Are you an international researcher working for Leiden University? Please note that you probably are legally obliged to take out health insurance. Here you will find if you need a public or a private health insurance, and how to apply for it.

If you wish, you can take part in the collective health insurance scheme offered by Leiden University and Zorg en Zekerheid. This scheme offers a collective discount, for you and your family.

At many university locations the health, safety and environment tasks are coordinated by the General Services Department (UFB). You can contact your health and safety coordinator (HSE coordinator) for advice and information on working conditions. In most cases, the HSE coordinator also acts as prevention…

The University wants you to feel comfortable, healthy and safe in your job and in your work environment. Sometimes that is not always the case. For example, you might be confronted with undesirable behaviour, or you might have issues in the workplace. If you want to discuss issues with someone other…

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

If you would like to have something photographed, digitised or reproduced, Photo & Digital has professional photographers and expert technicians.

The digital accessibility expert group focuses on improving the accessibility of the university website, digital learning tools and digital examinations. As a result of the corona crisis many educational activities are now online. The group is therefore working closely with the Centre for Innovation…

The FSW uses Remindo for digital testing. With Remindo the whole process of testing can be managed from one online management environment.

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

Digital examinations can take many different forms. Have students write essays, record a podcast or knowledge clip, have them take an exam together in groups or have them take an exam with different types of questions.

Tests and assessments give you a better idea of how well students are doing. Keep reading to find out which ICT resources are available for the various assessment methods.

Always make sure to request your exams on time. ECOLe needs time to (help you) set up your exam.

Brightspace is the heart of the University’s digital learning environment. Lecturers can use it to provide online support for a lecture or course. They can bring together assignments, lecture sheets and literature, and keep this up to date. Students thus have access to all their learning materials.

Read more about the available tools here.

Brightspace is the heart of the University’s digital learning environment. Lecturers can use Brightspace to support a lecture or course with digital resources. They can post assignments, lecture slides and literature in the same place and keep them up to date, giving students access to all their teaching…

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It appears from a study conducted by Independer and Q&A Research that at least one in five Dutch people think you can be refused basic health insurance if you have health problems.

Brightspace is the heart of the University’s digital learning environment. Lecturers can use it to provide online support for a lecture or course. They can bring together assignments, lecture sheets and literature, and keep this up to date. Students thus have access to all their learning materials.

Brightspace is the heart of the University’s digital learning environment. Lecturers can use it to provide online support for a lecture or course. They can bring together assignments, lecture sheets and literature, and keep this up to date. Students thus have access to all their learning materials.

Better health for all the residents of The Hague region. This is the mission of Health Campus The Hague – formerly LUMC Campus The Hague. Eight partners – the LUMC, Leiden University, the municipality of The Hague and five healthcare institutions (see box) – are collaborating intensively in healthcare…

The Minister has requested urgent advice from Sombroek-van Doorm in relation to the vaccination of children aged between 5 and 12 years against COVID-19.

Mirjam Sombroek, Aart Hendriks and Martine de Vries (LUMC) will work on mapping the ethical and legal aspects of gene therapy. The aim is to establish a best practice of how society can best deal with these therapies. For example with guidelines on how to regulate, reimburse and make these therapies…

Associate Professor Mirjam Sombroek has been asked for advice on account of her expertise in the area of health law and children’s rights.

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The Digital Lab is open! This new lab is meant for staff and students who are looking for a place to work, experiment, and find support for their digital research. There’ll be a kickoff event, with live digital demos and a roundtable on “the Humanities in a Digital World” on Friday October 29 in the…

What are the digital challenges facing us now and in the near future? This was the question discussed by over 250 ICT experts, functional application management staff and information managers during the Our Digital Future conference on 26 January. We asked some of them how they found the day and what…

Starting 1 October 2022, Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorn has been appointed as Professor Law and Health.

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Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Leiden University will start a new two-year English-taught master’s programme in Population Health Management (PHM) on 1 September 2021. The programme, which has been given the green light by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO),…

eLaw - Center of Law and Digital technologies from Leiden Law School, and the Vascular Surgery Department at Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, join forces to explore the use of AI for diabetes and secondary prevention of diabetic foot problems and won a prize for it.

Even though it is generally known that Autism and ADHD are more common in men, and depression or anxiety disorders are more common among women, it is still not well understood if, how and when sex differences impact neurodiversity and mental health. To better understand this complex issue, 25 international…

For the first time, research has been conducted on how the health of detained persons prior to their detention differs from that of non-detainees and to what extent health problems change over the period: from before and after their detention.