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Anniversary activity: visit Leiden University at the Impact Fair 2025!03 March 2025Leiden University will share impactful research and teaching with policymakers, businesses and the general public at the Impact Fair in Utrecht on Thu...
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‘Strengthen the position of the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands’Oratie 03 March 2025Relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands are imbalanced, says Professor by Special Appointment Wouter Veenendaal. The Caribbean autonomous coun...
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Strike on 10 March: join the teach-outs at schools and public organisations25 February 2025Leiden University staff will be starting the national staggered strike against the cuts to higher education on 10 March. The Leiden and The Hague Acti...
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Minister of Defence at Ukraine Symposium: 'We Europeans have only one chance to get this right'Report '3 years of war Ukraine' 25 February 2025Three years on, and interest in Ukraine certainly hasn't decreased. The auditorium at the Wijnhaven location was fully booked on Monday. Hundreds of p...
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Europe Hub launched in European Parliament: ‘A bridge between research and policy is vital’Leiden Europe Hub 24 February 2025How can groundbreaking research help Europe tackle the huge challenges it faces? At the launch of the Leiden Europe Hub, academics and policymakers di...
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‘War with Russia more likely now Trump has spurned Europe’21 February 2025Europe’s security suddenly looks uncertain now President Trump has started negotiations with Russia. What does this mean for the Netherlands? What do ...
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Phone nearly empty? Uber’s fare might be higher19 February 2025If you buy something online, the webshop can adjust the price based on your data. Kimia Heidary investigated the phenomenon of online price discrimina...
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LUC anniversary: 15 inspiring examples of local impact18 February 2025In 2025, Leiden University College (LUC) celebrates its 15th anniversary with the theme 'Global challenges, local impact'. To kick off this anniversar...
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Radio Palestine/Israel Challenging Preconceptions: ‘A courageous step in a polarised debate’14 February 2025The Israel-Palestine conflict regularly sparked intense debates in university lecturer Noa Schonmann's classes. She decided to start a podcast with jo...
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More control over digital implementation of legislation13 February 2025Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law in Leiden and Professor of Digitalisation and the Democratic Constitutional State at the O...
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Pitching Heritage13 February 2025Do you want your research to fit the rubric of heritage? Is heritage a relevant concept here? These were some of the questions that came up in the liv...
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Special telescope measures neutrino with highest energy everPhysics 12 February 2025Even with state-of-the-art technology, it is almost impossible to see: a cosmic neutrino. Yet scientists have managed to image this particle with a de...
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Most children placed in care will not return home11 February 2025After compulsory placement in care, four in ten children return home. Of these, one in four re-enters care. Emergency care orders are often used and o...
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'The Butterflies of Upper Digul' now also published in Indonesia11 February 2025Three years ago, Associate Professor Alicia Schrikker published 'De vlinders van Boven-Digoel', in which she chronicled several stories about colonial...
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Leiden University transfers unique collection of historical objects over to Rijksmuseum BoerhaaveScience and Heritage 11 February 2025Lenses from Christiaan Huygens’ telescope, instruments used to demonstrate Newton’s laws, and equipment that led to the discovery of superconductivity...