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More skills and higher grades: E-learning skills platform continues to be a successAfter a promising start, also the second pilot of the digital Brightspace skills platform is a success. Third-year bachelor students had thirty new ...
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analysis of the speech from the throne 2020: A woolly speech
This speech from the throne was a little less woolly than last year's, you might think. Gerard Breeman and Arco Timmermans know that for sure. Breeman...
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Dark matter with a hint of Leiden shines at Dublin galleryA glittering visualisation of dark matter by Dutch artist Thijs Biersteker is on display in the Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin. The install...
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An algorithm for problem solving in cars and the human brainImagine having a car accident in a parking lot, your car has some small damage and you have to get it fixed. What if your car could tell you which par...
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LOWI conclusion: former employee did breach scientific integrityOn 28 July 2020, the Netherlands Board on Research Integrity (LOWI) concluded that a former employee of Leiden University breached several rules of sc...
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Difference in microbiota between organic and conventional dairy farmsBacteria and fungi on organic dairy farms are significantly different from those on conventional farms. That was discovered by postdoc researcher Sofi...
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Daniel Peat Wins European Society of International Law Book Prize 2020The European Society of International Law (ESIL) awarded its 2020 Book Prize to Daniel Peat, an Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the...
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‘Let knowledge flow through the neighbourhoods!’Leiden during corona, loneliness in the elderly or making the city more sustainable. Students from Leiden University and Leiden University of Applied ...
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Yvonne Bleyerveld appointed as Professor Art on Paper and ParchmentOn 1 October, Yvonne Bleyerveld, Senior Curator Drawings and Prints at the RKD, becomes the Professor by Special Appointment 'Art on Paper and Parchme...
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Interview with Alexandre MorinAlexandre Morin is a new associate professor at LION, who will be researching active matter.
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Archaeologists find Roman camp near ErmeloArchaeologists and students from Leiden University and local volunteers have found a Roman camp in the woods near Ermelo. The camp is four kilometres ...
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A Roman camp or not? How our archaeologists found the answerArchaeologists from Leiden University find what is clearly an earth wall and ditch structure in the woods near Ermelo. They suspect it may be the rema...
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How can we tell the story of multivocal the Netherlands?At a time when statues of figures from history have an uncertain future Valika Smeulders has just become Head of History at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. W...
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Guest lecturing in Costa Rica from your own home: Early medieval English in Central AmericaWorking during Corona brings along various challenges but also unexpected opportunities. Thijs Porck, university lecturer medieval English at the Leid...
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Leiden University and LUMC strengthen ties with Janssen pharmaceutical companyLeiden University, the LUMC and Janssen have signed a partnership agreement stating that they will collaborate in different areas, including infectiou...