Leiden University is committed to creating a pleasant working environment for its staff. It may nevertheless happen that you find yourself unable to work due to a temporary or long-term illness or disability. The university doctors can help you reduce health risks and give you advice regarding your…

Leiden University is committed to creating a pleasant working environment for its staff. It may nevertheless happen that you find yourself unable to work due to a temporary or long-term illness or disability. The university doctors can help you reduce health risks and give you advice regarding your…

Evaluation is an important instrument in revealing, monitoring and improving the quality of your teaching.

The University buildings have their own evacuation assembly point. Make sure you know where to find the assembly point of the building you are currently in.

Working smarter together through digital collaboration & improve your work-life balance immediately.

Hybrid teaching combines face-to-face teaching on campus with online attendance: some students are present in class, while others join remotely at the same time via a livestream.

When you decide to move to the Netherlands and bring along your family there is a great deal that needs to be taken care of. We will provide some information on schools, childcare and learning Dutch to help you settle in in the Netherlands.

Deliberative assembly

Whatever editing programme you choose to work with, an editing project generally follows the same workflow. Below you will find more information about each step in the editing process.

Are you an FSW lecturer with a great idea to innovate your teaching? Put your idea into practice with a Grassroots or Grass Shoots grant!

If you want your students to be actively involved in your lecture or tutorial, book an Active Learning Classroom!

Workshop

From researching plastic pollution to caring for injured wildlife, volunteers play a crucial role in conservation. But much of the valuable knowledge they gather remains unused.

Start thinking in advance about the selection for long-term preservation.

The University has ambitious plans for reducing the environmental impact of its activities. To this end we have taken university-wide measures in the form of improved building sustainability, sustainable energy and water-saving measures. As an employee, you can also contribute to lowering the environmental…

DataKompas is our new tool for strategic and policy related information. It includes data from our educational and research activities, staff members, management, partnerships and the implementation of our strategic plan. These singular and numerical facts offer us a complete overview and a factual…

Visitors to a website want to see immediately if the content is worth reading. The text should therefore be appealing and ‘scannable’.

Communication, Outreach, Transferable skills

The Andrea Evers Fund provides funding for innovative, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary projects in the area of health and well-being.

Ans is Leiden University's digital testing platform. It allows you to make digital exams using a variety of questions for summative and formative assessment.

When we work from home, we are extra vulnerable for cyber attacks and data breaches. If you use a personal device to log on to the university network, please create a secure online workplace.

Before you start creating text and visual content for your educational video, make sure you have a clear picture of your learning objectives and how you are going to assess these. When you have established these, you can further develop what you want to teach. Keep in mind that there is already a lot…

The information on your profile page is generated by different underlying systems. You can (request to) change or delete it. Please note that it may take some time before the adjustments are shown.

Do you have work-related guests (from the Netherlands or abroad) or are you organising a conference? The University has fixed price agreements with a number of hotels in Leiden and The Hague. You can make use of these agreements for business-related hotel stays.

FSW building, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden

Follow these steps to send your mailing.

If you want to hold a group discussion, a video conference call or make calls online, the information below sets out the possibilities.

Do you want to transport parcels, boxes or small items of furniture between University buildings or to locations within the Netherlands? Any items that are not eligible for delivery by post can be delivered during a transportation round.

The physical accessibility expert group was established to identify how we can make university buildings more accessible and how we can ensure this remains a focus in the future. The group's starting point is that students with disabilities should be able to access and move around university buildings…

The objective of the Timetabling project is to simplify the timetabling process make it more logical, and to improve the timetable information for students and staff.

How do you assess whether a collaboration with the fossil fuel industry is permitted and desirable? These tools and tips will help you to make that assessment.

Didactics

The Service Point Financial takes care of financial transactions for the entire University and has made a list of things to keep in mind when you make payments and send invoices on behalf of the university.

GROW: Conversations on Performance, Development and Well-being (Gesprekken over Resultaat, Ontwikkeling en Welzijn). GROW offers the opportunity to speak openly with your manager, several times a year, about your work, development and well-being. This involves both looking back and looking ahead.

Would you like to develop your discussion skills? We provide a variety of training resources for staff members and managers. The topics covered include making a connection, listening, giving feedback and reflection.

An annual plan ensures that Planning & Control is embedded in the organisation. The plan states who provides what and when. This means that the right information is available at the right time, allowing for the proper financial management of the University.

Education

Curious to find out how you can contribute to a safe working environment? Then keep reading to discover our tips for working securely. They will help you to work more safely in specific situations. This section contains tools and tips to promote safe working habits in specific situations.

Curious to find out how you can contribute to a safe working environment? Then keep reading to discover our tips for working securely. They will help you to work more safely in specific situations. This section contains tools and tips to promote safe working habits in specific situations.

How do we prepare our students for a future labour market in which flexibility, resilience and adaptability are essential?

The most common assessment formats and points to consider when making your choice.

Giving an effective lecture requires not only careful preparation of the content, but also clear structures, visual support and presentation techniques. Some guidelines and tips to keep your lectures engaging and well structured are presented here.

Here you will find guidelines for using devices such as laptops, tablets, and telephones. Whether you are working with a device purchased for you by ISSC or with a device you have purchased privately, it is important that you save your files securely and handle confidential data with care.

If you work at the university and are in scale 11 or above, you have the option of concluding a function-based contract.

GROW: Conversations on Performance, Development and Well-being (Gesprekken over Resultaat, Ontwikkeling en Welzijn). The new GROW interviews offer an opportunity to speak openly with each other about your work, development and well-being.

Humanity is a widely used concept in organisations, yet it is rarely given concrete meaning. As a result, it often remains vague and non-committal, with dehumanisation as an unintended consequence. According to Marjon Bohré, practising humanity requires making deliberate choices, in language, decision-making…

All persons making use of Leiden University buildings and grounds must comply with the general University house rules. These are listed in the Regulations on the Use of University Buildings, Grounds and Other Facilities, and are intended to guarantee order and safety for guests and staff alike.

Kaltura (Personal) Capture allows you to make recordings in various ways and upload them to the video portal.

You can find here questions and answers about the new mobility policy and what this means for the commuting allowance, the home-working allowance, the contribution to internet use, domestic business travel and the kilometre allowance via the Individual Choices Model.