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Cleveringa lecture: ‘Values under threat from
disintegrating European collaboration’
Collaboration within Europe is currently at a low
ebb. This is threatening to undermine our freedom and the
rights that are anchored in the European legal order, says
Piet Hein Donner, Vice-President of the Council of State and
Cleveringa professor at Leiden University for 2015. His
lecture on 26 November will address possible future directions
for Europe.
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Dialects as the key to Japanese prehistory
Japanese was not always the language spoken in
Japan. Researchers link the arrival of the language in Japan
with the migration of farmers around 400 BC. Linguist
Elisabeth de Boer has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant to
carry out research on the further spread of the language in
Japan.
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‘Internationalise universities, but preserve
European values’
European higher education may benefit from
becoming even more international, but universities should
protect European values such as participation and freedom of
thought. This was the position taken by European Commissioner
Navracsics on 10 November in a debate with Minister Bussemaker
and students at Campus The Hague.
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Wanted: bacteria that allow plants to
flourish
Plants love favourable microbes such as bacteria
and fungi: they grow better and become healthier. Jos
Raaijmakers, Professor of Microbial Ecology, is in search of
the right microbes to be used in agriculture. Inaugural
lecture 13 November.
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‘The
Honours College has transformed me into an active
student’
‘When I look back on the honours programme, all I
can do is smile. It has transformed me into a student who
thinks in terms of opportunities and solutions,’ said Roos ter
Elst, student of Education and Child Studies, at the ceremony
for the award of Honours certificates to bachelor’s students,
on 6 November in the Hooglandse Kerk.
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Read
the online magazine about diversity and inclusivity
Leiden University actively promotes diversity and
inclusion. In the online magazine Diversity and Inclusion you
can read all about the symposium, the exhibition and what the
University is doing to make sure that all students and staff
feel welcome at our University.
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