In 2014, Leiden University launched the Teachers’ Academy to reward top talents in education and stimulate educational innovation. Lecturers who are selected as Teaching Fellows join the Teachers' Academy and are awarded a grant for educational innovation projects. The Teachers’ Academy also organises an annual symposium on innovation in education. A strong incentive for a university-wide qualitative improvement of education.

Read more about the LTA.

Besides the BKO, courses offered by LLInC focus on teacher training on numerous topics such as blended and online learning, playful learning, learning experience design, (digital) testing, XR in education and more. Besides training, you can also contact LLInC for innovation initiatives, educational advice and individual coaching. Do you have an innovative idea or educational challenge? LLInC's multidisciplinary team is happy to help!

The development of your (personal) leadership skills begins with  HRM Learning & Development. Leading interdisciplinary research and education: that’s what Leiden University stands for. All professionals within the University make a to this, each in their own particular way. At HRM Learning & Development you develop your (personal) leadership skills and the professional competences that you need for your work today and in the future. 

The focus at HRM Learning & Development is on three themes: 

• The growth of (personal) leadership 

• Developing professional skills and competences, and a professional attitude to work 

• Job and career development

View the overview here.

The university encourages its employees to use and develop their talents. We do this by supporting you in your career and in your personal and professional development. We try to ensure that you get the opportunity to realise your full potential. That is why the university offers a wide range of training courses. The university’s training courses are provided by various internal providers:

• Toolkit Let’s connect! - Universiteit Leiden
  In the Let's Connect toolkit, you'll find articles, videos, training and conversation tools to communicate openly with each other. You can get started with the toolkit and the material independently. It can help you prepare for a discussion (your PDI for example), or if there’s an issue you’re finding difficult to raise.
• New Heroes
  If you would like to keep on developing your knowledge and skills – in the area of Communication, Creative Thinking, Focus or Personal Leadership, for instance – you can now follow free online training courses with New Heroes.
• Academic Language Centre
  Courses offered by the Language Centre are centred around language- and acculturation.
• Leiden University Libraries
  The library’s courses are focused on working with the library systems and on processing and evaluating information for research.

Teachers from Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam can make use of each other's course offerings. You can thus broaden your perspective and learn from lecturers from another university. Each university has its own specialisations in its course offerings. Lecturers from other LDE institutions pay the same participation fee as lecturers from their own institution. In some cases, participation is free. You can find what's on offer here. 

Through the Professional Development Exchange Hub, a collaboration between Dutch universities, you can gain access to the professional development offerings of other universities. Find more information here.