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‘You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to make a difference’01 November 2024Sharing his passion for sustainability with students—that’s what Thijs Bosker enjoys most about his work. As an environmental scientist, he conducts e...
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From Underground to Overground, from Print to Digital: A Symposium on Unofficial Poetry from China31 October 2024Leiden University Libraries holds an internationally unique collection of unofficial poetry from China. Produced outside the System over the last fift...
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‘It doesn’t feel like work’: what it’s like to be a mentor for Pre-University College29 October 2024Guiding high school students as a mentor at Pre-University College: what is that like? And what does it all entail? As part of the 20th anniversary of...
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Once more Erasmus grants awarded for international cooperation28 October 2024This year, eleven exchange projects from Leiden University received an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility education grant. The total award of almo...
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FGGA's Cyber Week: research and innovation for a better digital world25 October 2024During Cyberweek from 17-24 October, the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) spotlighted its research and teaching on cybersecurity, digit...
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FGGA's Cyberweek: education in cybersecurity and digitalisation25 October 2024
During Cyberweek, held from 17 to 24 October, the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) showcased its research and teaching on cybersecurity...
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to an AI model (and rightly so)24 October 2024Not experiments and lab coats, but computers and artificial intelligence: this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to the inventors of the groundbrea...
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What DNA in droppings can reveal about an animal’s diet24 October 2024Imagine scanning lion dung or a mouse dropping and instantly knowing exactly what and how much the animal has eaten. Thanks to new DNA techniques, thi...
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Mark Lindenberg and Ieke van Dam winners of the Metje Postma Awards23 October 2024'Echoes of the Silent Roots' by Mark Lindenberg wins the Multimodal Incentive Grant for Alumni of the Metje Postma Awards. His film is a touching auto...
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Maps and atlases collection Bodel Nijenhuis available for online search23 October 2024With the addition of over 16,500 new catalogue records, the collection of Johannes Tiberius Bodel Nijenhuis (1797-1872) is now almost entirely searcha...
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Farewell lecture by Guus Heerma van Voss: ‘Labour rights have fallen from grace’22 October 2024Guus Heerma van Voss, professor emeritus of labour law, delivered his farewell lecture on 18 October and held a mirror up to his colleagues and himsel...
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Busy yet not a student in sight: the Online Master’s Open Days22 October 2024‘Silence in the corridor please’ are not the words you expect to hear on an open day attended by 5,000 students. From 12 studios in Leiden and The Hag...
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Fanny Wonu Veys: ‘I want to introduce students to the art history of Oceania’22 October 2024Fanny Wonu Veys was appointed Professor of Art and Material Culture of Oceania on 1 August. Time for an introduction.
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Nina Schmal wins Political Science Master’s Thesis Prize 202421 October 2024Successfully completing a master’s thesis in Political Science is no small feat. Not only is this for most students the most extensive and in-depth re...
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Saga Sjöberg and Thijs Brinksma win Political Science bachelor’s thesis prizes 202421 October 2024All students receiving their bachelor diploma in Political Science last week had a reason or two to celebrate. Two of them especially so: they won the...