Newsletter  
18 September 2012  
 
 
 
 
 
  Paul Schnabel: ‘Standing firm on investments, and even more innovation.’
‘Investment in innovation, a more flexible employment market and much less bureaucracy. This is what the Netherlands needs if we want to be among the world’s top five knowledge economies.’ These were the words of Paul Schnabel, Director of the Netherlands Institute for Social Research, at the opening of the Leiden University academic year. And according to Maxime Verhagen, we already have everything we need to reach the top.
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  Prince Willem Alexander to open Campus The Hague's new building
His Royal Highness Prince Willem Alexander will open the new building of the Campus The Hague Faculty in the Schouwburgstraat on 19 September.
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  71% of Humanities students find a job within two months
Of the Humanities students who graduated between 2008 and 2012, 71% found a job within two months.
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  Successful start BA International Studies in The Hague
The brand new Bachelor's in International Studies in The Hague started on 30 Augustus. This English-taught bachelor's programme has attracted 365 students, 145 of whom are from abroad. The BA International Studies offers a truly international study experience.
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  No more sign language for deaf children with implants?
The language development of children with a cochlear implant who only learn spoken language is faster than that of children with a cochlear implant who are also learning sign language. This is what Leiden researcher Karin Wiefferink concludes in her dissertation. Defence 13 September.
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  Linguists from Leiden decipher Phrygian and Lydian inscriptions
Linguists Alwin Kloekhorst and Alexander Lubotsky from Leiden University made a great discovery this summer. They deciphered a few dozen inscriptions on pot shards found in Daskyleion (North-West Turkey) as Phrygian and Lydian, and thus proved the presence of the Phrygians and Lydians in that area.
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More news
Leiden University rises in the QS World University Ranking
Important protein for DNA repair discovered
New master's students start the year with a symposium
New talent in town: 40 LExS scholarships awarded
International students in the starting blocks

  Leiden through the eyes of...
Mairéad Loughman (University College Cork)
 

  International students
Two Competitions on Internationalisation and Diversity
Finding your way around Leiden booklet
Academic calendar
Meet us in your country
Join a cultural courses next to your study? 'Lakcursussen'
Application deadline Master's Programmes: 15 October 
   
 

  International staff
P&O News
Introduction meeting for all new staff
English PhD portal
Leiden Vistors Centre
Cultural Interaction Initiative Competition Van Bergen Fund
 

 
  Coming events
19 September: Prince Willem Alexander to open Campus The Hague’s new building
20 September: 'Reinventic global order' conference
5 October: Mayor welcomes LExS Scholarships students in Leiden
10 October: Deadline Cultural Interaction Initiative Competition
1 November: You make all the difference Symposium
2 November: Excellence through Diversity Symposium
 

 
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