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‘Today’s refugees are tomorrow’s Dutch citizens’05 September 2016From virtual education to a friendly meeting place where refugees and Dutch students can get to know one another. Investing in refugees is in the inte...
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EL CID: enthusiastic start for first-years and mentors!15 August 2016EL CID has started! This is the week when new students have the chance to get to know the city and student life. Some of the mentors and first-years i...
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Alternative story forms: a fresh approach to historical case material07 July 2016Students taking the new bachelor’s course ‘Social Movements and Political Violence’ are about to do something new. In addition to studying textbooks a...
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Welcome, new CA-DS students!05 July 2016Monday 5 September marks the start of the 2016-2017 bachelor’s and master’s programmes of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. We are look...
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Welcome, new political science students!04 July 2016Monday 5 September 2016, the political science bachelor’s and master’s programmes kick off. We are looking forward to meeting our new students. And we...
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3500 students to take part in El CID 201620 June 2016A record number of students are due to part in the EL CID introduction week starting 15 August. For five days, first-year students from Leiden Univers...
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Rudy Andeweg appointed as member of the Dutch Electoral Council13 June 2016Rudy Andeweg, professor of empirical political science at Leiden University, joins the Dutch Electoral Council as of 1 January 2017. He was nominated ...
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Hague campus to become international academic centre09 June 2016Within the next five years, Leiden University wants its campus in The Hague to become a leading international academic centre with research and teachi...
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University closed on 5 and 6 May02 May 2016On Thursday 5 and Friday 6 May 2016 the University will be closed.
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Managing water is managing the future15 April 2016“A partnership based on water” summarised Gerhard van den Top the relationship between the Netherlands and the Philippines in the 4th Louwes Lecture....
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Leiden University launches Data Science research programme14 April 2016Leiden University is investing 4 million euros in a new Data Science research programme. This is a joint initiative of all the faculties, headed by De...
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Do birds of a feather really stick together?14 April 2016Young people choose friends with a similar background, such as ethnicity or behaviour. This is the conclusion drawn by education and child specialist ...
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Scholars and senators on the legitimacy of the Dutch Senate05 April 2016The Leiden Research Profile Area Political Legitimacy organizes a public symposium on the 12th of May 2016 on the legitimacy and future of the Dutch S...
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Leiden Political Science and International Studies rank highly24 March 2016Leiden University’s Political Science and International Studies programmes continue to enjoy a solid academic reputation. In the 2016 QS World Univers...
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Inge Schilperoord nominated for the Dutch Libris Prize 201615 March 2016
Psychology alumna Inge Schilperoord works as a forensic psychologist in the Pieter Baan Centre, a psychiatric observation clinic. Her debut novel 'Mui...