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Science Skills team helps students develop essential skills for the job market: ‘This is what energises us’09 April 2026As a student, you’re expected to write papers and collaborate. But how do you do that if you’ve never been taught? Thanks to the Grassfields grant, th...
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Aftermovie: Students make legal support accessible during the Legal Tech ChallengeChallenge 09 April 2026On 2 April, the final of the Legal Tech Challenge 2026 took place in the Academy Building of Leiden University. During the final, teams of students pi...
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Niels van Willigen starts as Professor by Special Appointment in Strategic Studies09 April 2026Starting April 2026, Niels van Willigen will join the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University’s Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences...
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Voice of the Child: Unique film project to advance child-friendly justice09 April 2026At the end of March, the Voice of the Child conference launched three films on children’s hearings in European family law courts to support judicial t...
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‘Learning languages opens up your perspective of life’ - Wessam Semida on learning Arabic at the Academic Language Centre02 April 2026Why would someone choose to learn a language like Arabic? For Wessam Semida, teacher at the Academic Language Centre (ATC), the answer goes far beyond...
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Meet Angela Ignatius: a game that helps students discuss their use of AI31 March 2026There is something strange about that new student Angela Ignatius. She is brilliant, helpful and always available. She summarises teaching materials, ...
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New Collection Policy Plan Leiden University Libraries25 March 2026Leiden University Libraries (UBL) recently issued a new collection policy plan, containing priorities for the coming years regarding the formation, ma...
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Psychology lecturers awarded grant for ‘Family Dinner’ critical thinking appTeaching 24 March 2026Lecturers Zsuzsika Sjoerds and Sebo Uithol have been awarded a 100,000-euro Dutch National Education Institute (NKO) Scale-Up Grant for their ‘Family ...
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Nancy Kula: ‘Languages are very diverse’Inaugural lecture 23 March 2026As Professor of African Linguistics, Nancy Kula increases our knowledge of variation across languages. Her inaugural lecture is on Monday 23 March.
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(re)Mapping Africa: Colonial cartography collection soon ready for search18 March 2026Describing almost 1400 maps of Africa in three months. It’s no small task that student assistants Artemis Mantheakis and Beatriz Veiga have been worki...
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Three new Leiden minors with internships in national security16 March 2026Three new minors at the intersection of security and resilience will launch in September 2026 at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. A disti...
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Leiden wins regional round of the Helga Pedersen Moot CourtMoot Court 12 March 2026Advanced LL.M. European and International Human Rights Law and LL.M. European Law students won one of three regional rounds of the Helga Pedersen Moot...
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Video: Who makes the rules in space?LDE Space & Society Honours 11 March 2026At the LDE Space & Society Honours, students explore everything the universe has to offer. From the technical frontiers to the rules that govern it: s...
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From holograms to case file analysis: students investigate real cold casesEducation 11 March 2026Can students solve cold cases? In the elective courses ‘Introduction to Cold Cases’ and ‘Cold Cases’, theory is combined with practice and students in...
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Still unsure who to vote for? Here’s how to tell if your strategic vote is truly strategic11 March 2026On 18 March the municipal elections will be held, and you can cast your vote strategically for what you consider important in your town. This raises a...