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Life after Security Studies: five students share their thoughts about the programme11 April 2023
Five students who graduated from the Bachelor Security Studies share their experiences. Where did they end up after graduation? Are they still using t...
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Managing uncertainty key to success community team professionals11 April 2023
As a result of the decentralisation of responsibilities in the public domain, most Dutch municipalities have created community teams. These community ...
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Peak performances by operating theatre teams: What makes care professionals resilient?11 April 2023
Working in an operating theatre takes nerves of steel. High pressure, stress and unexpected developments during operations ask a lot of care professio...
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Mandy Koenraads: ‘We can really fortify the links between practice, research, and policy’05 April 2023
The Scriptiewerkplaats (thesis workshop) is an initiative of Leiden University, TU Delft, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the municipality of The Ha...
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Netherlands and Japan united by a tradition of mutual curiosity04 April 2023
The Netherlands and Japan share a long and unique history with knowledge exchange playing a leading role. And knowledge exchange still proved to form ...
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Leiden University to take part in ‘smarter academic year’ pilots04 April 2023
Can the academic year be structured in such a way to give students, lecturers and researchers a bit more breathing space? To find out, Leiden Universi...
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Celebrating Twenty Years of MIRD: Alumni, Professors and Students Reconnect03 April 2023
On 25 March, the Advanced Masters of Science in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) celebrated its 20th Anniversary. Throughout the day, the ...
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Coffee and a chat with Gert Renkema, Head Financial and Economic Affairs at FGGA29 March 2023
Twice a year, Gert Renkema, Head of Financial and Economic Affairs at FGGA takes the time to have a chat with us about the financial wheeling and deal...
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One history, different memories. Does this always lead to conflict?28 March 2023
Different groups can have different memories of the same historical event. This can lead to conflict but does not have to. How is this, and how can co...
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Charlotte Holt: 'This internship has allowed me to grow as a person, intellectually, and mentally’27 March 2023
Charlotte Holt is a second year International Justice student at Leiden University College. She did an internship at Academia Neerlandesa; a language ...
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The spy elephant in the room. Inaugural lecture by Dennis Broeders on the tangled web of cyber espionage27 March 2023
Secret services are engaging in increasingly extreme forms of cyber espionage. But nobody talks about this. Dennis Broeders knows why and is trying to...
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‘Nice tool but what are we supposed to do with it?’What does AI mean for the public sector? 27 March 2023
Public agencies are keen to use new technology such as AI to speed up their primary processes. But the internal organisation is often a major stumblin...
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Twenty years of MIRD: Alumni and Students' Reflections and Advice21 March 2023
On 25 March, the Advanced Masters of Science in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) celebrates its 20th Anniversary. The celebration will foc...
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Conference on the gap between government and citizens21 March 2023
It’s often said that citizens have lost trust in their governments. But who exactly are these ‘citizens’? And which aspects of people’s contact with ...
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How can we live healthier lives? Universities and hospitals are going to find out21 March 2023
Getting out and exercising rather than slobbing on the sofa, breathing in fresh air instead of cigarette smoke and grabbing healthy snacks instead of ...