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Special career preparation programme for MPA master’s students 23 March 2022
How long does it take our master’s students to find a job after they have graduated? How far ahead should you start sending out applications? Where do...
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The Importance of International Women’s Day: ‘Gender equality worldwide is nowhere to be found’ 08 March 2022
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. This day has been ...
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New Public Administration evening course off to a flying start 07 February 2022
The introductory meeting of the new evening track Management and Consultancy (MSc Management Public Sector) was held on Thursday 3 February at Wijnhav...
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Rutte IV: a fifth of the cabinet studied in Leiden 10 January 2022
The new cabinet has finally taken office. Six of its members studied in Leiden, once again making the University a key supplier to the cabinet. Who ar...
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The self-employed hard hit by coronavirus crisis 06 January 2022
Self-employed workers’ hours have significantly decreased during the coronavirus crisis. Their average hours worked decreased most at the start of the...
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Six prospective members of the new cabinet studied in Leiden 04 January 2022
The Rutte IV cabinet will be sworn in soon. A fifth of the prospective ministers and secretaries of state studied in Leiden. Who are they and what did...
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Leiden Leadership Lunch – Uncertainty and innovation in the social domain: The role of leadership 06 December 2021
What opportunities does uncertainty offer with regard to innovative behaviour of professionals and what role does leadership play in this?
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Campus Den Haag hosts 'On Campus' Experience Days 01 December 2021
Last Saturday, Wijnhaven Campus and the Anna van Buerenplein were the setting for the first 'on campus' Experience Days in The Hague since the restri...
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SAILS researcher Anne Meuwese awarded PDI-SSH grant 26 November 2021
The PDI-SSH grant will be used by Meuwese to create a web portal and collection of tools and resources, named ‘WetSuite’, that will help researchers a...
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Olaf van Vliet appointed Professor of Economics 25 November 2021
The Executive Board has appointed Olaf van Vliet as Professor of Economics at Leiden University, specialising in social security and labour market pol...
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People have found new jobs during coronavirus crisis, but in the same field 25 November 2021
Some sectors have been hard hit by the pandemic, whereas others have grown. Yet there was no influx of workers from shrinking to growing sectors. This...
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‘The historical pedigree of New Wars and New Terrorism’: meet LUCIR scholar Isabelle Duyvesteyn 17 November 2021
Isabelle Duyvesteyn, Professor of International Studies and Global History at the Institute of History and member of the advisory board of Leiden Univ...
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Programmes FGGA popular among employers 17 November 2021
What is the top 50 most popular studies among employers? That's what career platform Magnet.me investigated for the second consecutive year. What does...
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Festive hand-over of first copy new book by Frits van der Meer 16 November 2021
In celebration of the release of his new book on changes in public administration, Prof. dr. Frits van der Meer, professor by special appointment of t...
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Declining trust in government: the low-trust society 01 November 2021
The Netherlands in September 2021 could be characterised as a low-trust society. Trust in the government has declined significantly in the past one-an...