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We’re surrounded by noise: ‘Silence should be a human right’ 05 November 2024Learn how silence can benefit your well-being during Work Stress Week from 11 to 15 November. It’s no surprise that we sometimes need a bit of peace a...
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Research offers surprising insights into historical crime in The Hague 04 November 2024Theft, prostitution, fortune-telling or murder. Historian Manon van der Heijden and a group of students are researching court records from The Hague f...
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Video: Sorting out your allowances is easy with Shuttel 04 November 2024It’s November, so from now on we will be using Shuttel to log our travel and homeworking days. Esther van Opstal (HR Director) and Karin van den Elzen...
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‘We need to keep teacher development on the agenda’ 04 November 2024Good education starts with good educators. The university has taken various steps in recent years to help our teaching staff develop. But new teaching...
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An overview of Dutch politics and Political Science in the Netherlands: the Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics 31 October 2024Dutch politics has long been a paragon of stability. Think, for example, of our party system until, say, the last decade. At the same time, we also se...
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New research to get young people back into reading for pleasure 30 October 2024Young people are more likely to find long texts unappealing to read, particularly with all the digital distractions. To improve young people’s reading...
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‘It doesn’t feel like work’: what it’s like to be a mentor for Pre-University College 29 October 2024Guiding high school students as a mentor at Pre-University College: what is that like? And what does it all entail? As part of the 20th anniversary of...
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New chair in Educational Theory and Law bridges the gap between research and child protection 29 October 2024Dr Anouk Goemans has been appointed professor by special appointment of Youth Services and Child Protection from an Educational and Legal Perspective ...
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Update on Laboratory Renovations and Refreshing of Classroom Facilities Pieter de la Court 29 October 2024After months of renovating, refreshing, and rearranging, the educational environment in the Basement will be back in use starting 28 October 2024.
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Student and entrepreneur: ‘PLNT The Hague is the place to find like-minded people’ 28 October 2024Taking a Bachelor’s in Security Studies while starting and running two businesses: student Mohamed Sulaiman never stops. But he wouldn’t have it any o...
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Once more Erasmus grants awarded for international cooperation 28 October 2024This year, eleven exchange projects from Leiden University received an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility education grant. The total award of almo...
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Sustainability Monitor 2023: Leiden University substantially reduces carbon emissions 28 October 2024The Sustainability Monitor 2023 shows that Leiden University is taking its sustainability efforts seriously. It is working on a greener campus and to ...
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Oncode Accelerator funds preclinical development of cancer therapies 23 October 2024Through its Demonstrator Projects, the Dutch Oncode Accelerator consortium provides grants for preclinical cancer therapy development. The first call ...
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Eleven Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants 22 October 2024The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 11 Leiden researchers. This grant of up to 850,000 euros will enable them to develop an in...
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These colleagues keep you safe: ‘Being an emergency responder is useful outside of work too’ 22 October 2024Do you know what to do if a rubbish bin catches fire, a student takes ill or a colleague falls off their bike? Our emergency responders do. They are r...