News
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Leiden University appointed extra 25 female professors in 2017 08 March 2018
Last year Leiden University appointed an extra 25 female professors. With these appointments the Executive Board has increased the percentage of women...
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Fourteen women professors take over the Senate Chamber 07 March 2018
Fourteen women professors are to be given a place in the classic portrait gallery in Leiden University’s Senate Chamber. The portraits will be unveile...
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How students launched the Leiden LGBT movement 50 years ago 06 February 2018
Four students founded the Leiden Student Working Group on Homosexuality on the day of the Dies Natalis in 1968. This was to be the start of the LBGT+ ...
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LU Pride: ‘It's great that there's a club where you don't feel different!' 06 February 2018
Fifty years ago a group of students started the Leiden Student Working Group on LGBT. Today students can contact Leiden University Pride and for staff...
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Understanding the brain via language 23 January 2018
Professor Jenny Doetjes at Leiden University researches similarities and differences in languages, specifically in the area of numerals and quantifier...
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The Humanities Buddy Programme: A home away from home 09 January 2018
Moving to a different city as a student can be a daunting prospect, let alone to a different country. Each year, many students come to Leiden, and man...
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Status holders are preparing for teacher training 04 December 2017
In November 2017, six status holders attended an introduction training course on Dutch education at ICLON.
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How can we become a more inclusive university? 23 November 2017
Inspiration from outside and best practices from inside the University. These were the most important ingredients of the symposium on inclusivity orga...
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Sustainable Business Battle wins Van Bergen Prize 23 November 2017
The Sustainable Business Battle was launched less than a year ago, but it has already won several prizes. Last week, the organisers received the Green...
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Two different approaches at the Diversity symposium 14 November 2017
One of the speakers at the Diversity symposium on 22 November is Estela Mara Bensimon, highly honoured professor of Higher Education in the US. A seco...
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The unstoppable advance of Berber 06 November 2017
Berber languages have long been banned from public life in North Africa, but the situation has changed drastically. Linguistic research is generating ...
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‘We are most attracted to people who are like us’ 01 November 2017
Professor of Higher Education Estela Mara Bensimon approaches diversity from a specific viewpoint. Examine and reflect on your own motives, is her adv...
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Two good agents could replace two mobile units 01 November 2017
Peter Slort is the highly driven portfolio holder for Diversity with the Dutch National Police. Since November 2016 he has been spreading the importan...
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Appointment Judi Mesman: Professor of the Interdisciplinary study of societal challenges 03 October 2017
Prof. dr. Judi Mesman has been appointed professor of the interdisciplinary study of societal challenges, representing a shared chair between the Facu...
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Additional support for students with a disability 31 August 2017
How do I get into this hard-to-reach classroom with my wheelchair? How do I learn to divide my time better over the courses I’m taking? Can I take an ...