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Minecraft in Morocco: virtual building blocks bring the past to life 05 December 2023
Getting young people excited about history is quite possible without books. Researchers from Leiden travelled to Morocco to work with schoolchildren o...
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Which MPs have Leiden roots? 05 December 2023
Twenty-two of the 150 newly elected members of the Dutch House of Representatives studied at Leiden University or did their PhD research here. But who...
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Fifteen years of Dual PhD Centre: ‘The programme is solid as a rock’ 05 December 2023
December marks the 15th anniversary of the Dual PhD Centre (DPC). Director Johannes Tromp and associate professor Mark Dechesne look back and ahead. D...
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Singing parrots wanted: is our musicality unique? 04 December 2023
Is our musicality unique? That’s what the Bird Singalong project aims to find out. And for that, they need the help of feathered friends from all arou...
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Rozita Abdolrahimi Raeni wins KNMP Student Award 04 December 2023
Student Rozita Abdolrahimi Raeni is one of this year's winners of the KNMP Student Award. The Royal Dutch Society for the Advancement of Pharmacy (KNM...
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Jeroen Touwen joins Campus The Hague Board 01 December 2023
Jeroen Touwen officially joined the Campus The Hague Board on 28 November. Together with Jan Crijns, he has been responsible for the education portfol...
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Planet found too big for its parent star 01 December 2023
The discovery of a planet far too large for its sun defies models about the formation of solar systems and planets. In a paper in Science, researchers...
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Student mental health problems still common but less so than in covid year 2021 30 November 2023
The number of students suffering from stress and anxiety has decreased slightly compared with 2021. But around half still suffer from mental health pr...
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Our perspective on history is changing and our museums are changing too 30 November 2023
Museums have long focused on power, wealth and a few famous figures. But that is changing, says Valika Smeulders, head of the history department at th...
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Keuzegids consumer guide: six top programmes at Leiden University 30 November 2023
Leiden University has six top bachelor’s programmes, according to Keuzegids universiteiten 2024 consumer guide to universities published on 30 Novembe...
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KHMW graduation prize for research on superconducting qubits 28 November 2023
Matthias Flór receives the KHMW Graduation Prize in Theoretical Physics for his master's thesis. His research on exotic superconductors at Leiden Univ...
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Canal Watch scoops communication prize 28 November 2023
Canal Watch (De Grachtwacht), which has been cleaning canals since 2018, has received the Dutch Research Council (NWO) Communication Initiative Award....
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Cleveringa Professor: Holocaust remembrance has led to very different political lessons 28 November 2023
From memorials to the armed forces to memory stones for individual victims. It was only later that the Holocaust took a central role in Western rememb...
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Fighting gliobastoma brain tumours with two grants 27 November 2023
Few researchers see potential in research on glioblastoma, an incurable brain tumour. Alexander Kros brought together colleagues who are up to the cha...
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Dutch people are understanding the term ‘violence’ to mean more and more 27 November 2023
When do we say violence was used in an incident? The answer may seem obvious at first. But interim results from a study by Jolien van Breen show that ...