Course, Webinar

For the first time, students were able to develop their skills using a digital platform in Brightspace. It turned out to be a success: on average students who actively used the platform on achieved higher grades than students who used it less. But above all, the students themselves were pleased with…

Holograms that help you learn, flexible learning spaces and electronic learning materials that adapt to your personal level. The ICT & Education (ICTE) Innovation Programme is exploring and experimenting with innovative teaching methods.

The education afternoon had a slightly different style this year: instead of listening to different educational speakers, the participants worked themselves on one of the ambitions of Learning@Leiden, Leiden University’s vision on teaching!

What languages do you speak? According to Felienne Hermans, ‘Python’ could be an answer to this question. Hermans studies how people learn to program at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) of Leiden University. In an article of the NewScientist she explains why programming is similar…

During the opening of the academic year, true to tradition the LUC Teaching Prize will be awarded to the best lecture at the University. Get to know the nominees. This week: Christine Espin.

After a promising start, also the second pilot of the digital Brightspace skills platform is a success. Third-year bachelor students had thirty new skill modules at their disposal to support them with their research assignment. Despite the additional challenges posed by COVID-19, students that used…

Dr. Alise Muok, originally from California, arrived in 2018 for her postdoc position in Leiden, at the Biology Institute. With a grant of the Dutch Cancer Institute (KWF), she is analyzing E. coli behavior in urine to determine the presence of a cancer marker, with her supervisor dr. Ariane Briegel.

Education

Education, ICT

Education

Lecture, LDE Innovation Room

Learning with the City, a partnership between the Municipality of Leiden, Leiden University and University of Applied Sciences Leiden, has a new online platform. Learning with the City aims to use knowledge and expertise from higher education to solve social issues in Leiden. The platform will help…

Where is the dividing line between man and machines? What makes us wiser than robots? How do you know if a film on internet is real? These are the questions that will be addressed at the Brave New World conference on 8 and 9 November.

Course, Webinar

Various projects at Leiden University have been awarded an Erasmus+ grant, an EU funding tool. This is a substantial boost to the internationalisation of our research and teaching.

Course, Webinar

Community Meeting

Leiden University wants to attract the best academics. What requirements does it set for new academic staff members? What requirements must you meet for a career in academia? Read more about our career policy for academic staff.

Conference, Diversity & inclusion symposium

Research

In order to further enhance the quality of our education, in 2014, the university established the Collegiale Raad voor Onderzoek naar Hoger Onderwijs (CROHO) (College Council for Higher Education Research). Professors who are experts in education research participate in this council. The CROHO advises…

Leiden University has officially switched over to digital learning environment Brightspace. Blackboard has therefore been replaced after 20 years. Leiden University College (LUC) will start teaching via Brightspace on Monday 24 August 2020, the other faculties and LUMC will start on 31 August 2020.

Our professors are the cornerstone of the University, and the bar is set high. They are recognised for their research, teaching and academic leadership skills. Our policy on professors explains how the University helps professors meet these high expectations.

On 22 January 2018, the Massive Open Online Course ’A Circular Economy of Metals: Towards a Sustainable Societal Metabolism’ kicks off. This course is developed and taught by associate professor Ester van der Voet.

Education, Finance, Research