At the Faculty of Science, we value quality assurance and evidence-informed educational innovation. As a lecturer, you should always reflect on your teaching and, if necessary, make improvements from one teaching moment to the next. You can also take initiative to innovate your course or teaching activity…

Diversity, Transferable skills, Personal development, Leadership

ICT

Good teaching is a skill in itself. In order to guarantee the quality of education in the Netherlands, the University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO) is now compulsory for all lecturers, university lecturers (UD), senior university lecturers (UHD) and professors. What does…

Good teaching is a skill in itself. In order to guarantee the quality of education in the Netherlands, the University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO) is now compulsory for all lecturers, university lecturers (UD), senior university lecturers (UHD) and professors. What does…

Fraude en plagiaat

As a supervisor, you are responsible for the supervision of your PhD candidate. Read here about your duties as supervisor and the procedures relating to this, as well as which forms you will need.

This page gives more information about what a crisis is, what consequences it has and which organisation will be activated if a crisis occurs.

If you’re working on a PhD track and are experiencing psychological issues, you can contact one of the psychologists for PhD candidates for help with problems that have arisen during the PhD process or are directly affecting this.

Workshop

For the academic year 20265-2027, five (teams of) teachers will receive a Grassroots or Grass shoots grant. Here you can read about their projects.

The GROW toolkit provides you with all kinds of tools that make it easier to participate in the GROW interviews. In addition to useful documents for preparing the start interview and annual interview, it also contains a wide range of training courses and workshops that help you with participating in…

How do you teach? Every teacher has their own style, and often an arsenal of tricks, lessons learned and insights. In every Education Newsletter, a teacher shares a personal tip. Here's an overview.

The Faculty of Science believes it is important that you are stimulated, inspired and supported in your development as a teacher. In this section, you can find out more about the support and opportunities to work on your teaching skills.

With the Postdoc Training Programme you have the chance to develop your organizational and personal skills. We have created different modules for postdocs, such as Basic Project Management, Giving and Receiving Feedback in an International Context and Basic Management and Leadership skills.

Hippo is the University’s content management system (CMS).

The university has developed a vision on education, Learning@LeidenUniversity. This vision together with the strategic plans from both the university and the faculty provide direction for our education.

To make education more inclusive for students with disabilities, it is essential that there is sufficient expertise available in this area within the university. The expertise building group aims to increase knowledge about studying with disabilities among lecturers, student supervisors and other university…

Application of technology is one of the ambitions of our vision on teaching and learning (Learning@LeidenUniversity).

Do you want to post an announcement or report any content that needs changing? If so, please contact the web editorial team for your faculty or department.

Have you experienced or witnessed unacceptable or transgressive behaviour? This page gives information about what you can do yourself and which ‘helplines’ can assist you in this situation.

The ‘Engagement with Society’ ambition is closely linked to the ‘Employability Enhancement’ and ‘Skills’ ambitions. Introducing students to social issues often gives them immediate insight into the job market they will enter. And working on social issues gives them the opportunity to develop skills…

Transferable skills, Personal development

Leiden University gives its students the opportunity to assemble part of their programme themselves, which enables them to choose their own areas of emphasis. One way in which they can do this is to follow a minor, a coherent package of courses worth 30 credits.

If you notice something you think may be unethical or illegal, you can discuss this in confidence with the confidential counsellor.

Depending on its purpose, assessment can support ongoing learning, provide final evaluations, or help students reflect on their own progress.

Where was that message again — in Teams, Outlook or in the chat? And where is that document? Somewhere on the J drive, or in a Teams channel? Needless searching wastes time and energy. By working together more efficiently in the cloud, you can keep track of everything, save time and collaborate more…

Transferable skills

Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure

Research

Didactics

A web lecture in most cases shows a recorded lecture, often in combination with interactive slides or a blackboard. The lecture recording can be made available afterwards or streamed live for students who cannot attend the live lecture.

When performing contract research or providing courses for a third party, you must charge a fee. This fee must be at least equal to the total cost price.

Leiden University stimulates its employees to continue to educate and develop themselves, to get the most out of their career and to maximise their opportunities on the job market. For this reason the university has drawn up a set of rules and regulations concerning continuing education.

Leiden University has an active staff association that provides a wide range of events each year ranging from theatre visits and courses to trips abroad. Membership costs only €2.50 per month.

We can all do our bit to keep our information and personal data safe. It’s easier than you think and is often about the small things. Working privacy and security smart means protecting your own data and that of your colleagues. Want to know how best to go about that? Check it out here!

MyTimetable is Leiden University’s timetabling publication tool.

Plagiarism is considered fraud. There can be serious repercussions for students that commit plagiarism. The university provides tools and support to check whether students have committed plagiarism in assignments and papers.

Didactics

Working effectively

To help you make the impact or valorisation of your scientific research more clearly apparent, we have created a Leiden Impact Matrix.