FSW building, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden

A talking head is a video in which the presenter is recorded from the waist up. This format usually includes visual aids like slides, a board, an object or an animation. This can be recorded in your office, at home or in the studio. If you consider recording in your office or at home, you might want…

You can place all your orders through the Service portal: from furniture to coffee to chemicals to pens.

Demonstrations can be used to show and explain a skill or procedure in a setting from practice, like a lab or (fictitious) courtroom.

Personal development, Transferable skills

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.

If you plan to make a business trip abroad? Ask your manager for permission in advance.

Workshop

Transferable skills, Personal development

Didactics

Constructive alignment is a core principle of educational design. It ensures that you design courses, materials, activities and curricula with which your students can achieve the learning objectives you set out for them.

Maileon offers two user environments: one for internal mailings and one for external mailings.

As an employee of Leiden University, you are eligible to take out various insurance (schemes) at an attractive discount. On this page, you will also find more information about pension and unemployment.

Making use of social media is a good way to meet others or to hear about the latest news and developments. But it also has its downsides: disinformation, trolling, disrespectful comments and even the misuse of (personal) data.

When your contract with Leiden University ends, you may be entitled to unemployment benefits under the Unemployment Act (Werkloosheidswet, WW). You may also be eligible for supplementary unemployment benefits (Bovenwettelijke werkloosheidsuitkering, BWNU).

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!

The Expat facility is a tax measure for employees from abroad and employees sent abroad by the University. Under specific conditions the employer may provide a maximum of 30% of your income in the form of an allowance for a temporary stay in the Netherlands or abroad. This allowance for so-called extra-territorial…

What are you supposed to do if something goes or has gone wrong? Whether it be a break-in, an accident or an unsafe situation of any other kind, or data breach or cyber-attack; please read how to report each type of incident below.

PhD, Staff

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.

Communication, Working effectively, Transferable skills

SAP is a software system that is used for automating business processes within the University. These processes include purchasing, sales and invoicing, as well as keeping track of staff administration. You use SAP when you want to apply for leave and when you want to order products.

If you wish to supplement your retirement pension, you can use ABP ExtraPensioen (Extra Pension) to save via your gross salary.

When you return to work after the birth of your child, you are entitled to a number of facilities. These are listed below.

An important question being asked, both in the academic world and in society, concerns the impact of our research and education. By providing a well-supported answer, we not only create a strong position for our research, we also increase our chances of success in applying for research grants and retaining…

Find the quickest and easiest way to arrange banking in the Netherlands depending on your situation.

An important question being asked, both in the academic world and in society, concerns the impact of our research and education. By providing a well-supported answer, we not only create a strong position for our research, we also increase our chances of success in applying for research grants and retaining…

As a PhD candidate, you are expected to follow certain courses and training programmes in the context of your training as researcher.

Your funding needs might change as you advance through your career. Below we detail the opportunities available for every career stage.

If you’re experiencing a problem at work, you may want support in resolving it. Perhaps you feel that your manager is never satisfied with your work, or you’re unhappy with certain decisions. The confidential advisor for personnel affairs can help you find a solution.

Didactics, Career development

How can you ensure that your research hits the headlines? How can you bring your research output, such as PhD research or a publication, to the attention of the public?

Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure

Congratulations on your awarded grant. Here is a checklist of what to do next and who you will need to involve to get your project started.

When moving to the Netherlands, it is important to know whether you are considered resident tax payer or non-resident. Both residents and non-residents are taxed on their taxable income. A number of criteria help determine your status as resident or non-resident.

An ORCID iD is a unique code that identifies you as a scientist in a reliable and consistent way, much like the social security number in a passport. DOI does the same but for a scientific publication instead of a person. DOI and ORCID iD are examples of persistent identifiers.

Communication, Personal development, Diversity

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From the start of your PhD you make agreements with your supervisors concerning your personal development and the supervision you receive. These agreements should be recorded in a Training and Supervision Plan. This plan contains agreements concerning your research, supervision, training, and potential…

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).

Gorlaeus Building, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden

What distinguishes a documentary from other formats is that it uses people and situations in real life to give voice to different opinions, provide a statement on a societal phenomenon and/or give insight into a world that is not easily accessible. If you want to record a documentary, it is important…

Career development, Working effectively, Leadership

If you wish to share files with colleagues within or outside the university, you can save these files in the cloud. You can do this with Office 365 or OneDrive. If your files are too large to be send by e-mail, you can use SURFfilesender.

Career development, Leadership