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It takes two (or more) to build a telescope07 October 2019How do stars and galaxies form? What is dark matter? To answer these and other questions, we need increasingly large telescopes. And to build these, w...
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Fact-checking from the local council to the European Parliament24 September 2019‘Timmermans says more Polish workers are staying in Poland, but there aren’t any figures to back this up,’ was the headline of NU.nl news website duri...
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Andrea Evers installed as a new KNAW member16 September 2019Health psychologist Andrea Evers is one of the 19 new members, selected by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), who have been in...
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Using statistics to prevent the loss of blood donors10 September 2019The Sanquin blood bank gathers data on every donation. Around 720,000 donations are made every year. ‘That generates a mountain of highly valuable dat...
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Deadly infections on the increase: urgent need for new antibiotics09 September 2019Globally, the number of deaths from infections is on the rise as more bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. New classes are desperately needed. A ...
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Knowledge of worldwide cultures20 August 2019Leiden has an international reputation as a stronghold of knowledge about cultures worldwide. Under the umbrella name of LeidenGlobal, Leiden Universi...
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EU awards 18 million euros for research into new antibiotics24 July 2019An international consortium of research groups is aiming to develop novel antibiotics against the tuberculosis bacteria and two other deadly bacteria....
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School's out! But not for head teachers10 July 2019Many head teachers will have to try and fill staffing gaps this summer. Assistant Professor Kim Stroet, who is researching pupil motivation, is worrie...
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia02 July 2019The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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From (no) sex in Japan to environmental policy: ICAS 11 is coming to town26 June 2019The walls of Paul van der Velde’s study at the International Institute for Asian Studies are full of neat rows of post-it notes. As organiser in chief...
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Municipality and University join forces to help children with behavioural problems20 June 2019A Preventive Intervention Team that investigates children with behavioural problems and trains their social skills in order to prevent school dropout ...
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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future19 June 2019Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary o...
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Dutch National Research Agenda supports five ‘Leiden’ public-private projects12 June 2019The Dutch National Research Agenda announced today that it will provide 17 research projects with a total of 61 million euros in funding. Researchers ...
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Focus on extended essays: Leiden University’s Academic Challenge07 June 2019For most school students, writing their extended essay (or profielwerkstuk) is the first time they really come into contact with what it means to do r...
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Stop disregarding safety, says Pieter van Vollenhoven05 June 2019He’s sometimes called Your Safeness. Leiden law alumnus Pieter van Vollenhoven, husband of Princess Margriet and the driving force behind the Dutch Sa...