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The European ‘university of well-being’ launches its new EUniWell websiteThe European University of Well-Being - EUniWell - unites the Universities of Birmingham, Firenze, Köln, Leiden, Linnaeus, Nantes and Semmelweis with ...
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Digital dissection and remote microscopy lessonsDue to the corona crisis, they had to switch to online education halfway during their course: associate professor Marcel Schaaf and PhD candidate Mich...
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Join the search for archaeology at the Utrechtse Heuvelrug from homeOn Monday April 6, the project Erfgoed Gezocht commences. This project is the first large scale archaeological project based on citizen science in the...
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From intuition to dataDutch speedskaters have been winning the most medals in speed skating at the Winter Olympics for years. How? Based on their intuition. Scientist Jeroe...
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Moving to virtual collaboration with Marike van Aerde and her team: ‘There is real team spirit in our WhatsApp group’Marike van Aerde was at the brink of traveling to India for fieldwork when that country closed its borders, three weeks ago. Only a few days later, Le...
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Christa Tobler, EU Corona law: Restrictions on the export of protective equipmentIn mid-March 2020, the European Commission adopted, against the background of the Corona pandemic, temporal common rules for the export into third cou...
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AI versus coronaIt’s all hands on deck at the moment to resolve the COVID-19 crisis. Researchers from various disciplines are helping where they can, also from the fi...
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Keep busy with these astronomy activities you can do from homeStuck at home with little to do? Don’t worry, because we have the perfect space related activities you can do from home, alone or with your family, in...
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Farewell to Eveline Crone: 'Stay healthy'Eveline Crone on Twitter: 'Many thanks to my amazing Brain and Development Research Center colleagues, it is sad to leave Leiden University. I am so t...
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Corona Crisis: National Approach of the Dutch Government
'How is the Dutch government tackling the corona crisis?' and 'what are the most important aspects for such approach to succeed?' are questions that D...
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Leiden University College hosts first Live WebinarOver the past few weeks the world has experienced unprecedented disruption, disorder and over all change. Leiden University was no exception. Not only...
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Working from home in corona timesThree weeks into intelligent lockdown and more to go. An extraordinary situation in which we are now working from home. How do our colleagues do that?...
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Vanessa Newby in 'ASPI The Strategist' about hospital ships during pandemics and climate changeIf the recent bushfire crisis and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have taught us anything, it’s that Australia has an opportunity to evaluate its coo...
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Working from home as an Archaeologist: 'As far as I know, no one has ever explored my living room for lost cities'At first glance, archaeology seems like a job that is hard to take home. Nothing could be further from the truth though! Our archaeologists are curren...
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From field work by boat to excel sheets: how the corona virus is impacting educationProfessor of Ecotoxicology Martina Vijver had planned an eight-week field work course for her students, but the corona virus threw a spanner in the wo...