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Develop your management skills with the Leadership Courses 24 October 2023
Working together, taking responsibility, making connections or pushing boundaries: all competences that are essential for leadership. With HRM Learnin...
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FLAMINGO: dark matter, ordinary matter, and neutrinos in the biggest cosmological simulation ever 24 October 2023
Not only dark matter, but also ordinary matter and dark energy are tracked in the largest ever cosmological computer simulation ever. In the FLAMINGO ...
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Safety at the university: always take your LU-Card with you to work or lectures 24 October 2023
We are living in turbulent times. Various conflicts in other parts of the world at times give rise to feelings of anxiety, unrest and anger in our cou...
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Fighting for power in Mali: 'Land resources are crucial' 24 October 2023
In the Malian Dogon region, various militias have been fighting for power since 2015. Land resources play a major role in this, doctoral student Ibrah...
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A bequest to the university: a gift for the future 20 October 2023
Have you considered including the Leiden University Fund in your will? This is a way to give future generations of scholars and students the opportuni...
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Lipsius bike parking to become green meeting place 20 October 2023
The bicycle parking area in front of the Lipsius building will definitely no longer be used for bicycle parking. Instead, this space will be transform...
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Teaching students to work together: 'This course came at exactly the right time' 19 October 2023
Collaboration is becoming increasingly important in university education, but how do you get students to actually work together? On a special training...
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Looking for that one source? Check the UB's databases 19 October 2023
Japanese newspapers, photo archives from the Dutch East Indies or information on gender and sexuality: all these can be found in the University Librar...
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Alumnus Rennie Roos: ‘I want to work with Indonesia in the present day’ 18 October 2023
Alumnus Rennie Roos lives and works in Indonesia. What took him there, what does he do there and what inspires him? ‘I want to give other people the o...
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Child rights activist Graça Machel to speak in Leiden on intergenerational justice 17 October 2023
Mozambican politician and child rights activist Graça Machel will speak about her work at Leiden University on 27 October. In 2021, Machel was awarded...
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LIFF programmer Nick Hortensius: 'It's great to share your taste with so many people' 17 October 2023
Alumnus Nick Hortensius started volunteering at the Leiden International Film Festival (LIFF) in his student days. He has since grown with the festiva...
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Expanding space for social sciences and humanities in discussions about global health in Africa 17 October 2023
The Leiden University Network for Health in Africa (LUNHA) aims to shift the focus of global health to be more about justice, fairness, and inclusion....
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Posting preprints: ‘There is no reason not to’ 16 October 2023
Leiden University publishes the highest percentage of preprints in the Netherlands. Why is that and why post your article online before it has been pe...
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‘A country’s immigration narrative really influences the people arriving there’ 16 October 2023
Immigration and naturalisation policies are an important theme in the upcoming Dutch elections. The Netherlands should be mindful of its immigration n...
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The rocking researcher: Marjolein Fokkema connects disciplines with algorithms and pop songs 16 October 2023
From predicting Alzheimer’s to the growth of organisms: psychologist Marjolein Fokkema’s algorithms can be used in many disciplines. They also provide...