News
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Outline agreement: we need one another 18 June 2024
It has been preying on people’s minds: the outline agreement and its proposed cuts to higher education. Although the content is not yet set in stone −...
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Important collection of topographical images of the Netherlands available in Digital Collections 18 June 2024
Castles, monasteries and bridges, but also city profiles, history prints and water management works. Leiden University Libraries (UBL) manages one of ...
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Academic freedom report: ‘This jewel in our crown deserves better care’ 18 June 2024
What does academic freedom mean? And how do we give shape to it in Leiden? The Academic Freedom Core Team considered these questions and presented its...
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LTA Education Festival: working together to find connection in education 18 June 2024
Education never stops because society is always changing. It is up to students and lecturers to align learning and teaching with current demands. Duri...
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Leiden Research Support Network: invisible forces in science 18 June 2024
They are not always in the spotlight but are essential to our scientific research: Leiden research support professionals. And their network is growing...
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Fed up with having to log in all the time? Here’s why it’s essential 18 June 2024
It can be irritating, all that logging in to university systems: entering your password for the umpteenth time and confirming in an app or with a code...
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Leiden University fifth in SustainaBul sustainability ranking 17 June 2024
Leiden University has secured fifth place in SustainaBul, the sustainability ranking for universities and universities of applied sciences in the Neth...
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Opinion: Renaming ministries plays crucial role in shaping political agenda 14 June 2024
Three new ministries have been formed in the Netherlands: Asylum and Migration, Housing and Spatial Planning & Climate and Green Growth. Of course, th...
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Prison reward systems do not work well and prisoners are the ones who pay 13 June 2024
Ten years ago, a new reward system was introduced in Dutch prisons: the only way prisoners could earn extra ‘freedoms’ was through good behaviour. Fre...
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Unique exhibition translates science into music, images and dance 13 June 2024
Leiden researchers from different disciplines look together at complex social problems. What happens when they join forces with artists? The results c...
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Farewell to Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa: Tireless advocate for D&I 12 June 2024
Aya Ezawa bade farewell as Diversity Officer of Leiden University at a celebration in the Academy Building on 11 June. Since her appointment in 2019, ...
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The OIC puts its heads together 12 June 2024
The Education Information Centre (OIC) plays a key role in organising the teaching and education provided at our faculty. But what does this departmen...
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The number of threats is increasing. But is the Netherlands less safe? 11 June 2024
Explosions at people’s homes, gangland killings and online threats: if you follow the news, it may seem as though threat levels in the Netherlands are...
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers 11 June 2024
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project withi...
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Why we are raising everyone’s awareness about cybersecurity: ‘Do things ever threaten to go horribly wrong here? Definitely.’ 11 June 2024
Throughout June the university is running a campaign to make staff aware of the importance of cybersecurity at work. And that is essential, say our pr...