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She witnessed the Uyghur genocide first-hand: ‘I will never forget the eyes of the prisoners’
Kalbinur Sidik was forced to teach Uyghur prisoners in Chinese concentration camps, until she fled to the Netherlands in 2019. ‘I lived in constant fear: when would it be my turn?’
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Time for security to stand down: Leiden’s ‘War on Terror’ is based on delusions
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How one Arabic-speaking man sent university security into a panic: ‘Something is brewing’
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The Board ‘is working themselves to the bone behind the scenes’
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Psychologists work from home to avoid mice
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“We shall overcome!” Why I’ll be bringing my guitar to class from now on
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High thresholds for wheelchair users: ‘I don’t feel welcome’
Closed doors, events in inaccessible locations, and lecturers who refuse to adapt: students with disabilities still encounter numerous obstacles, as Avalon Leiman has experienced. ‘It’s an awful feeling to be permanently excluded.’
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Why it is ‘understandable’ that Hofman cannot be dismissed despite misconduct
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Why smart sex robots are far from harmless: ‘They normalise violence against women’
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This professor no longer feels safe (and is leaving the university)
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One photon in a sea of ​​darkness: how quantum is in the eye of the beholder
Physicists at Leiden’s Quantum Matter and Optics research group are testing the limits of perception with a simple question: can humans perceive a single photon?
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The history of the alphabet isn’t carved into stone
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Student protest at Pride despite ban: ‘The university is guilty of pinkwashing’
Students protesting police violence from the university boat during Pride were blocked by fellow passengers. The riot resulted in the resignation of the chair of the university’s LGBT+ network. ‘Silencing students goes against everything I teach.’
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University suspends exchanges with Israeli universities
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No forced redundancies at the Faculty of Humanities: ‘Larger reserve than expected’
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Committee on Israel to issue advice on collaborations only after the summer break
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Executive Board president Annetje Ottow to leave early