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The lessons we can learn from leaders of colour 26 March 2024
With diversity and inclusion, organisations too often focus only on cosmetic change. ‘Interview bias training alone is not enough’, says Distinguished...
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Programme to teach school pupils about stress proves effective 05 February 2024
Recent studies have shown that Dutch secondary school pupils experience a great deal of stress from school work, and between 2001 and 2007 the number ...
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Kind, clever and hardworking: school reports are not without bias 16 November 2023
White girls receive significantly more positive comments from their teachers in their primary school reports than white boys and children from migrant...
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Vidi grant for research into childhood trauma, friendship and mental health 29 June 2023
Anne-Laura van Harmelen – Professor of Professor Brain, Safety and Resilience and one of the coordinators of the Social Resilience and Security interd...
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Bored or scared children? Teachers’ behaviour makes a big difference 17 January 2023
Teacher training should do more to prepare teachers for the pedagogical aspects of teaching, Professor of Educational Sciences Tim Mainhard will argue...
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Major international study links genes to brain structural changes over time 04 July 2022
There seem to be genes that influence how our brains develop over time. A large international consortium has discovered this with an extensive study....
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Grant for Shelley van der Veek to teach toddlers healthy eating habits 21 June 2022
Shelley van der Veek has received a LUF Gratama grant for a research project that aims to help parents teach their toddlers healthy eating habits by p...
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Fact sheet on placement of children in care 06 May 2022
At the request of the Dutch Parliament, Professor Marielle Bruning, Dr Kartica van der Zon (Dept. of Child Law), Professor Lenneke Alink and Dr Sabine...
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‘Let pupils actively engage with texts to improve their reading comprehension’ 03 February 2022
Young Dutch people’s reading skills have been declining for years. The main reason for this is that many have difficulty with reading at greater depth...
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Spinoza and Stevin Prizes for three Leiden professors 14 October 2021
Three Leiden professors have recently been awarded the most prestigious scientific accolade in the Netherlands: Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Marc Koper have...
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Judi Mesman awarded Stevin Prize for research on upbringing and diversity 03 September 2021
What influence do children’s upbringing and education have on their world view? This is the question Professor Judi Mesman is trying to answer. For he...
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Anne-Laura van Harmelen nominated for Huibregtsen Prize 02 July 2021
Professor of Brain, Safety and Resilience Anne-Laura van Harmelen has been nominated for the Huibregtsen Prize. The winner of the prize will be announ...
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New insights into characteristics of Conduct Disorder with "limited prosocial emotions" 04 May 2021
In a recent study, Dr. Moji Aghajani and colleagues show that adolescents with a severe form of Conduct Disorder (CD) -with limited prosocial emotions...
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Parental role self-regulation in Western and non-Western context 22 April 2021
PhD candidate at the Parenting, Child Care and Development programme group Wei Li examined longitudinally the role of parents in self-regulation of yo...
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More victims of child abuse during lockdown 06 January 2021
The number of victims of child abuse is estimated to be higher during the first lockdown compared with a period without a lockdown. This is mainly due...