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Two young female Leiden researchers join OncodeThe Oncode Institute is a new international network organisation that focuses on making sure that new scientific findings on cancer are implemented in...
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An evening of exchanging dilemmas surrounding sustainabilityWhy does it turn out to be so complicated to solve sustainability issues if everyone ‘knows’ about these problems? This was the central question in a ...
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New insights to support teachers and pupilsGood education is the basis for a fair and sustainable society. To maintain a high level of education, teachers, pupils, lecturers and students need n...
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Arie-Willem de Leeuw in Mare on using big data to run marathonsArie-Willem de Leeuw, Postdoc at LIACS, analysed the running data of the Boston Marathon. In Mare he explains how to optimise your long distance runs.
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'Why aren't those children at school?'The new privacy laws make it more difficult to combat human trafficking: under-age victims are often not registered. In her lecture, Cleveringa Profes...
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Yvonne Erkens gives lecture at a conference in CopenhagenOn 24 November 2018 Yvonne Erkens (Associate Professor Labour Law) gave a lecture during the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Labour Cour...
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Govert Brinkmann runner-up for KNVI Thesis Award for InformaticsAnnually KNVI (Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging van Informatieprofessionals) awards thesis prizes to master students in the field of Informatics and...
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Siberian 'unicorns' extinct much later than believedGiant prehistoric 'unicorns' once wandered over the prairies of Central Asia. New research has shown that these so-called Siberian unicorns lived much...
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Joni Reef at opening Expertise Centre KINDJoni Reef was among those present at the opening of Expertise Centre KIND in 's-Hertogenbosch on Thursday 22 November 2018. She spoke to Dutch newspap...
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Dissertation Yannick van den Brink awarded FJR Prize 2018Dr. Yannick van den Brink’s PhD thesis, titled ‘Pre-trial detention in the Dutch juvenile justice system’, has been awarded the FJR Prize 2018.
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Untangling the Evolution of a Balanced Lethal SystemBen Wielstra, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, will start his own lab at the Institute of Biology Leiden to untangle the evolution of balan...
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Moving images and stories about itinerant heritage in Leiden's Oude UBHow do Nepalese exiles in England celebrate their festivals? What are North Korean monuments doing in Zimbabwe? The ‘Heritage on the Move’ exhibition ...
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Bachelor Religious Studies top program according to 'Keuzegids Universiteiten 2019'The bachelor program Religious Studies has, besides also Linguistics and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, been awarded by the 'Keuzevakkengids Universite...
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Modernising diplomacy in the Gulf RegionDiplomatic services across the world are trying to keep up with the times. In Abu Dhabi Jan Melissen, Senior Fellow International Relations and Diplom...
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Jorrit Rijpma visits Brussels with the students of the LDE Master Governance of Migration and DiversityOn November 16th 2018 Jorrit Rijpma visited the European Parliament and the European Commission with students of the LDE Master on the Governance of M...