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Jasper's day 09 January 2025
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, J...
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Leiden Science rings in 2025 with inspiring speeches and happy winners 09 January 2025
An impressive speech by Dean Jasper Knoester, a lecture by top researcher Mario van der Stelt about brain messengers, and the presentation of the facu...
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Leiden University 17th in global sustainability ranking 08 January 2025
Leiden University has taken 17th place in the UI Green Metric, a global sustainability ranking for universities. Over 1,400 universities from all arou...
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The foundation of the university: two friends, one success story 06 January 2025
The university was a gift from William of Orange to the people of Leiden for their courageous resistance to the Spanish. We’ve all heard the story of ...
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Leiden University will recognize and reward open science more 20 December 2024
Leiden University has received a €50,000 grant from Open Science NL to develop a roadmap for integrating open science into the strategic priorities of...
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Keuzegids: six top bachelor's programmes at Leiden University 19 December 2024
Leiden University has six top bachelor's programmes according to Keuzigids universiteiten 2025, a consumer guide to university programmes. This puts L...
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Grants for fundamental research in Leiden 18 December 2024
Three fundamental research projects at Leiden in physics, chemistry and medical science have received funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). T...
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Update: Executive Board responds to government cuts 17 December 2024
The Schoof cabinet has presented its budget. As expected, higher education is facing severe cuts. In the coming period, the Executive Board will regul...
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Leiden Research Support: transforming research findings into products that benefit society 17 December 2024
How do our researchers and support professionals work together to ensure that groundbreaking innovations from the lab are given a place in society? Pr...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2024 17 December 2024
Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind in...
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‘Truly the future of Europe’: colleagues share their 2024 Una Europa highlights 17 December 2024
Seed funding to summer schools, research collaborations and joint degree programmes: in these ways and more, we’re creating impact as a partner in Una...
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Three new Programme Directors at the Faculty of Science 16 December 2024
At the start of 2025, the Faculty of Science (FWN) will take on their new roles as programme directors. Charlene Kalle, Thijs Bosker, and Maurijn van...
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So long, Gravensteen: ‘History dripped off the walls’ 16 December 2024
Historic and iconic yet expensive and cold. It’s with mixed feelings that the university is leaving the Gravensteen building, which dates back to the ...
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Jasper's year 16 December 2024
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. Normally Jasper looks back on a day in his life, but in the last newsletter of the year he does...
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New committee to assess fossil fuel collaboration 16 December 2024
From 1 March 2025, a new university ‘fossil fuel collaboration’ committee will assess potential new collaborations with the fossil fuel industry and d...