News
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Girl power and science during the Girls in Science Day 14 February 2020
Working on superconductivity, finding an exoplanet or learning how to program with Python. More than one hundred girls visited Leiden University on Th...
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Rector Stolker: ‘Give chance a chance’ 28 January 2020
What does Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker think about subjects such as student stress, ‘clean’ transcripts and the onward march of the English languag...
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5 FGGA lecturers awarded Senior Teaching Qualification 16 December 2019
With the end of the year coming to a close, it is time for a celebration. Twenty driven lecturers, among them 5 academic staff members of the Faculty ...
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Twenty lecturers awarded Senior Teaching Qualification 12 December 2019
It was time for a celebration in the Faculty Club on 11 December. Twenty driven lecturers were awarded their Senior Teaching Qualification by Vice-Rec...
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Eventful opening of academic year: minister in the church, protest on the square 02 September 2019
Not one but two openings: the minister who defended her plans and many who emphasised the importance of standing together with the arts and social sci...
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia 02 July 2019
The 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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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future 19 June 2019
Rector 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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Inspiring Education Festival brings together students and lecturers 14 May 2019
How small steps can lead to big change: that was the theme of the Leiden Education Festival. Students and lecturers came to Scheltema on 9 May to shar...
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New Career Platform for young researchers 13 March 2019
Leiden University has launched a new online platform for young researchers. The website helps PhD candidates and postdocs explore their career options...
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Dutch Rectores Magnifici publish own work as Open Access 11 March 2019
The latest scientific articles by the Rectores Magnifici of Dutch universities will soon be freely available online. They aim to set a good example to...
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Positive assessment of teaching quality at Leiden University 22 February 2019
Leiden University has received a positive assessment in the Institutional Quality Assessment audit (ITK). This is the second time that quality assuran...
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Leiden University celebrates 444th birthday with residents of Leiden and The Hague 08 February 2019
Leiden University celebrated its 444th anniversary with a historical procession on 8 February. It celebrated this year’s Dies Natalis in time-honoured...
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Hiltje Cleveringa given first copy of her father’s biography 17 January 2019
Hiltje Cleveringa seemed moved when on 16 January she was given the first copy of the biography of her father, Rudolph Cleveringa. Peppering his speec...
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Cucurachi, Behrens and Matthee are teacher, discoverer, and PhD candidate of 2018 08 January 2019
Environmental scientists Stefano Cucurachi and Paul Behrens and astronomer Jorryt Matthee have received prizes during the New Year's reception of the ...
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'Why aren't those children at school?' 27 November 2018
The new privacy laws make it more difficult to combat human trafficking: under-age victims are often not registered. In her lecture, Cleveringa Profes...