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The
next newsletter will appear on 15 September
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Impressive freedom lecture
by Hanan Ashrawi
Admiration
and respect. That is what Hanan Ashrawi earned with her
freedom lecture on 17 June in a crowded Pieterskerk. Ashrawi,
impressive advocate of an independent Palestinian state, put
her point across with poetry and even with
humour.
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Sexist workplace cultures
turn women into ‘queen bees’
If
your organisation wants more women at the top, you will not
succeed just by appointing a few women to top-level positions,
claim Leiden researchers. You would be better off changing the
sexist organisational culture, because this creates ‘queen
bee’ behaviour, where women fight for their own position
rather than for their gender.
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5.7 million European subsidy
for Living Lab The Hague
With
the development of the Living Lab The Hague, Leiden
University/Campus The Hague and the municipality of The Hague
are aiming to further strengthen the knowledge
infrastructure in the city. The European Union is
providing a subsidy of 5.7 million
euro.
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Political parties do what
they say more often than we think
At
election time political parties always make countless
promises. But do they keep these once they come into power?
People often think that they do not, but the Dutch electorate
could actually be a bit more satisfied. This is the result of
research by political scientist Tom Louwerse, who has just
been awarded his PhD.
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Two ‘Green Genetics’
subsidies for Leiden Institute of Biology
Professors
Paul Hooykaas and Remko Offringa have won two of the four
'Green Genetics' subdies for the Leiden Institute of Biology.
Hooykaas for his research into a method of modifying plant DNA
with the help of bacteria, and Offringa for his research
into plant propagation in a test
tube.
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