Alumni News

June 2021

Aisha Hassan’s lifelong fascination for developing countries

Aisha Hassan came to the Netherlands when she was two months old. Her mother had fled Somalia and made a new home here. Her mother’s stories about Somalia ignited a lifelong interest in developing countries. ‘Her stories have always fascinated me.’

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'Climate issues and sustainability should be part of every study programme'

Having lectures on sustainability when you're a first-year student of Law may sound odd. But together with Paul Behrens, Associate Professor Thijs Bosker has been awarded a subsidy by the Leiden University Fund (LUF) to develop lesson plans that introduce environmental and climate issues into other disciplines.

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The mental load of motherhood

Leiden Psycholy blog:
Doing laundry, cooking healthy family meals, ensuring everyone has clean and fitting clothes, enrolling children in swimming lessons, and buying a farewell present for the teacher.. a mother’s job is never done! Good thing dad’s around to do his share. Or does he?

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3 tips for creating a fabulous science pitch

Are you interested in creating a fabulous science pitch? Neurospyschologist Liza Cornet - winner of the National Famelab Science Pitching Competition 2020 shares 3 tips based on personal experience that can help you design your pitch.

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More news

› Life sentence for Mladic, mission accomplished?
› Vaccine development in context
› Alumnus Robert Ietswaart: ‘Machine learning is revolutionising drug development’
› Medieval Oegstgeest did business with all of Europe
› Virtual children help prevent withdrawal syndrome in real children
› Female workers Tesco stores win case on unequal pay
› Can you improve the quality of life in patients with dementia by altering coffee consumption?
› Our man in Jakarta keeps the institute running from Venlo
› Psychology lab embraces open science
› The future of quantum
› How a region's contradictions shaped Boris Kowalski's career
› The wisdom of the Nahua
› New book Jens Iverson 'Jus post bellum the rediscovery of foundations and future of law'

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Events

› LUCAS PhD Alumni Network Event
  17 June - Online
› Archaeology Heritage Management: towards a people-centred approach
  21 – 24 June - Online
› Conference on Extradition and Surrender (Law)
(a two day conference on extradition and surrender, offering a venue to exchange experiences and ideas)
24 - 25 June - Leiden
› Translation Café: Creative Subtitling
24 June - Online
› Lecture ‘A Glance at Cosmology’
25 June - Online
› SAILS Conference on Law and AI
(How AI impacts society from a legal and regulatory perspective)
  25 June - Online
› In the Spotlight: Summer School in Languages and Linguistics
  12 - 13 July - Online
› Alumni event Leiden Revisited on How does AI affect our (legal) life
10 september - Online

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Life long learning

› The European Union, the United Nations and Global Governance
14 June - Summer School Online
› International Law in action: Investigating and Prosecuting International Crimes
Starts 14 June - MOOC
› Population Health Management - LUMC Summer School
28 June - Online
› TechMed Summerschool
5-7 July - Online
› Arbitration International Disputes
Starts 12 July - MOOC
› Preventing Violent Extremism
16-18 August - Summer School Online

› All Leiden MOOCs
(MOOC: Massive Open Online Course)

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