Didactics - University Teaching Qualification
UTQ training- and professional development courses for FGGA lecturers in The Hague (BKO)
Twice a year (January/February and August/September) UTQ courses for FGGA lecturers are scheduled in The Hague. Other (professional development) courses take place at various times during the year.
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Training course
The UTQ track is intended for lecturers and assistant professors (UD) who wish to obtain a university teaching qualification. In the training courses we work in a focused manner on helping lecturers achieve the 23 final requirements.
In addition to covering background information and results from recent research on education, we will also use the sessions to focus on practical exercises. In between sessions, you are asked to complete practical assignments in your own department, and in this way immediately bring what you have learnt into practice.
Mandatory UTQ courses
| UTQ Course (Mandatory FGGA) | Duration | Trainer | Course Dates |
| How to design a course | 1 half day |
Valtr Troy Mandemaker/ Aayushi Shah (LLInC) |
Tuesday, 26 August 2025; 13:00–17:00 Wednesday, 21 January; 13:00–17:00 |
| Teaching in practice | 3 half days | Valtr Troy Mandemaker (LLInC) | Tuesday, 19 August 2025; 09:00–13:00 Friday, 22 August 2025; 09:00–13:00 & Friday, 29 August 2025; 09:00–13:00 |
| Testing and assessment | 2 half days |
Najat El Hani/ Anthea Aerts (LLInC) |
Thursday, 21 August 2025; 09:00–13:00 Monday, 19 January 2026; 13:00–17:00 |
| Inclusive classroom | 1 half day | Aayushi Shah (LLInC) |
Wednesday, 27 August 2025; 09:00–13:00 Wednesday, 28 January 2026; 09:00–13:00 |
Optional UTQ courses
Optional courses, to strengthen your teaching skills and your teaching portfolio in general:
| Interactive Teaching and Technology in the Classroom | 1 half day | Valtr Troy Mandemaker & Sarah Snoei (ISGA) |
27 January 2025, 09.00 - 13.00 |
| Feedback Fruits | 1 hour | Future Learning Office | 22 July 13:00 – 14:30 |
| Hybrid Teaching & Hybrid Meetings | 1 half day | Future Learning Office | 27 August 2025, 11:00 – 12:30 |
| Supervising Thesis Students | 2 half days | Agnesa Gashi (LLInC) & Heleen Verkiel (LLInC) |
Multiple start dates (location: Leiden) |
| Workshop: Managing Difficult Moments in the classroom | 1 half day | Aayushi Shah (LLInC) & Annabel Goth | 11 June 2025, 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Teaching for Sustainable Tomorrows: A Climate Change Education Workshop | 2 half days | Minjung Cho, Jyothi Thrivikraman, Gerrit Schaafsma & Joeri Reinders (LUC) |
1 and 2 July 2025, 10:00 - 13:00 |
Professional development courses
Courses to strengthen your teaching skills and your teaching portfolio during or after completing your UTQ-track:
| Blended learning | 1 half day | Anthea Aerts (LLInC) |
On request |
| 1 hour | Future Learning Office |
26 August 2025, 13:00 – 14:30 |
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| 1 hour | Future Learning Office | 27 August 2025, 11:00 – 12:30 | |
| Introduction to Ans | 1 hour | Future Learning Office | 28 August 2025, 13:00 – 14:30 |
| Brightspace | 1 hour | Future Learning Office | 28 August 2025, 11:00 – 12:30 |
| Individual guidance | n.a. | LLInC | On request |
| Learning Experience Design | n.a. | LLInC | On request |
Questions
More information about courses provided by LLInC can be found here. For questions about FLO-courses, please contact FLO via FLO@FGGA.Leidenuniv.nl.
If you have any other questions, please contact Dianne Karkdijk via d.e.karkdijk@fgga.leidenuniv.nl.