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Why our university should cut ties with Israeli academic institutions
Why does Leiden University maintain full links with Israeli institutions? Sai Englert and Christian Henderson call for a boycott, because that ‘is a call for solidarity in its truest sense and also an opportunity to democratise our own institutions’.
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Lecturers report ‘alarming’ numbers of students with problems (and sometimes take on the role of therapist)
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Activist ‘rector’ cuts fossil (neck)ties
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Red paint and barbed wire: how China created a dystopia for Uyghurs
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Scanners become snatchers: ‘Students make a sport of stealing in the supermarket’
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How children find food in the Congolese jungle
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Another acquittal: how Richard Gill once again saved a nurse from bad statistics

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Address stress properly (not with a yoga or comfort food cooking course)
Universities claim to be concerned about students’ mental well-being. But Well-being Weeks and tote bag painting courses are like small plasters on a gaping wound, argues Loes Oudenhuijsen. Institutions should be concerned about where all this stress is coming from.
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China is not our enemy, says PhD candidate Friso Stevens
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Students had to be police officers and psychologists for their neighbours
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We have no choice: the climate protest on the A12 through the eyes of a lecturer and student
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Hardly anyone is studying German these days (and now employers are after first-years)

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Tagging along with the climate activists of Extinction Rebellion
As part of her research, PhD candidate Amarins Jansma tagged along with the climate activists of Extinction Rebellion. ‘They’re incredibly empathetic.’
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Automatic citation? No, thank you
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Are your doctors listening to you? Well, they should!
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Your online fears are being watched
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Environmental conservation to boost your reputation

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Leiden University to map out all ties to fossil industry
The Executive Board has met with representatives of End Fossil, the action group that disrupted the ceremony during the university's Dies Natalis with a protest. ‘The Board will consult the community first and foremost before taking any decision. That is the Leiden approach.’
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The end of #Cameragate: Board accepts criticism and turns off cameras
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University Council votes against cameras: ‘This is invasive, disproportionate and has to go’
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University wants to turn smart cameras back on (at the highest security level)
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Faculties grapple with starter grants: share fairly, or do as the minister says?