Keynote: Fair Educational Assessment in the Age of AI – Josette Daemen (FGGA), 1B.01

AI-assisted grading: opportunity or challenge? – Julian van der Kraats (ISSC), 1B.01

Grading assignments and tests is a time-consuming part of our educational system. While multiple-choice exams can already be graded automatically by ANS, grading assignments and open-ended exams is still very time-consuming. With the rise of GenAI, the use of AI for grading texts seems like a logical solution. But is AI actually capable of doing this, and is it permitted under the AI Act?  

Julian van der Kraats, Product Owner AI and Automation at the ISSC, discusses developments in AI-assisted grading within and without our university, and the challenges that need to be overcome in order to really get started with it. 

Presenting the Student Plaza… *jazz hands* - Janita Ravesloot, Justin Sijtsma, Rosalinde Spitters (FSW), 1A.37

Thesis presentation Masha Kunakhovich (CADS) & panel discussion the student perspective on the use of AI, 1B.01 

Want to know what students and teachers really think about AI and how they use it? For her master thesis at cultural Anthropology and Developmental Sociology Masha Kunakhovich studied the use of AI among teachers and students. She will present her findings during the session and then moderate a panel discussion on this topic with representatives of all the FSW study associations. 

Student Self-care: a necessary conversation – Kelly Ziemer (PSY), 1A.37 

Students in our clinical master tracks are trained to go out into the world and work with clients whose problems and stories can be painful and can impact their own well-being. How do you leave your work at work and not bring it home with you. How do we teach our students to cope with the emotional work and burden their profession places on them? Kelly Ziemer, Assistant Professor at Psychology, has won both a Grassroots and a Grass Shoots grant to investigate and implement educational innovations to address this question. In her presentation she’ll share her experiences and provide an insight into the results of her work on the topic of student self-care. 

Keynote: Teaching Resilience – Tim Mainhard (IPW), 1B.01

n 2023, the university launched the 13 cross-disciplinary skills that all Leiden students should acquire, divided into three categories: skills we use in our interactions with the world around us, also known as (meta-)cognitive skills; skills we use in our interactions with each other, also known as interpersonal skills; and skills we use in our interactions with ourselves, also known as intrapersonal skills. This last category is the focus of this keynote. 

Strengthening resilience during the study period is essential. Resilience is a combination of flexibility and self-confidence that enables individuals to cope with and recover from change, unpredictability, stress, and adversity. It reflects the balance between the ability to cope with undesirable outcomes or changes and the resilience to maintain personal boundaries. This skill helps students cope with setbacks and recover from them without exhausting themselves.  

In the current moment, with many geopolitical threats, climate change, polarisation, and social unrest, this skill is all the more essential. The question is how this skill can be strengthened in educational practice. How do young people develop resilience? As a teacher, how can you use your interpersonal behaviour to support students in strengthening this skill? Tim Mainhard, professor of Educational Sciences, will discuss this in more detail. 

Opportunities for educational innovation at a university and national level – Anna Terra Verhage (SAZ) & Uli Botzojorns (LLInC) 

Policy advisor Anna Terra Verhage & innovation advisor Uli Botzojorns answer all your questions about Comenius grants, the Grassfields and other funding opportunities at university and national level. 

FeedBACK and FORTH – Liza van den Bosch (IPW)

Online collaboration tool – Marit Guda, Kim Stroet, Tirza Smits (IPW) 

Students are increasingly being asked to work on assignments in groups. This requires skills that not all students have mastered. To support students in this, Guda, Stroet en Smits have developed and piloted an online collaboration tool, in which students are asked during the collaboration how the collaboration is going and to reflect on the process. In 2025, they received a Grassroots grant to further develop this tool. 

AI in Education @ Leiden – Ella Akin (LLInC)