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In conversation with Ben Smulders: from Leiden Law School student to top civil servant at European Commission 09 February 2024Alumnus Ben Smulders has worked for the European Commission for the past 33 years. ‘The discipline and depth that I experienced during my student days...
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Honours College Law expansion: inclusive, personal, collaborative 09 February 2024The Honours College Law (HC Law) is soon going to look very different. What does the HC Law currently do, and what’s going to change? Why should you a...
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Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis 08 February 2024How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone...
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Meet the professor: ‘Can my sister be prosecuted for stealing my eraser?’ 08 February 2024On the university’s birthday, professors traditionally teach a class of 10 and 11-year-olds during Meet the Professor, and this year was no different....
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Margot Kaminski presenting at eLaw on 6 March 08 February 2024On Wednesday 6 March, eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies will be hosting Professor Margot Kaminski, an eminent scholar from Colorado Law...
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Internationalisation in balance: Universities of the Netherlands announce their own measures 08 February 2024On 8 February, the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) published the measures that universities themselves are intending to take to manage the influ...
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Helping people live healthier lives? A game may be the answer 07 February 2024The LUMC, Leiden University and The Hague University of Applied Sciences want to help health professionals support behaviour change in the population....
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Simone van der Hof and Ton Liefaard collaborate on UNICEF Safer Internet Day symposium 07 February 2024On Safer Internet Day (Tuesday 6 February), UNICEF Netherlands organised a symposium on the theme of 'Children's rights in the digital world' in colla...
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Recognition & Rewards: what does it actually involve? 07 February 2024Recognition & Rewards… you may have noticed it in the Strategic Plan and heard about it in conversations. But what does it actually involve, who is it...
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‘The goal is that we no longer have to talk about open science because all science is open’ 06 February 2024Paul Wouters has been involved in open science for 30 years, from his first introduction to a preprint server in 1992 to his recent roles as Dean of t...
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Fifteen lecturers gain Senior Teaching Qualification 05 February 2024Fifteen passionate lecturers earned their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) on Monday 22 January. Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl congratulated them i...
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Department of Child Law to become Department of Child Law and Health Law 05 February 2024The Faculty Board and the Institute of Private Law have agreed to combine the disciplines of child law, international children’s rights and health law...
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Mirjam Sombroek appointed member of Health Council 05 February 2024By Royal Decree, Mirjam Sombroek van Doorm was appointed as a member of the Health Council of the Netherlands as of 1 January 2024. She has joined the...
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‘Don’t assess academic CVs on autopilot’ 05 February 2024Hiring academics is more than just tallying up publications, says academic director and history professor Jeroen Duindam. He and his colleagues have c...
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Simone van der Hof writes UNICEF Essay on 'Towards better protection of children's rights as consumers of play' 02 February 2024Children have the right to play and relax. Games, social media and video platforms are attractive new ways to do that. However, hardly any online game...