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.

Leiden University considers it important to help employees whose contract is coming to an end find a new job. Depending on the duration of your employment and your personal needs, we offer different kinds of support, from career advice to workshops on successful job interviews.

One of the focal points of the teaching strategy at Leiden University is ensuring student success. Various initiatives have therefore been taken in this light ranging from the Leiden Study System to CROHO and from the Teachers’ Academy to teaching innovation.

An overflowing inbox? Endless CCs? Confusing messages? By communicating more smartly and consciously, you’ll gain better control over your working day. You’ll save time and contribute to a better work-life balance for yourself and your colleagues. This leaves more room for tasks and collaborations that…

Microsoft Teams lets you work remotely. You can chat, meet, call and collaborate with your colleagues. Check out tips on how to get started with Teams quickly and easily.

Follow these steps to start a new mailing or newsletter.

With Microsoft Teams you can work online from home. You can chat with colleagues, have meetings, call and collaborate remotely. The following suggestions should help you to quickly get started with Teams.

Career development, Transferable skills

The Knowledge Security Committee plays a central role in the decision-making and organisation relating to knowledge security within the university. Internationally oriented collaboration initiatives can be submitted to this committee (via the Knowledge Security Advice Desk) with a request to assess…

All University employees and researchers have a personal profile page on the website. This page will show where you work and how you can be reached.

All staff members have their own profile page on the website. These pages include information about your work location and how you can be contacted. Are you looking for a colleague? Type his or her last name, first name, or first and last name in the search bar of the website.

Keep in mind a fellow researcher: someone who knows your area of expertise, but not necessarily as well as you do. Are your files understandable as they are, or do they need cleaning enhancement? Keep the right balance: make sure the metadata is sufficient for reuse, but do not get carried away and…

All the sources (both textual and visual) you use for your educational video or online course need to meet the requirements of Dutch copyright law. Below, you’ll find some guidelines for how to include references and attributions for visual resources in your video work, and where to find usable imagery…

Regelgeving onderwijs

What should you do if you want to create and send a newsletter or mailing in both Dutch and English?

Employees of departments participating in the Flexible Working pilot can reserve workstations themselves via SharedDesk. You can reserve a workstation in the office up to one week in advance. If you wish to cancel your reservation, please do so at least 24 hours in advance.

Communication, Outreach, Transferable skills

Communication, Research, Transferable skills

On this page you will read all about the Kiem funding tool.

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.

When putting together your assessment, it may be useful to use an assessment matrix. This is a table in which you link the learning objectives to test questions and indicate the weight you give each objective in the assessment. It can be requested in the context of a programme accreditation.

Leiden University supports lecturers in organizing and conducting their teaching. Here you will find more information on practical facilities, technical tools, and didactic advice, as well as answers to questions such as: How do I make literature available? Who can I turn to for ICT support? And how…

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…

Didactics

Oude UB, Rapenburg 70, 2311 EZ, Leiden

Wijnhaven, Turfmarkt 99, 2511 DP, The Hague

Every curriculum and course has to adhere to certain rules and regulations. These are defined in the OER, the Course and Examination Regulations (Onderwijs- en Examenregeling).

During a reorganisation, the University does its utmost to avoid redundancies, regardless of whether these relate to the University as a whole, to an institute or to a department of a faculty or service.

The University image database contains University images for use in printed materials and websites. The purpose of the image database is to create a central distribution source for all University images.

Didactics

The ISSC (ICT Shared Service Centre) helpdesk offers ICT support to all users of university workplaces.

If you bring in a (new) person who will be processing personal data for you, this person is not allowed to use this information for his or her own purposes. You need to formalise this in a data processing agreement. The university will usually have an agreement in place.

Leiden University works continuously to ensure a strong profile and societal visibility. On these pages, you will find more information about our strategic direction and the use of media, as well as answers to questions such as: What are our core messages? Which channel should I choose for my target…

Participation organs serve as bodies for consultation, information, communication and advice. They promote the welfare and interests of students and staff.

Agora, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden

Lipsius, Cleveringaplaats 1, 2311 BD, Leiden

Gorlaeus Building, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden

Are you a staff member at the university and would you like to organise an internal event? Event Service can help. Event Service is only available to university staff.

Degree programmes must be assessed and accredited once every six years to ensure they provide a high standard of education. You may be asked to speak to the assessment panel.

Communication, Personal development

Dialogue

Festival

Kamerlingh Onnes Building, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES, Leiden

Within the university you can reserve rooms for educational and non-regular educational purposes, but also for events, meetings and gatherings.

Personal development, Transferable skills

This year, there are elections for the student section of the University Council, the Faculty Councils and the Student Council of LUMC, the staff section of all Faculty Councils and all Employee Councils. What topics and positions do you find important? With your vote, you ultimately have a say in university…