Our university believes it is very important that its employees can take pleasure in going to work and can carry out their work without any hindrances. A safe working climate is a necessary condition for this. Collegiality, respect, and job satisfaction should be guaranteed and undesirable behaviour…

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These exceptional times demand a great deal of flexibility and adaptability. Nor more than ever it is important to get some rest and recuperation. If you are suffering from corona symptoms, call your doctor.

New staff members need a proper induction process when they start a new job. It helps them settle into their duties quickly and get to know both their colleagues and the practices and objectives of their department.

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Remote Working, or working from home using digital means, helps organisations increase agility in their workforce, supports work-life balance and increases organisational resilience. In light of the recent increase in remote working, this article offers general tips gained from the Centre for Innovation's…

We are all working from home now, which makes us extra vulnerable for cyber attacks and data breaches. The corona outbreak requires joint responsibility and solidarity. Please create a secure online workplace, by executing the following 7 steps: one virus outbreak is more than enough.

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The university offers a number of facilities for collaborating with colleagues within and outside the University. This may involve sharing information or collaborating on documents. Depending on your objective, you can choose from the following collaboration tools.

The outbreak of coronavirus has radically changed our life and work. We have had to work, teach and conduct research from home. How has coronavirus changed your work? What do you miss most? And what is keeping you going? We asked a few colleagues.

The restrictive measures imposed by the government to contain the coronavirus are slowly being relaxed. What does this mean for Leiden University, for our students and for our staff? On 19 May it was announced that from 15 June practicals and exams can take place at the University. It is disappointing…

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If you want to hold a group discussion, a video conference call or make calls online, the information below sets out the possibilities.

You can request a shared mailbox if you want to share an e-mail account with multiple colleagues.

Do you work from home and do you have an employment contract with Leiden University? Then from January 2021 up to and including 31 August 2021, you will receive an allowance towards the costs of internet use. During this period, the situation will be reviewed every three months to determine whether…

You can apply for an exemption from parking fees when you demonstrably disabled or when you have to park on different parking lots for your commute.

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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.

Organisation

How are you doing in these strange and unprecedented times? That is the question we are asking our colleagues in this series. Criminologist Meike de Boer, for instance, a PhD candidate in forensic speech research at Leiden University Centre for Linguistics.

Remote workplace gives you access to your University workplace from any location. You can, for example access the files on your personal disc, your email, University information systems such as SAP, Self Service and the desktop of the PC at your workplace.

For years Blackboard was the digital hub for courses and programmes at Leiden University, but in September it will be replaced by Brightspace. To help lecturers get to grips with the new system, a whole range of training courses have been made available. Trainer Esther Bliek tells us all about these…

How are you doing in these strange and unprecedented times? That is the question we are asking our colleagues in this series. Hilde Pracht-Altorf, for instance, a writer and editor at the Faculty of Science.

How are you doing in these strange and unprecedented times? That’s the question we are asking our colleagues in this series. Jasmijn Mioch, for instance, HRM Learning & Development Adviser.

If there’s something you’d like to discuss in confidence, you’re welcome to contact a confidential counsellor. This could be a problem with bullying, sexual harassment, intimidation, aggression or discrimination of any kind, or it could be a problem with your manager or a violation of academic integrity.…

How are you doing in these strange and unprecedented times? That is the question we are asking our colleagues in this series. Maaike Smit, for instance, secretary at the Institute of Public Law.

Management

The second day of our online Well Being week is about productivity. We called it Work It Wednesday.

‘The range of possibilities for interactive and online teaching at the university has grown rapidly during the coronavirus crisis,’ says Michelle Olmstead, Director of the Centre for Innovation – and the Centre has seen some pretty rapid growth of its own.

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Forgotten 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.

Looking for one of the good practices or a speaker from the symposium? Below they are listed. You can also see in which panel session they participated.

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The COVID-19 pandemic forced many staff of Leiden institutes abroad to leave their posts in a hurry. How is the KITLV Jakarta team doing now? Director Marrik Bellen talks about the turbulent times for this Leiden institute and its staff. And can we learn anything from the Indonesian approach?

‘We want to say something very different from the norm. We are the radicals now.’ Tahir Abbas is lyric about the DRIVE project he will be leading from Leiden University in The Hague. This is a short introduction to the research that will be carried out in the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and the United…

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