602 search results for “activism” in the Student website
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Looking for atmospheres in the ultimate quest for extraterrestrial life
To look for atmospheres around planets outside our solar system is to look for extraterrestrial life. Astronomist Sebastian Zieba used data from the James Webb Space Telescope to study small rocky exoplanets but found no aliens yet. However, his findings are still very interesting for future observations.…
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Fourteen hundred international students explore Leiden during OWL
With its FestivOWL theme, Orientation Week Leiden (OWL) promises to be one big festival for new international students in Leiden.
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Alumnus Marlon Titre: ‘Film is often the start of a conversation’
Marlon Titre (1982) studied at Royal Conservatoire The Hague, did his PhD and studied at Leiden University, earned several other qualifications and is now, among others, Director of Filmhuis The Hague. Who is this multi-talent?
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‘I work with go-getters who know what needs to be done’
Her office is a bit tucked away in a corner of the building, but her department is always buzzing with activity. Since May 2024, Renate Rijbroek has been our new Head of Facility Management. There was no slow start: ‘We are working hard towards the official opening in September.’
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How to make an old antibiotic a hundred times more potent
Nathaniel Martin, Professor of Biological chemistry, wondered what would happen if you take an antibiotic that has been known for 70 years and try to improve it with the latest tools of modern chemistry. Turns out it can become up to a hundred times more potent and prevent the growth of some drug-resistant…
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Career Prep, 24 April 2024 in Wijnhaven
Career and apply for jobs
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Career Prep, 29 November 2023 in Wijnhaven
Career and apply for jobs
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Career Prep, 11 october 2023 in Wijnhaven
Career and apply for jobs
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad (Leiden) - 8 May 2024
Information session
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Mapping Slavery Leiden tour
FULLY BOOKED | Guided tour in English
- Warm Welcome: Let’s Kickstart this Academic Year Together
- Well-being Wednesday | Workshop: 'Small Talk'
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Mapping Slavery Leiden tour
FULLY BOOKED | Guided tour in Dutch
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad
Information session
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Career Prep, 29 February 2024 in Wijnhaven
Career and apply for jobs
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1st year students information session “Start your career during your studies”
Career and apply for jobs
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad (Leiden) - 6 March 2024
Information session
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad (The Hague) - 7 February 2024
Information session
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad (The Hague) - 3 April 2024
Voorlichtingsbijeenkomst
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Online lecture: Working as a Neuropsychologist
Career and apply for jobs
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Multilingualism Day 2018
Career and apply for jobs
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad (The Hague) - 5 June 2024
Information session
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Health and safety information session for students going abroad (Leiden) - 4 September 2024
Information session
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Diversity & Inclusion Career Session
Course
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'We are Science' week
Festival
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Career College: Working at an NGO
Career and apply for jobs
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In cap and gown on the A12, titles on X? Academics in the public debate
Dialogue session
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Snow, a mini-cortège and a new rector: a special Dies Natalis
No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…
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Jasper's day
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, Jasper gives an insight into his life. Jasper first wrote his column from Kuala Lumpur, and it was ready to share. Then a crisis arose this week that demanded…
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Veni grants for 21 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 21 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
- Well-being Wednesday - Dutch Games with Leiden United
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Career talk for MSc and PhDs: academia or industry?
Lecture, Career talk
- Well-being Wednesday | Workshop: Karate to unwind and relax
- Well-being Wednesdays - Sleeping better for more resilience
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture
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Green Morning
Green Morning
- Well-being Wednesday - Loneliness workshop: Building new communities
- Well-being Wednesday - Dare to ask!
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Historic Literary Guided Tour - Literary Leiden
Stadswandeling
- Well-being Wednesdays - Workshop for highly gifted students
- Well-being Wednesdays - Green fingers united: plant cuttings market
- Well-being Wednesdays - Well-being booster
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Smart bacteria versus new antibiotics
Workshop
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The Best Leiden Literary Film Adaptation - Literary Leiden
Filmavond
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Leiden Literature Lunch Lecture (and reading) - Literary Leiden
Lunch Lecture (and reading)
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Scheduled maintenance educational systems
Onderhoud
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Lorentz Center Lecture: 'Do People Get Radicalized on the Internet?'
Lecture
- Scheduled maintenance educational systems
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Rector Hester Bijl on education in times of corona: ‘We have high hopes, but we are also realistic.'
The Dutch universities as a whole are lobbying for a 'normal' academic year from the end of August, where on-campus teaching will be possible. It's a view that Leiden University shares. Rector Hester Bijl talks about what teaching will be like then. She also looks back on a year of lockdown.
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‘Data science has crept into the faculties’ DNA’
From 14 to 29 PhD candidates, seven actively involved faculties and, above all, lots of innovative interdisciplinary research, all with data science as the common denominator. The university’s Data Science Research Programme (DSO) has proven so successful that after five years on a start-up grant it…