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Strike on 10 March: university to remain open 21 February 2025In March, Dutch universities will take staggered strike action against the planned cuts. The strike will begin in Leiden on Monday 10 March. The unive...
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Alumni meet in Brussels: ‘We’re at a crossroads in European history’ 19 February 2025Alumni who live and work in Brussels met on 18 February at the annual Leiden Alumni in Brussels Event. As well as celebrating Leiden University’s 450t...
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Vraag het Leiden seeks academics to answer interesting questions sent in by the public 18 February 2025Would you like to share your expertise with a wide audience, and in a very convenient way? The Vraag het Leiden (Ask Leiden) video platform is looking...
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Netherlands Student Orchestra: from lecture hall to concert hall 14 February 2025A month’s break from your studies, ten days of intensive rehearsals and then a concert tour: the Netherlands Student Orchestra is based on a simple fo...
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‘Una Europa is like a sweet shop for our researchers’ 13 February 2025A European bachelor’s degree, an enormous web of collaborations and masses of fantastic opportunities for researchers and support professionals: in tw...
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Leiden University academics pursue international projects with Una Europa grants 11 February 2025Seven interdisciplinary projects involving Leiden University academics have been awarded up to €27,000 in seed funding. They will work with Una Europa...
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Long-distance train travel for work: colleagues share their tips 11 February 2025Reserve a seat, pack a nice lunch and leave a little extra time if you need to change trains. These tips come from colleagues who recently travelled b...
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Dies Natalis Festival for Alumni: a birthday party for 700 guests 10 February 2025Workshops, tours, talks, music, an AI photobooth, interviews, a special poem and the launch of the LUF Children’s Fund. Alumni celebrated their alma m...
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Leiden University celebrates Dies Natalis: ‘Ahead of the times for 450 years’ 07 February 2025An extra-long cortège, three honorary doctorates, a quiz about 450 years of university history, a Dies Natalis rap and a call to defend academic freed...
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A real professor in the classroom: ‘What do you like best about your work?’ 07 February 2025Each year on the university’s birthday, children at primary schools in Leiden and The Hague have a lesson from a professor – about children’s rights a...
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From celestial bodies to plant bodies: exhibition brings together worlds of plants and planets 06 February 2025The Plants & Planets exhibition brings two worlds together in a dazzling mix of science, nature and art. It opens at Old Observatory Leiden and Hortus...
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Major Leiden symposium on TB bacteria 05 February 2025More than 1.3 million people worldwide die of tuberculosis (TB) each year, making research on its prevention and control essential. Researchers from v...
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Five years of Pre-University The Hague: alumni share their experiences 04 February 2025Pre-University College The Hague is celebrating its fifth anniversary in 2024-2025. Three alumni look back on their experience. PRE broadened their ac...
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New University Sports Centre reaches highest point 04 February 2025In a topping out ceremony on Thursday 30 January, the new sports centre celebrated reaching its highest point and looked ahead to the future. The univ...
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Executive Board visits institutes: ‘We want to talk to our colleagues in the place where it all happens’ 04 February 2025Board members Annetje Ottow and Hester Bijl recently visited the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL, Faculty of Humanities) and the Mathem...