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Unique manuscript map of Suriname now available in Digital Collections28 May 2024The map of Suriname, drawn in 1830 and acquired by Leiden University Libraries (UBL) in 2023, has now been made available online via Digital Collectio...
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10 years of Labour Law at Leiden Law School!27 May 2024Last Friday, we celebrated ten years of the master’s specialisation in Labour Law at Leiden Law School!
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Taarique teaches career planning but doesn’t want students to plan their future too strictly: ‘Keep on experimenting’27 May 2024In the ‘Educatips’ column, psychology lecturers share their most important insights on teaching. This month: Taarique Debidin thinks making contact wi...
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Collaboration across borders: virtual learning between Leiden University College and Myanmar27 May 2024Being in class with students more than 8,000 kilometres away might sound impossible, but Jyothi Thrivikraman, Assistant Professor at Leiden University...
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Why vote in the upcoming European elections? European Law (LL.M.) students explain24 May 2024Between 6 and 9 June, you’ll be able to vote in the European elections. But what can you expect from these elections? What are the most important topi...
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How democratic is our kingdom? New ministry chair for Leiden political scientist24 May 2024When we talk about the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it is not just about the Netherlands. On the contrary: our Kingdom consists of no less than four co...
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Attention to education and culture at lowest point in 20 years22 May 2024After an extensive content analysis of the coalition agreement, a sharp fall can be seen in the focus on education & culture, science & technology and...
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How to address sensitive subjects in class?17 May 2024The war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza or the global rise of the far-right: topics that stir up emotions but are also regularly disc...
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Why the world is quantum16 May 2024During the Bachelor Honours Class ‘The world is quantum’, students from various disciplines learned about the rules of nature on the smallest scale: q...
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Dr. Naomi Truan delivers lunchtime talk at Austria Centre Leiden15 May 2024Dr. Naomi Truan, Assistant Professor of German Sociolinguistics at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics delivered a lunchtime talk sponsored b...
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How do you evaluate quality of teaching?14 May 2024What do we really know about educational quality and its measurement? This was the subject of the first Higher Education Knowledge Café.
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Verena Meyer at the Sanubari Nuris Bali International Webinar13 May 2024
On Saturday, May 4, Dr. Verena Meyer delivered opening remarks at the International Webinar 'Santri, Literacy, and Indonesia', organized by the Bali S...
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Shadowing a municipality manager for a week: 'I saw him mostly putting out a lot of fires'08 May 2024After a week of shadowing for her master's degree Management of the Public Sector, it has become very clear to student Loes what a manager's day looks...
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Leiden archaeologists held an open day in Oss to celebrate 50 years of collaboration08 May 2024On May 4, 2024, from 10.00 to 16.00 hours, a festive day took place in Oss, celebrating the fact that staff and students of the Leiden Faculty of Arch...
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Leiden University team European runner-up in Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court competition07 May 2024The Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court competition was held in Vienna between 8 and 12 April 2024. This event was organised by the European Centre for...