Leiden University offers practical support and advice for professional communication. Here you will find all the guidelines and tools you need to get started immediately, as well as answers to questions such as: How do you apply the house style? Where can I find suitable imagery? And who can I turn…

Collaboration with the fossil fuel industry requires careful assessment. The Fossil Fuel Collaboration Advice Desk was set up to support this process.

You can copy and print throughout the university on our multifunctional devices. To do so, you will need a LU-Card.

Career development, Personal development, Working effectively

Research, Transferable skills

Training

Would you like to share your academic news with the world? Since 1 January 2024, Leiden University has been a partner of The Conversation, an international not-for-profit news platform that unlocks academic knowledge for a wide audience.

Leiden University provides staff with a modern ICT environment to carry out their work efficiently and securely. Here you will find more information regarding technical support, manuals, and contact persons, as well as answers to questions such as: Where can I report an ICT issue? How do I install software…

Research, Didactics, Career development

In Maileon, you have the role of editor, but there are other types of users with different permissions.

Master, PhD

Study information

Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure

Are you looking for a coach? If so, you’re welcome to contact one of the university’s internal or external coaches; you can do this directly yourself, after choosing a coach who seems suitable.

If you’re experiencing too much work pressure, talk about it to your colleagues and your manager. This is the only way we can jointly work towards a solution. How do you raise the issue of work pressure? And what can you do to prevent work pressure from getting out of hand?

PhD, Staff

Organisation

To protect sensitive data, such as personal details or confidential business information, the university uses so-called sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365. On this page, you can learn what sensitivity labels are and how to use them.

Images are an increasingly important part of communication, but how do you choose suitable ones for the website and where can you find them? This page offers tips on finding the right image and what to watch out for.

If you were declared disabled for work on or prior to 1 January 2016, and you are the recipient of a wage-related WGA benefit, you may also be eligible for what is known as a WGA compensation benefit.

Employees and students of Leiden University have access to Brightspace and other software with their ULCN-account. For others without a ULCN-account, like guest lecturers or teaching assistants, SEEDS can provide a guest account.

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.

Research

Work pressure is still high across the entire organisation. Leiden University is not unique in this respect, as all Dutch universities are facing high levels of work pressure. In an effort to reduce work pressure, we have launched a toolkit including practical measures at central, faculty, and individual…

If you have incurred costs for your work, you may be entitled to reimbursement. For example material costs, but also travel costs for commuting and business trips. We’ve listed all the possibilities below.

Didactics

Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure

Did you forget your password? Want to change your password, or your password has expired? In most cases you can reset your password yourself via the Account Services. If you are not able to access Account Services, please contact an ISSC helpdesk.

Education, Research

Human resources

Leiden University offers its staff members an attractive package of benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% and a end-of-year bonus of 8.3%. Using the Individual Choices Model it is also possible to opt for personalised benefits. Here we have summarised the most important terms and conditions.

As an employee at Leiden University you need a LU-Card. You can request your LU-Card after receiving your contract or guest letter. Early application is not possible. Are you a temporary employment worker e.g. via Jobmotion? In that case, ask your supervisor about the status of your registration with…

If you’re unsure where to refer students to for well-being support, this page should help. It provides an overview of the support available at Leiden University.

Here you will find questions and answers about GROW, the types of interviews, the GROW tile and more.

The university makes staff aware of the importance of cybersecurity at work. And that is essential, say our privacy and security officers. Because the number of cyberattacks is increasing, hackers are getting smarter all the time and by far the majority of problems are caused by human error. ‘Is that…

Bachelor, Master

PhD, Staff

It can be irritating, all that logging in to university systems: entering your password for the umpteenth time and confirming in an app or with a code that you are the one who is trying to log in. Find out why we really do need to do this.

Security

An escape room gave staff the chance to test their knowledge about cybersecurity at work. Would they manage to defuse the bomb in time without falling for the phishing emails or causing a data breach?

Marjan van Dasselaar is the Staff Ombuds Officer. The Staff Ombuds Officer gives independent advice to the University on how the staff’s work environment can be made safer.

Master