea...
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‘AI in education can be compared with the rise of the fatbike’Interview with Francien Dechesne 08 October 2024
What role will AI play in legal education? And how do we prepare for it? We asked Francien Dechesne, associate professor of Ethics and Digital Technol...
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Two new bachelor's programmes in The Hague explore crucial societal themes08 October 2024
Leiden University is expanding its educational offering in The Hague with two Dutch-taught bachelor's programmes: Economie & Samenleving and Cybersecu...
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Pieter Slaman moved by the LUS Education Prize: ‘The most beautiful prize there is’07 October 2024
‘What more could I want?’ University and education historian Pieter Slaman is still deeply touched to have been awarded the LUS Education Prize for be...
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Why you as a parent also need a time-out sometimes (and more useful parenting advice)07 October 2024
Your toddler refuses to eat vegetables, your child is being bullied at school, or you’re simply overwhelmed by everything on your plate. How can paren...
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EARLI SIG 24 workshop on “Fostering researcher independence”01 October 2024
Last week, the EARLI SIG 24 Workshop 2024 took place from 25 to 27 September at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) in Leiden, the Ne...
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Coffee with Gert: ‘Growth of faculty partly due to the success of our researchers’01 October 2024
Twice a year, Gert Renkema, Head of Financial Economic Affairs at FGGA, shares insights about the processes and financial matters for our faculty. Thi...
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Exhibition featuring 50 years of Leiden’s archaeological excavations in Oss01 October 2024
Princely graves, swords, pots or just soil discolouration. Leiden archaeologists have been conducting research with students and local archaeologists ...
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Leiden University & Elsevier Symposium on AI and Academic Publishing27 September 2024
Artificial Intelligence is likely to have far-reaching consequences for all actors in the realm of academic publishing, including authors, editors, re...
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Animal-friendly and effective: Leiden students develop nanobodies using yeast26 September 2024
Yeast, alpacas, and antibodies. They may seem unrelated, but within the project of the Leiden iGEM students, they come together perfectly. For the int...
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Honorable mentions for Hannah Appel and Kimmy Shah (LDT) at VPR/VPRA Scriptieprijs 202426 September 2024
On Friday 20 September, the Dutch associations for Privacy Law (VPR) and for Privacy Law Attorneys (VPR-A) announced their annual thesis award winner ...
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Dean Koen Caminada on budget cuts: ‘There’s nothing we can’t handle’25 September 2024
It’s still difficult to estimate what the consequences of the announced budget cuts will be. A week after Prinsjesdag, Dean Koen Caminada can already ...
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Leiden-Delft-Erasmus alliance signs collaboration agreement with Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture and Science25 September 2024
The Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) alliance signed a collaboration agreement with the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology on...
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Why do a Master Honours Challenge? ‘Step away from your own square millimetre’24 September 2024
Learning how to work with people from different disciplines, that’s what Master Honours Challenges are all about. In teams, students address a challen...