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The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco05 March 2024A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (Nimar) in Rabat at the end of February. For a whole host of disciplines...
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New special chair in Educational Theory and Law05 March 2024Following a special donation, the Stichting Pro Juventute foundation is facilitating a new special chair in Educational Theory and Law. Through the ch...
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Students help make Maldives more fertile04 March 2024Its idyllic setting and white sandy beaches have made the Maldives a hotspot for tourists. This provides an income but is a problem for the fragile na...
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And the winner is… Results of the annual physics image competition04 March 2024Salt crystals, a nano-sized golf stick and molten glass. The LION Image Award competition of 2023 yielded a lot of beautiful images once again. But in...
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DSM-firmenich award now for best MSc graduate, best doctorate, and most promising start-up01 March 2024Since 2020, the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Award has been annually presented by dsm-firmenich for the best master's or doctoral research at the Faculty o...
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‘Formation issues mainly due to judgment culture in Dutch politics’01 March 2024It was an unusual morning for Arco Timmermans, when the public affairs and politics expert was invited to advise informer Kim Putters early last week....
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The skate-friendly city01 March 2024In cities like Leeds, Seoul and Malmö, a museum park is a place for unintentional creativity, unsolicited interventions and unorganised sport. Dutch c...
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At LUC, the Hague Forest is a classroom: ‘Students develop themselves as local nature guides’01 March 2024Rain or shine: in the course ‘The Ecology Project’ students of Leiden University College visit the nature of The Hague each week. A welcome break from...
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Not in my name: former civil servants on resigning over Israel-Palestine policy29 February 2024Western civil servants openly struggle at times with their own government’s policies on the war in Gaza. In protest, civil servants in various countri...
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International Mother Language Day 2024: 'It's time to celebrate our languages'29 February 2024On Wednesday, 21 February, a diverse group of students, staff, and representatives from 21 embassies gathered in The Hague for International Mother La...
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Consensual sex: easier said than done28 February 2024Sex without mutual consent is a criminal offence. The proposed new Dutch sexual offences law aims to better protect victims of sexually transgressive ...
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Experts on the war in Ukraine, two years later: ‘Europe learned a lot from the war, do not give up’Symposium 28 February 2024The one-day symposium ‘War in Europe: the impact of Russian aggression in Ukraine two years on’ on 23 February got Dutch, Ukrainian and international ...
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A quick call with Nadine Akkerman about the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture: ‘I feel a connection with Annie’27 February 2024Each year on or around International Women’s Day, the university hosts the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture. You are welcome to attend − even if you wou...
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Shaping the future with stories from the past27 February 2024You can see an archaeologist as a modern-day shaman, someone who builds bridges to the past and can offer profound insights. This is the unexpected co...
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College or university? Computer science students in the right place27 February 2024The right student in the right place. That is what LIACS programme director Frank Takes and education coordinator Joyce Glerum are aiming to do with t...