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These students made a film in Kyiv (and spent their nights in a bomb shelter)
Four Leiden students travelled to Kyiv to make a documentary about Ukrainian artists from occupied territories. But that also meant sleeping in a bomb shelter. ‘We simply waited out the air raids.’
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Legal experts warned against ethnic profiling
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Why was the university absent from Canal Pride? ‘If students aren’t allowed to protest, we won’t join in’
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German university twists Leiden study on electric cars
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‘Welcome to the cult’: the dark side of prestigious tutoring company SSL
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Quantum plumbers know: nothing works in the lab. ‘You should be proud of your mistakes’
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Forty years of Dutch Studies: ‘Everyone here is incredibly kind’
For forty years now, internationals who want to study the Dutch language and culture have been able to do so through the bachelor’s in Dutch Studies. Three alumni explain why they opted for this programme. ‘I can cycle really well now – without a helmet.’
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Israel deserves to be a pariah state, says genocide expert (and former IDF soldier) Omer Bartov
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Breaking up with the treasurer? Prepare to be hounded out
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The fraudster is hiding in your pocket: how should the university deal with AI? (part 1)
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Facts about migration are being ignored, says Marlou Schrover. ‘I will keep pushing back’

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Backstabbing comes with the territory: competition among astronomers can be ‘nasty and toxic’
Astronomical research is often a rat race governed by a ‘winner takes it all’ mentality, an enquiry among Leiden astronomers reveals. ‘Why would you put yourself through this?’
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The taboo surrounding HIV infections in Indonesia mainly harms women: ‘You are a bad person’
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One photon in a sea of ​​darkness: how quantum is in the eye of the beholder
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The history of the alphabet isn’t carved into stone
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Expedition Singelpark: Leiden’s Ring of Biodiversity

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#Basisgate: renowned political scientist Cas Mudde cancels lecture over ‘bullying charge’
Political scientist Cas Mudde has cancelled his lecture at the International Studies study association due to the bullying behaviour at BASIS. ‘The organization has done too little to convince me that the bullying charge is unfounded.’
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#Basisgate: Faculty Board ‘shocked’, but takes no action against bullying treasurer
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The university elections are coming up. What do the parties stand for?
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#BASISgate: an hour into the meeting, bullying behaviour still hasn’t been discussed
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#BASISgate seems like a ‘never-ending conflict’: bullying continued even after report