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Bringing Peace and Justice to LifeRead about the Just Peace Festival's Opening Night 12 June 2025The Just Peace Festival's first edition is live! The Opening Event marked the beginning of two weeks filled with activities to reflect on what peace a...
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‘We’re already at war – we’re just acting as though we’re not’Just Peace Dialogues 10 June 2025‘Our infrastructure is under attack, elections are being influenced and political assassinations being committed. We’re already at war – it just looks...
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Annetje Ottow to step down as President of Leiden University’s Executive Board from 1 September21 May 2025After nearly five years as President of the Executive Board, Annetje Ottow will be stepping down from the role as of 1 September. During her time as P...
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Sneak preview: from department store to university buildingSpui Campus 20 May 2025Just a stone’s throw from Binnenhof, the heart of Dutch politics, Spui Campus will open its doors in early 2026. This involves a dramatic transformati...
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Celebrating 1 year of the Hague Climate Agreement at WijnhavenFestive first Climate Café of 2025 28 April 2025At the first Climate Café of 2025, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of The Hague Climate Agreement and reflected together on the successes and o...
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Leiden students help with primary school language lessonsReport from The Hague 22 April 2025De Regenboog primary school in The Hague has a high percentage of children whose first language is not Dutch. In the ‘Children of the City’ project, E...
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Health Campus explores effect of neighbourhood approach for healthy Hague generation16 April 2025A generation is growing up in The Hague Southwest with little room for manoeuvre. Researchers from Health Campus The Hague are following what the BRUI...
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Quality of master’s programme rated in Keuzegids 202527 March 2025Leiden University’s Master’s in Advanced Studies in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration is one of the 15 ‘excellent master’s programmes’ ...
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Lodewijk Govaerts to leave Board of Governors as of 1 April18 March 2025As of 1 April 2025, Lodewijk Govaerts will be standing down from the Board of Governors due to other commitments that will demand a significant part o...
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10 March: Leiden University to start staggered strike against government cutsStrike 06 March 2025Staff from Leiden University will start the Dutch universities’ staggered strike against the government cuts on 10 March. University of Applied Scienc...
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Always vegan, always fun: student-run Community Kitchen thanks to The Hague MarketCampus The Hague 05 March 2025Healthy communal meals that also prevent food waste. On 4 March, Hague alderman Robert Barker came to see what was cooking at the LUC Community Kitche...
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Strike on 10 March: join the teach-outs at schools and public organisations25 February 2025Leiden University staff will be starting the national staggered strike against the cuts to higher education on 10 March. The Leiden and The Hague Acti...
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Alumni meet in Brussels: ‘We’re at a crossroads in European history’19 February 2025Alumni who live and work in Brussels met on 18 February at the annual Leiden Alumni in Brussels Event. As well as celebrating Leiden University’s 450t...
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A real professor in the classroom: ‘What do you like best about your work?’Meet the professor 07 February 2025Each year on the university’s birthday, children at primary schools in Leiden and The Hague have a lesson from a professor – about children’s rights a...
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Five years of Pre-University The Hague: alumni share their experiencesexploring university life 04 February 2025Pre-University College The Hague is celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2024-2025. Three alumni look back on their experience. PRE broadened their ac...