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Art student Clara Lezla wins logo design competition: 444 years of Leiden University 20 November 2018
Leiden University celebrates its 444th anniversary in 2019, and a special age requires a special logo. The logo for the celebration was designed by Cl...
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How can we make Leiden a really 'healthy university'? 18 October 2018
At the initiative of several of its professors, Leiden University has joined the international Healthy Universities network. Surrounded by space hoppe...
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pays lightning visit to Leiden University 17 October 2018
During his two-day visit to the Netherlands, the Chinese Prime Minister paid an unexpected visit to Leiden on 16 October. Li Keqiang spoke with Rector...
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New BA Urban Studies: How to keep cities liveable 04 September 2018
By 2050, 70 per cent of the world's population will live in cities. This has major consequences for the lives of city-dwellers and for the environment...
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Seeking balance in a changing world and university 03 September 2018
The world around us is changing. What does that mean for the future of Europe, on this turbulent world stage? And what does it mean for our teaching, ...
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Festive opening of the college year in The Hague: strong ambitions for the new year 31 August 2018
How can we make sure that The Hague becomes even more of a city of education and knowledge? This was the theme during the festive opening of the colle...
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Leiden contributes to Getty Museum exhibition 27 August 2018
Leiden researchers have made an important contribution to the successful ‘Beyond the Nile’ exhibition in the American J. Paul Getty Museum. They also ...
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‘Meeting Point is my GPS’ 21 June 2018
From help with filling in complex forms to a buddy who will introduce you to student life. The Meeting Point for refugee students meets many needs. Th...
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Well-attended Education Festival on innovation 20 June 2018
The eight ambitions of Leiden University's vision on education - Learning@LeidenUniversity - were the key theme of the packed Education Festival on ...
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Carel Stolker: 'It's a no-brainer: the opportunity just has to be seized!' 18 May 2018
Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) has been in existence for almost six years and will be entering its second phase in 2019. What course will the alliance tak...
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To anglicise or not to anglicise? 14 May 2018
This variation on Hamlet’s ‘to be or not to be’ is exercising the emotions of the academic world in the Netherlands. Leiden's Vice-Rector, professors ...
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The stories behind the women's portraits 09 March 2018
An anatomical model of a heart, a mechanical digger or photos of mother and grandmother. Research interests and personal motivations have been given a...
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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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Here’s to the next 443 years as a bastion of freedom 08 February 2018
‘Praesidium Libertatis is a daily responsibility.’ These were the words of Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker on 8 February during the 443rd Dies Natalis...
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‘Japan and Leiden aren’t so far apart after all’ 04 December 2017
A delegation from Leiden University visited Japan from 18 to 26 November to facilitate cooperation in research and teaching. The delegation also atten...