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New centre of expertise makes placebo research accessible for healthcare and society

New centre of expertise makes placebo research accessible for healthcare and society

Positive expectations about treatment increase the likelihood of success. The new Center for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Leiden is therefore promoting research on the placebo effect and offering expertise and training for care providers. At the opening, the founders demonstrated their VR communications training.

Leiden University signs Declaration on Student Well-Being

Leiden University signs Declaration on Student Well-Being

Leiden University and four other parties have signed a declaration in which they agree to improve the well-being of students in Leiden. They signed this Declaration on Student Well-Being on 5 April at the Leidsch Besturendiner, a dinner for student associations, universities, local government and business.

Staff symposium on student well-being: ‘Let’s talk more about adversity’

How can we help our students build resilience and prevent unnecessary stress? And how do we break the taboo on failure? These and other questions are what study advisers, lecturers, deans and student support staff discussed at the staff symposium on student well-being at PLNT.

‘Nice tool but what are we supposed to do with it?’

‘Nice tool but what are we supposed to do with it?’

Public agencies are keen to use new technology such as AI to speed up their primary processes. But the internal organisation is often a major stumbling block. SAILS researcher Friso Selten conducts research at the interface between data science and public administration.

University launches Vision on Student Well-Being: ‘An open culture where we look out for one another’

University launches Vision on Student Well-Being: ‘An open culture where we look out for one another’

How can we work together to create a safe study and learning environment and offer students the support that they need? The Vision on Student Well-Being outlines the University’s plans to promote student well-being in the coming years.

How can we live healthier lives? Universities and hospitals are going to find out

How can we live healthier lives? Universities and hospitals are going to find out

Getting out and exercising rather than slobbing on the sofa, breathing in fresh air instead of cigarette smoke and grabbing healthy snacks instead of junk food. In a new interdisciplinary Medical Delta programme, researchers are going to investigate how to help people live healthier lives. What are the main research questions?