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The Dutch government wants to declare an asylum crisis, but what does that mean? 29 August 2024More people seeking asylum, overcrowded asylum accommodation and asylum procedures that take years because of a lack of capacity. The current governme...
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A growing Europe Hub: research and collaboration network continues to attract scholars 28 August 2024The 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 2024An 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 2024The 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 2024With 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 2024RARE-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 2024Discover budding creators, artists and researchers at the Night of Discoveries art and knowledge festival. And many researchers from Leiden University...
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Sun, sea, city and campus: 850 first-years get to know The Hague 19 August 2024From chilling on the beach to a speech by the mayor. HOPweek is a speedy way for hundreds of ‘Leiden’ students who are going to be studying in The Hag...
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Wim Voermans appointed Distinguished Professor 19 August 2024The Executive Board has appointed Wim Voermans to the position of distinguished professor. This is a unique role that allows professors to take the le...
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Funding Advisor Jekaterina Savicka helps researchers break new ground 13 August 2024Jekaterina Savicka is Leiden Law School's funding advisor. She is part of the Department of Research, which is responsible for organisational and poli...
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Heated debate about combatting bankruptcy fraud: should the trustee have the final say? 12 August 2024Bankruptcy fraud is not being combatted effectively. When the trustee finds irregularities, the fraudster is not always punished. Politicians and the ...
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Tropical start to 55th edition of EL CID 12 August 2024Armed with sunglasses, a thick layer of sunscreen and several bottles of water, over 3,300 students have arrived in Leiden for their introduction week...
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Carlotta Rigotti attends UNFPA Moldova 08 August 2024In anticipation of future legal reforms on gender-based violence in the Republic of Moldova, Dr Carlotta Rigotti was invited by the United Nations Pop...
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Leiden researchers predict seller success on dark web markets 30 July 2024Researchers from Leiden University have developed a method to predict which sellers will be successful in illegal online marketplaces. This could help...
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Creating space for dignity and empathy: examining algorithms in government decisions 29 July 2024Automated government decisions can be cost-effective. But using algorithms also makes understanding the reasons behind decisions particularly complica...