Newsletter

18 October 2016

Sitting room as oasis for refugee students
A large table with tablecloth, a sitting area with soft lighting. A new meeting place in Plexus for students from a migrant background, opened on 6 October. It's has a homely atmosphere, which is just what these students are looking for.

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Drones help write new history of Caribbean

Geophysicist Till Sonneman and his colleagues (archaeology) are  experimenting with drones in inaccessible areas of the Caribbean.

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Green Office chasing green ideas

Opening of the Leiden Green Office: ‘Sustainability is not about following the latest trends, but about making structural improvements. '

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Giant rings orbit wrong way around exoplanet

'Giant rings around exoplanet may persist for more than 100,000 years, as long as the rings orbit in the opposite direction to that of the planet around the star,' say Japanese and Dutch researchers.

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'Researching research is not a luxury; it’s a necessity'

It sounds credible: ‘Research has shown that…’, but is it really? Read in the research dossier ‘From data to insight: the importance of sound research.'

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Cannabis makes you less alert

'Regular users of cannabis are less aware of their own mistakes, and are not good at creative thinking,' concludes psychologist Mikael Kowal.

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Refugee children explore cosmos with Universe Awareness

In September 2016, Universe Awareness started a series of educational activities for refugee children at a school in Katwijk.

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More news
 
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Guest lecture by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at Leiden Law School
 
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‘The Honours Academy is a testing ground’
 
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Greed and fear hamper cooperation
 
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Six million boost to search for new antibiotics
 
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Travelling through the body with graphene
 
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'Peace: you just have to do it'
My favourite spot in The Hague
Karel-Mahy-Rousseau: 'That would have to be the Plein.'
International students
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Changes to application procedures
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Studying with a disability
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International Studies students crowdfunding for refugee film project
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Two new English-taught bachelor's programmes
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Meet us in your country
International staff
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P&O News 17 October
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P&O News 11 October
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'Employees have the right to decent treatment'
Coming events
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20 October - Lecture by Ms. Margaret Tuite, European Commission Coordinator for the Rights of the Child
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21 October - 2016: A Big Year in Space for the European Space Agency
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26 October - LCDS meeting: Big Data & Finance
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27 October - Seminar: Publish for Impact
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1 November - Information Evening International Leiden Leadership Programme
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2-3 November -  Brave New World
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1 December - Symposium: The making of an inclusive Leiden University. Do's and don'ts
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9 December - English Usage Symposium: After HUGE
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All coming events
Laureates
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Sport Data Center receives 250,000 euros
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Colm O'Flynn wins Best Thesis Award at SAIS Bologna
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PhD dissertation Jasper de Bie third in international competition
Books
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The Law of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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Knowing China, by Frank Pieke
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Freedom and the Fifth Commandment. Catholic priests and political violence in Ireland 1919-21, by Brian Heffernan 
Leiden blogs
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New Leiden Language blog
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Leiden Islam blog
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Leiden Safety and Security blog
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