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Top 450 continues to grow: lawyer and feminist Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry 02 September 2024
Lawyer, economist, politician and women’s rights activist Lizzy van Dorp is the 100th entry in our Top 450. We are compiling this special list in the ...
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Art Academy students design 450th anniversary logo 02 September 2024
In just a few months Leiden University will be celebrating its 450th anniversary. A celebration like this calls for a fitting logo. And that logo has ...
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One assessment platform for the whole university 02 September 2024
As of this academic year, all our faculties will be using the same platform for digital assessment: Ans. While this platform is already familiar in ma...
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Koen Caminada appointed Dean of FGGA 02 September 2024
The Executive Board has appointed Prof. Koen Caminada as Dean of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. Caminada has served as interim dean sin...
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What will this new interview cycle do for me? And four other questions about GROW 02 September 2024
The announcement was made shortly before the summer break: from 1 September the annual Performance & Development (P&D) interview will have a new forma...
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Modern Literature from the Middle East - The Reading List 02 September 2024
The Middle East has a rich literary tradition, which is steadily gaining a foothold in the West. Modern literary works deal with contemporary issues, ...
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Launch D&I Calendar 2024-2025 30 August 2024
The Faculty of Humanities is proud to launch its new D&I Calendar for the academic year 2024-2025. This calendar is an effort to build awareness and c...
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What we are doing to ensure our students and staff can work and study safely 29 August 2024
In the last few days, reports have appeared in the media about security in our buildings. These have raised questions and caused concern. This is to i...
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A growing Europe Hub: research and collaboration network continues to attract scholars 28 August 2024
The Europe Hub connects researchers across various faculties, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaborative projects. This expanding research comm...
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Partner organisations in Leiden: ‘Leadership is responding to the needs of others’ 27 August 2024
An important part of the Leiden Leadership Programme (LLP) is the practical assignment that students are given by a partner organisation. How does thi...
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Sign up for the Opening of the Academic Year on 2 September 27 August 2024
The Opening of the Academic Year 2024 will be held in Pieterskerk on Monday 2 September. This year’s theme is ‘Science for Policy’. Students, staff an...
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Fourteen hundred international students explore Leiden during OWL 26 August 2024
With its FestivOWL theme, Orientation Week Leiden (OWL) promises to be one big festival for new international students in Leiden. During this introduc...
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RARE-NL: LUMC joins consortium to find treatments for rare diseases 26 August 2024
RARE-NL, a new collaboration between university hospitals, hopes to find treatments for rare diseases. Professor Teun van Gelder is representing the L...
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Five tips for The Night of Discoveries 26 August 2024
Discover budding creators, artists and researchers at the Night of Discoveries art and knowledge festival. And many researchers from Leiden University...
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HUM POPcorner to close 22 August 2024
The Faculty Board has decided to close the HUM POPcorner as of 1 September 2024. Given the faculty's financial deficit in 2024 and the concerning long...