The university offers an array of tools you can use for your education, and for which SEEDS (the Science teacher support desk) offers support.

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It was long thought that the early development of Japanese children's books served mainly as a propaganda tool of the state: the literature was supposed to have been written to shape children into perfect citizens. PhD student Aafke van Ewijk nuances this image. Children's book writers wanted to have…

The tools listed below are available for you to use in your teaching. Several of them will be familiar with you.

Standard software is provided through the Software Centre.

The university works with several digital tools that can be used in teaching.

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.

Active learning is one of the ambitions mentioned in the University’s educational vision (Learning@LeidenUniversity).

Activating learning involves interaction between lecturer and students in the classroom. It can include such activities as voting during lectures, brainstorming sessions, and interactive slides. We offer a number of tools to support you in creating more interaction in the classroom.

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An organisation the size of Leiden University requires careful internal communication.

Read more about the available tools here.

Onderwijs

Leiden University is proud of its research and teaching, its staff and its students. This is why we are keen to inform society of what goes on at the University.

ICT

Within the LRS programme, we began to prepare last autumn for the possible purchase of research project management tooling. We are looking at where tooling could help researchers and support staff with applying for research projects as well as with managing, financially administering and reporting on…

How do you get more interaction with your students during class? Paz Gonzalez has devised a method by which she gives her students an active role during class, turning (even large-scale) lectures into a seminar.

Leiden University is proud of its research and teaching, its staff and its students. This is why we are keen to inform society of what goes on at the University.

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Students from ‘StudentinzetopSchool’ help schoolchildren and gain valuable teaching experience at the same time. In an online visit on 13 April, Queen Máxima spoke to pupils, students and teaching staff. She also spoke to participants from Leiden. ‘Teaching is wonderful, but it’s complex too.’

ICT

You will be able to find all the information necessary to set up your (online) education at our faculty here.

Promotie

What makes you decide to invest time in applying for a grant? Leiden tenure trackers investigated this question at the training; "Your Research in the Spotlight". This resulted in a useful decision tool. Use it to your advantage to make an informed decision on whether or not to go forward with writing…

An organisation the size of Leiden University requires careful internal communication.

What makes you decide to invest time in applying for a grant? Leiden tenure trackers investigated this question at the training; "Your Research in the Spotlight". This resulted in a useful decision tool. Use it to your advantage to make an informed decision on whether or not to go forward with writing…

Leiden University is proud of its research and teaching, its staff and its students. This is why we are keen to inform society of what goes on at the University.

What makes you decide to invest time in applying for a grant? Leiden tenure trackers investigated this question at the training; "Your Research in the Spotlight". This resulted in a useful decision tool. Use it to your advantage to make an informed decision on whether or not to go forward with writing…

What makes you decide to invest time in applying for a grant? Leiden tenure trackers investigated this question at the training; "Your Research in the Spotlight". This resulted in a useful decision tool. Use it to your advantage to make an informed decision on whether or not to go forward with writing…

What makes you decide to invest time in applying for a grant? Leiden tenure trackers investigated this question at the training; "Your Research in the Spotlight". This resulted in a useful decision tool. Use it to your advantage to make an informed decision on whether or not to go forward with writing…

What makes you decide to invest time in applying for a grant? Leiden tenure trackers investigated this question at the training; "Your Research in the Spotlight". This resulted in a useful decision tool. Use it to your advantage to make an informed decision on whether or not to go forward with writing…

What makes you decide to invest time in applying for a grant? Leiden tenure trackers investigated this question at the training; "Your Research in the Spotlight". This resulted in a useful decision tool. Use it to your advantage to make an informed decision on whether or not to go forward with writing…

An organisation the size of Leiden University requires careful internal communication.

What makes you decide to invest time in applying for a grant? Leiden tenure trackers investigated this question at the training; "Your Research in the Spotlight". This resulted in a useful decision tool. Use it to your advantage to make an informed decision on whether or not to go forward with writing…

An organisation the size of Leiden University requires careful internal communication.

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Curious to find out how you can contribute to a safe working environment? Then keep reading to discover our tips for working securely. They will help you to work more safely in specific situations. This section contains tools and tips to promote safe working habits in specific situations.

We carry out regular evaluations with a view to improving the quality of our teaching. The programme committees and the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) play an important part in this process. In addition, a student satisfaction survey is also carried out very year:…

SOLO helps lecturers to use ICT in education. We offer practical support and advice.

At the Humanities, students are central. They are trained to be critical thinkers, academic professionals and concerned citizens. Our lecturers and researchers stimulate students to develop the knowledge with which they can understand and interpret big questions in our society. Because everything around…

Honours education caters to the most talented and motivated students at Leiden University. Students receive honours education in addition to their regular bachelor’s or master’s programmes. Furthermore, honours education is available to pupils in the final two years of secondary school.

Hybrid education combines offline with online teaching. While some students attend your classes on campus, other students take part digitally, from their own home.

What is 'teaching excellence' in Higher Education? Which different teaching excellence training, promotion and reward schemes exist across Europe? How can a common European teaching scheme look like? The e-NOTE project led by Leiden University seeks to answer these question in cooperation with five…

What is ‘teaching excellence’ in Higher Education? Which different teaching excellence training, promotion and reward schemes exist across Europe? How can a common European teaching scheme look like? The e-NOTE project led by Leiden University with the participation of Charles University and other partners…

In all matters regarding education, Leiden University faculties are supported by the Expertise Centre for Student and Educational Affairs, ICLON and the Faculty Educational Office.

In all matters regarding education, Leiden University faculties are supported by the Expertise Centre for Student and Educational Affairs, ICLON and the Faculty Educational Office.