During an evacuation, employees and students of the Gravensteen Building gather at Rapenburg 70, Bestuursgebouw (oude UB).

Gravensteen, Pieterskerkhof 6, 2311 SR, Leiden

A web lecture in most cases shows a recorded lecture, often in combination with interactive slides or a blackboard. The lecture recording can be made available afterwards or streamed live for students who cannot attend the live lecture.

Lecture, Histories Connected: Special Guest Lecture

Organisation

Discover how your colleagues shape their education and have a look at the tips they offer.

Lecture Hall, Einsteinweg 57, 2333 CC, Leiden

As a lecturer, you may require advice or support in recording and distributing lectures and videos. For more information, please contact your coordinator.

Nearly all lecture halls are equipped with a computer with a projector or television screen. These computers do not require you to log in, so guest speakers do not need to have an account. As a standard, these computers are equipped with PowerPoint, Word and various Internet browsers. Some of the larger…

Didactics

Diversity

Lecture Hall, Einsteinweg 57, 2333 CC, Leiden

Diversity

Diversity

Diversity

During an evacuation, employees and students of the Academy Building, Gravensteen Building and the oude UB Building gather at the assembly points in the Rapenburg area.

Didactics

Faculties and other organisational units have their own emergency response coordinators (BHV). Below is an overview of all the University’s BHV coordinators, and a link to their full contact details.

In large numbers, lecturers from the History study programme responded to the call to share tips for online and hybrid education. Everyone can now take a look at these tips on the university website, says chair of education Kim Beerden.

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

ICT

At many university locations the health, safety and environment tasks are coordinated by the General Services Department (UFB). You can contact your health and safety coordinator (HSE coordinator) for advice and information on working conditions. In most cases, the HSE coordinator also acts as prevention…

Oude UB, Rapenburg 70, 2311 EZ, Leiden

Lecture, Global Questions Seminar

Lecture, INVISIHIST event

It takes some getting used to, but Maarten Hijzelendoorn is no longer the Blackboard boss: he will now inform researchers about data management. From now on you can turn to Minke Jonk for all of your questions about the new Learning Management System Brightspace. We interviewed them together.

If you would like to hire a location for a (festive) occasion or reception, Leiden University has a wide range of locations. They are suitable for a variety of activities: meetings, workshops, dinners, receptions or parties. There are also various catering options.

Conference, Histories Connected: Faculty Roundtable

Education

Three lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded a €100,000 Comenius Teaching grant within the Senior Fellows programme. A further two lecturers have been awarded a €50,000 grant within the Teaching Fellows programme. The grants will enable the lecturers and their project teams to realise an…

On 28 June, ten dedicated lecturers received their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Hester Bijl congratulated them in an online meeting. We asked some of them what this qualification means to them, what they believe ‘good teaching’ entails and what makes them so passionate about education…

Fifteen passionate lecturers earned their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO) on Monday 22 January. Rector Magnificus Hester Bijl congratulated them in the Academy Building. Four of these lecturers talk about what motivated them to take the SKO and how it has benefitted them.

Education, ICT

Five lecturers from Leiden University have received a Comenius teaching award. With the grants they can carry out an innovation project.

Human resources

In the coming academic year things will hopefully gradually return to normal, so that teaching can again take place as far as possible on campus. Even so, hybrid teaching is here to stay. We talk to Niels van de Ven, former lecturer at Leiden Law School and now Education Manager at the Centre for Innovation…

Four lecturers from Leiden University will receive a 50,000-euro Comenius Teaching Fellow grant. This will enable them and their team to realise an educational innovation within their own teaching.

ICT

On 21 April 2022, Cleveringa Professor Jan Grabowski visited Leiden. The theme of his visit was the role of law and historiography in shaping collective memories.