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‘I try to make my sudents enthusiastic about the subject’‘My lectures have to be as enjoyable as possible for the students, even when they're about the drier parts of maths.' Robert-Jan Kooman is one of the ...
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Frederik Behre teaches at the IN SITU Summer School in HannoverOn 3 August Frederik Behre, PhD candidate at the Europa Institute, taught an international group of students and practitioners at the annual Summer Sc...
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Opening of the Al-Babtain Leiden University Centre for Arabic CultureWith the launch of the Al-Babtain Leiden University Centre for Arabic Culture, Leiden University and the AbdulAziz Saud Al-Babtain Cultural Foundation...
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Han de Winde steps down as vice-dean of Faculty of ScienceHan de Winde will step down as a member of the faculty board of the Faculty of Science from 1 September 2018. De Winde had been vice–dean at the facul...
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‘I take my students with me up the mountain’It's good to have high expectations of your students, says public administration lecturer Maarja Beerkens. ‘But I don't stand at the top of the mount...
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Students hunting for breakthrough in antibiotics resistanceBacteria that fluoresce green, blue or red may play a role in combatting resistance against antibiotics. Under the motto of 'Say yes to stress', thir...
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Enthusiastic start to EL CIDMore than 3,500 enthusiastic Leiden first-years, 80% of them coming to Leiden University, gathered on Monday morning 13 August at the Lammermarkt for...
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Bringing an album full of photos to Leiden University CollegeLeiden University College is buzzing with life again. On 13 August, this year’s new crop of students moved into their rooms. For more than two hundred...
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A step closer to sustainable energy from seawaterThe research group headed by Leiden chemist Marc Koper has discovered a catalyst that minimizes the production of chlorine gas during salt water elect...
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Augustinians reveal recipe for close friendships
It is a holy grail among behavioural scientists: can you predict how close a group will become? An international research team from Leiden, Oxford and...
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Discovering new physics in extremely bright neutron starsAstronomer Alexander Mushtukov, currently working at the University of Amsterdam, received a Veni grant of 250,000 euro’s which he will execute in Lei...
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Teacher of the Year 2017 throws students in at the deep end with supervision"I did not know that I could become even more proud of you." Kristian Rietveld's father responded to the news that his son was appointed Teacher of th...
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Call for applications NISIS Autumn SchoolFrom Monday 15 until Thursday 18 October 2018, the eighth annual NISIS Autumn School will take place at the University of Groningen. This year’s Autum...
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From scientific idea to promising new drugMany pharmaceutical companies no longer have their own lab and are working more closely with universities and start-ups of scientists. Professor of Sc...
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Beijing Normal University visits Leiden for Astronomy Summer SchoolThe Leiden Observatory was very pleased to welcome eight bachelor’s students from Beijing Normal University at 8 July for the BNU Astronomy Summer Sch...