News
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University passes Institutional Audit 01 April 2025
An independent panel recently conducted an Institutional Audit (ITK) of Leiden University. It assessed whether our quality assurance and quality cultu...
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Take the Employee Experience Survey 2025: ‘Help us find opportunities to improve’ 01 April 2025
How satisfied are you with your work? And how can we improve? On Tuesday 6 May, our partner Welliba will invite you to take our 2025 Employee Experien...
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Staff symposium on student well-being: ‘A lot is expected of students nowadays’ 01 April 2025
How can staff help create a healthy and inclusive learning environment? How do today’s students differ from previous generations? And what does this m...
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Many playgrounds unsuitable for children with autism 27 March 2025
Playgrounds often fail to accommodate children with autism, according to researchers Carolien Rieffe and colleagues. For Autism Week, they have publis...
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Quality of master’s programme rated in Keuzegids 2025 27 March 2025
Leiden University’s Master’s in Advanced Studies in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration is one of the 15 ‘excellent master’s programmes’ ...
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Lecturer sets up Italian summer school with Una Europa seed funding 27 March 2025
Una Europa, an alliance of 11 top European universities, provides annual seed funding for new research and teaching projects. Assistant Professor Carm...
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Update: Executive Board responds to government cuts 26 March 2025
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 University signs Durham Declaration: intensified climate collaboration 26 March 2025
The Durham Declaration was presented at the Climate Symposium marking the Coimbra Group’s 40th anniversary on 26 March. Leiden University is proud to ...
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A quick call with Erwin Muller about organisational development 25 March 2025
Various meetings will be held over the next few weeks to discuss organisational development at Leiden University. On the agenda are a vision of organi...
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Four hundred and fifty trees for Leiden University’s 450th anniversary 24 March 2025
Leiden and The Hague have an extra 450 trees thanks to a special campaign to mark the 450th anniversary of the Relief of Leiden and Leiden University’...
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Leiden students develop AI tool for marking assignments 20 March 2025
Jeroen van Gessel’s lecturers didn’t always have time for extensive feedback on his written assignments. So, together with tech-savvy friend Menno Hah...
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Alumnus Marit Brun makes travel guides with a nod to anthropology 19 March 2025
Anthropologist Marit Brun captured Leiden’s student life during her studies, which won her the ‘Best Leiden photo’ competition. She now wants to conti...
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A quick call with Merel Snoeck about knowledge security in international collaborations 18 March 2025
As a university, we enjoy collaborating with international partners, but it can happen that sensitive information falls into the wrong hands. For that...
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Lodewijk Govaerts to leave Board of Governors as of 1 April 18 March 2025
As of 1 April 2025, Lodewijk Govaerts will be standing down from the Board of Governors due to other commitments that will demand a significant part o...
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Want to have a say in important issues at the university? Then stand as a candidate for the consultation bodies 18 March 2025
Do you want to provide advice on issues of your own choosing, and help decide on important subjects within the university? If you do, then it’s time f...