The greatest threat to the North Korean regime is not the outside world but its own developing private market and the growing frictions at the top. This was the argument put forward by North Korean exile Jang Jin-sung in his lecture in Leiden.

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Leiden University ranks 75th in the QS World University Ranking, just one place lower than last year. The results were published on 16 September by the educational consulting firm QS. Leiden is the second highest-ranking Dutch university on the list.

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State Secretary Sander Dekker calls upon universities to freely share their knowledge. ‘Knowledge only becomes knowledge when it is shared.’ His speech at the official opening of the academic year is also an ode to engaged cross-grained thinkers.

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On 20 September, Leiden will transform into one great big artistic laboratory during the Night of Art & Knowledge. The festival will mix science with theatre, cabaret, art and music. Learn from penis expert Menno Schilthuizen and dance along to music from the Dutch band Spinvis. Tickets are now available!

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On 9 September, in the presence of King Willem Alexander, Secretary of State Sander Dekker presented the Spinoza Prize to four researchers, including two researchers from Leiden: archaeologist Corinne Hofman and physicist Dirk Bouwmeester. In the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague, they unveiled their plans for the future.

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