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Sterre won an award for her research on how CO₂ is changing our foodThesis prize 12 June 2025Sterre ter Haar has won the Rachel Carson Graduation Prize for her thesis on how rising levels of CO₂ affect the nutrient content of plants. For the I...
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Vlietland Secondary School visits Leiden Law School to learn about children's rightsSecondary Education 10 June 2025On 27 May, 180 pupils from Vlietland Secondary School visited Leiden University’s law faculty. At the school, pupils learn about themes that are impor...
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Towards a stronger sector: Insights and ambitions from FGGA & FSW10 June 2025Connecting, discussing success stories and taking the next steps: that is what the Meet & Greet on the sector plans was all about. On 2 June, nearly 2...
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Alumni from the French Language and Culture programme return to Leiden: ‘I feel like an ambassador for the language’10 June 2025The pews of the Walloon Church were filled on Friday 23 May, as more than 120 former students of the French Language and Culture programme gathered to...
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A Crisis Forgotten: Sudan06 June 2025Since April 2023 the current war in Sudan has brought larger death, destruction, and displacement than any other ongoing armed conflict on earth. And ...
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From theory to diplomacy: MIRD students present final thesisEducation 06 June 2025On Friday 23 May 2025, second-year students of the Advanced MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) marked a significant academic mileston...
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English Department turns 75: English Studies alive and kicking in Leiden06 June 2025At the end of May, the Leiden English Language and Culture Programme, formerly known as the Department of English Language and Literature, celebrated ...
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Children learn how medicines work: ‘Some pills go in your bottom!’Education 05 June 2025A pill can make you better, but how exactly does it work? Primary school children from The Hague found out during a visit to the Centre for Human Drug...
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Students in the spotlight: why join the Honours College?Apply now 05 June 2025Meeting new people, exploring other disciplines and growing academically, professionally and personally. The Honours College makes it all possible. Th...
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ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy28 May 2025One of the ECSL’s most prominent activities is the ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy, welcoming students at all academic levels as well as se...
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Experts share insights during the Night of Digital Security: ‘The enemy is often invisible’28 May 2025The digital age offers unprecedented opportunities: information is always accessible, systems are interconnected, and processes are automated. However...
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Delegation from Nagasaki University visits Leiden UniversityCollaboration 27 May 2025A delegation from Nagasaki University visited Leiden University at the end of May. Ikematsu Kazuya, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Nagasaki Univer...
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With this new assignment, students are even better prepared to support people with autismEducation 27 May 2025In this Educatips column, Child and Education Studies lecturers share their key insights about teaching. This month: Rachel Plak and Karlijn Pieterse ...
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Anthropology students explore how buildings shape student life at MBORijnlandInterview 26 May 2025In the second-year course Fieldwork NL, Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology students conduct their own full-scale anthropological research...
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From a technical bachelor in Delft to a master's in Philosophy: ‘We need each other’26 May 2025For three years, Wouter Schuit enjoyed studying Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology - only to switch to a master's in ...