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Special interest group on AI in education: sign up for the first meeting Announcement - 16 March 2026
Education

Esther de Vrind Director of education
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LTA Education Festival: working together to find connection in education News - 18 June 2024
Education never stops because society is always changing. It is up to students and lecturers to align learning and teaching with current demands. During the Leiden Teachers’ Academy Education Festival, participants united in their search for ways to achieve that.

Education Festival presents the future of teaching News - 25 May 2022
Covid-19 has had a huge impact on teaching at universities over the past two years. Through force of circumstances, lecturers have adapted much faster to a digital future. On 7 June Leiden Teachers Academy’s annual Education Festival (working language is English) will present insights on this ‘new n…

Submit your educational innovations for the Comenius Leadership Fellowship or Dutch Education Award 2026 Announcement - 13 March 2025
Education

Scheduled maintenance educational systems on 27 June Announcement - 19 June 2025
ICT, Organisation

New: 'AI in education’ webpage for lecturers News - 8 July 2025
Over the past year, AI experts across the university have launched initiatives for and with lecturers, students and staff. This is in response to the growing role of AI in society, with its impact and associated risks calling for greater awareness within our sector. All information for lecturers is…

Five questions about improving our educational logistics News - 9 December 2025
The university is exploring how to improve our educational logistics. Deputy Director of Operations and project leader Joop van Pijkeren answers five questions about the project.

Scheduled maintenance educational systems 25 october Announcement - 14 October 2025
ICT

Sustainability Day: Sustainability embedded in our education News - 10 October 2025
In our teaching, Leiden University gives all students the opportunity to learn about sustainability themes and issues. Social issues, including sustainable development, are addressed in the teaching and research at all of our faculties. On this Day of Sustainability, we highlight a number of subject…

OCW-survey on codetermination in higher education News - 22 March 2021
The Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) has started a survey to identify the success factors of a strong codetermination culture within higher education institutes. All members of a codetermination council in higher education can participate in this survey until 2 April.

How can we future-proof our teaching and education? News - 10 June 2025
Innovative, future-proof teaching methods were the theme of the tenth Leiden Teachers’ Academy Education Conference that took place on 5 June.

Join the protest against the higher education cuts News - 13 November 2024
Students and staff from Leiden University are protesting in The Hague on 25 November against the billions in cuts to higher education. ‘The cuts are a terrible idea and we want to show why’, says Claire Weeda from WOinActie. ‘Research and teaching are essential to society.’

Scheduled maintenance educational systems 13 and 19 December Announcement - 27 November 2025

Scheduled maintenance educational systems 12 and 13 September Announcement - 2 September 2025
ICT

Scheduled maintenance education systems on 13 and 14 February Announcement - 5 February 2026

Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Stop the cuts to education’ News - 2 September 2024
Scrap the radical cuts to research and teaching. This was researchers and students’ message to government at the opening of the new academic year. Various speakers in Leiden’s Pieterskerk highlighted the importance of science for society.