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University working hard to create a safer work and study environment 26 November 2024Since the demonstration over a year ago on the Wijnhaven campus, Leiden University has developed plans and initiatives to create the safest possible w...
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‘Are you OK?’ Student rowing club Pelargos wins Student Well-being Award 26 November 2024Are you OK? This question aims to help make unwelcome behaviour easier to talk about. Student rowing club Pelargos made a personal variant on the nati...
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Farewell to Martijn Ridderbos: ‘We can’t do it alone’ 26 November 2024In his leaving interview, Martijn Ridderbos doesn’t have to think long when asked what he is most proud of. ‘Bringing people together; creating things...
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Protest against higher education cuts: ‘This government is turning its back on the world’ 25 November 2024Over 20,000 students, lecturers, administrators, support staff and many others protested on 25 November against the plans to make billions of cuts to ...
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The Nuance Project: Respectful dialogue about sensitive topics give students hope 21 November 2024Students from Leiden University have launched The Nuance Project, a platform for respectful, open-minded dialogue on divisive issues. The aim is to fo...
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Court deems unacceptable behaviour by professor likely, ruling on dismissal request postponed 21 November 2024It is sufficiently plausible that the professor from the Faculty of Archaeology exhibited the ‘inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour’ detailed in t...
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Want to protest in The Hague but still give your lecture? Three tips 20 November 2024On Monday 25 November at 13:00, students and staff from higher education institutions are protesting at Malieveld against the announced cuts. How do y...
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Update: Executive Board responds to government cuts 20 November 2024The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
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Invisible forces in academia in new photo exhibition 19 November 2024A lecturer winning a prize, an expert appearing in the media or a professor giving their inaugural speech: these are faces we often see. But we rarely...
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Archaeologist Tom Hazenberg seeks the frontiers of the Roman Empire 18 November 2024From Roman ships to the ‘Gordon’ cavalry mask. Alumnus Tom Hazenberg was involved in spectacular finds that put the Dutch frontiers of the Roman Empir...
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Cleveringa Professor Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You: ‘Exclusion is dangerous’ 18 November 2024Amid rising polarisation and discrimination, lawyer and human rights activist Lilian Gonçalves-Ho Kang You wants to show in her Cleveringa Lecture on ...
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Live blog: Alternative demonstrations in Leiden and The Hague against government cuts 14 November 2024Alternative demonstrations were held in Leiden and The Hague on Thursday 14 November after the national protest in Utrecht was cancelled. Leiden Unive...
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Join the protest against the higher education cuts 13 November 2024Students and staff from Leiden University are protesting in The Hague on 25 November against the billions in cuts to higher education. ‘The cuts are a...
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‘Leiden could raise its profile as an AI expert’ 13 November 2024‘In the field of AI, Leiden is still a relatively unseen university,’ says Thomas Dohmen. The brand-new Director AI Collaboration Center, would like t...
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Small actions by our labs add up to big steps in sustainability 12 November 2024Freezers set three degrees higher, a recycling bin for plastic petri dishes or timer switches installed on equipment: a growing number of Leiden Unive...