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The future is Brightspace09 July 2019Brightspace, the new online learning environment, will replace Blackboard as of September 2020. Around 50 courses will already be migrating to Brights...
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Six Computer Science master students excel and go to Oxford04 July 2019Six master students of the Computer Science programme will present their papers on future cities at the NetMob conference in Oxford. The six papers we...
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MBO Rijnland students animate Leiden physics02 July 2019There are miniaturisation beams, microrobots, and ice skaters who suddenly drop into a hole in the ice. Students of the local MBO Rijnland let their i...
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University strengthens ties with Indonesia02 July 2019The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...
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Data Science certificates awarded to employees of Ministry IenW26 June 2019On Monday, June 24th, 24 employees of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW) received their certificates for completing Data Scien...
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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future19 June 2019Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary o...
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PhD Career Platform13 June 2019
PhD Career Platform
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Student team hopes to heal skin with squid protein03 June 2019Eleven ambitious Leiden students hope to heal burns with a special substance from squid teeth. They are taking part in the international iGEM competit...
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Quantum computing pioneer Seth Lloyd is the 2019 Lorentz Professor29 May 2019American physicist and quantum computing pioneer Seth Lloyd is the 65th Lorentz professor. He will deliver the Ehrenfest lecture on 5 June, and severa...
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Photo reportage on Leiden lion research in national newspaper22 May 2019Photographer Taco van der Eb accompanied Kenyan and Leiden researchers and students on a trip to Lake Nakuru National Park to record their conservatio...
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The building blocks for astronomically literate citizens13 May 2019What does it mean for a citizen to be ‘literate’ in astronomy? Astronomers who participate in outreach to the general public experience various degree...
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Two major teaching grants for Leiden lecturers23 April 2019Studying with an app and exploratory learning in large groups. Two educational innovations that will be possible thanks to the Comenius Programme of t...
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Study association LBC wins NSE race again11 April 2019How many cookies did the Faculty of Science hand out to thank its students for completing the National Student Survey? And how many reminders to compl...
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Master students Industrial Ecology selected for EU-project for sustainable start-ups11 April 2019Four students of the MSc Industrial Ecology have recently been selected to participate in the accelerator programme of the EIT Climate-KIC, which help...
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The mission of Felienne Hermans04 April 2019‘A woman with a mission’. In this honourable way, Dean Geert de Snoo described computer scientist Felienne Hermans at the official opening of her new ...