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A real professor in the classroom07 February 2020A school lesson by a professor, for instance about the history of Africa, the climate or research and healthcare. A hundred Leiden professors told pri...
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‘A good lecturer treats students as young professionals from the start’20 January 2020Passionate, innovative lecturers are the driving force behind our education. Janine Geerling, former assistant professor of the Bio-Pharmaceutical Sci...
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Martin van Hecke wins 2020 Dutch Physica Award09 January 2020The 2020 Physica Award has been awarded to physicist Martin van Hecke, a researcher at the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) and the Amsterdam AMOLF....
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Visit China – PhD workshop06 January 2020Last November, a group faculty representatives travelled to China. The purpose of this visit was to strengthen cooperation with existing contacts and ...
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Parade of creative science communication products23 December 2019From bedtime stories about mathematics to podcasts about microplastics and games on weeds: master students from the Science Communication & Society tr...
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This is how virtual reality brings education to the next level23 December 2019Early December, lecturer Joris Timmermans gave the first virtual reality lecture at the Institute of Environmental Sciences. Together with the Centre ...
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Students make podcasts about micro- and bioplastics20 December 2019Four Master's students Science Communication & Society made two podcasts on the theme Plastic for the end project of their study programme. With the p...
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From a master thesis to the cover article of a scientific journal13 December 2019Writing the literature report is not always considered the most exciting part of the master programme of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences, especially when ...
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Leiden University as source of inspiration for new Master's programme in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science10 December 2019Across Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka there is an urgent need for appropriate educational programmes that develop skills in data science and artifi...
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Webinar Week: reaching out to prospective master's students09 December 2019Not all students who are thinking of doing a master’s programme at Leiden University can come to the Master’s Open Day. Hence the first Webinar Week, ...
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The most popular articles of 201909 December 2019From children’s inability to identify animals to a big protest at the opening of the academic year: below are some of our most popular articles of 2019.
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Connect four: bachelor mathematics labelled excellent for the fourth time06 December 2019For the fourth time in a row, the Dutch University Selection Guide labelled the Leiden bachelor’s programme Mathematics as ‘Excellent’. Director of ed...
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Stefano Polla wins Lorentz Master thesis award26 November 2019Stefano Pollas master thesis 'Quantum Digital Cooling' has been awarded the Lorentz Master thesis award. The award, 3000 euros and a certificate, has ...
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Master's students Data Science present solutions to central government and the House of Representatives20 November 2019On 1 November 2019, international Master's students Data Science from Leiden University presented the elaboration of their data concepts to senior off...
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Studying is less hassle with Brightspace18 November 2019Many students have already started using Brightspace, the new learning environment. How are they finding it? Two students, Jelle Kremers and Simone Sc...