2,480 search results for “education” in the Staff website
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'I don't want that benefit anymore': Why people aren't claiming the financial support they're entitled to
Fear of repayment demands is causing people to forgo benefits and financial support, even when they are eligible. This was one of the finding of Olaf Simonse in his PhD research on financial stress and the non-use of social services. His proposal: 'Let the government take the initiative.'
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‘Young Academy Leiden wants to stand up for young researchers, especially in difficult times’
Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will change its board this month and welcome seven new members. Outgoing chair Julia Cramer and incoming chair Rachel Plak look back at the highlights of the past year and discuss YAL’s plans for the coming period.
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‘Safe working Is especially important for yourself’
‘Safe working is a form of professionalism,’ says Hugo M. Nijhof, head of the Health and Safety department. Starting next year, there will be more focus on this topic. New opening hours will be introduced for the buildings, along with new rules for working outside office hours. Nijhof: ‘Together, we…
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Opening Gorlaeus Building celebrated grandly
Confetti, stilt walkers and the new Einstein Fountain. On Monday, 2 September, the Gorlaeus Building of the Faculty of Science was festively opened. Together with Constantijn van Oranje, our students cut the ribbon. Dean Jasper Knoester: ‘The building is ready, now it is up to our students and researchers…
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Hundreds of visitors learn about Leiden University science during 3 October University
Glorious sunshine, dozens of enthusiastic academics and huge numbers of Leiden residents ensured that this year’s special jubilee version of 3 October University was a great success.
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Honours class students do research into confidence in the justice system
Students from the ‘Public confidence in the criminal justice system’ Bachelor’s Honours Class completed this course with their presentations at the final session on Tuesday 25 May. What is unique about this honours class is the collaboration with The Hague University of Applied Sciences and the Court…
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AI and the green transition: a ‘match made in heaven’?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often portrayed as a technological saviour for addressing climate change. But there are risks associated with its use, observes Barrie Sander.
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Alumnus teaching at a Texan university: pizza, guns and heated debate in the lecture theatre
Americans are electing a new president in November but they also have other choices to make in the polling booth. Alumnus Sanne Rijkhoff works at a Texas university and is trying to help make students more aware of the elections.
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Workshop Remindo: working with a Question Bank
Didactics
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Opening POP-up Living Room FSW
Opening
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Dialogue and Student Wellbeing
Lunchbyte
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Connecting with societal partner: an event for researchers in the field of brain, cognition and behavior.
Conference
- Summer Celebration Honours Academy 2023
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OpenSesame Workshop FSW
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Recognition & Rewards Festival
Conference
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Workshop Mastering the art of test question design
Didactics
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Open Science Lunch - Faculty of Humanities
Debate, Lunch
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Workshop on Sign Language Histories
Workshop
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Webinar: Help your students get more out of your course.
Webinar for staff members
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Information session: Birmingham-Leiden Strategic Collaboration Fund
Webinar
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Women Artists in Twentieth-Century China: A Prehistory of the Contemporary
Lecture, China Seminar
- Una Europa FSW roadshow
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Relationships that Count: Social Networks and Language Learning
Lecture
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How to improve interdisciplinary cooperation within Leiden University?
Conference
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Our Digital Future 2023
Conference
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Lancering The Hague Global Futures Hub
Conference
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Symposium on interdisciplinary collaboration: How do we foster connections?
Conference
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Psychology Connected: Artificial Intelligence
Conference
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Anglophone Islam: English-language Islamic curriculum in post-Apartheid South Africa
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Online Kress Talks with Felicity Good and Alec Aldrich
Lecture
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Course for (new) members of Leiden University boards of examiners
Didactics
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed?
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary nature of the minor is proving beneficiary for students and lecturers alike. We sit in during a class.
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Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life. Jasper first wrote his column from Kuala Lumpur, and it was ready to share. Then a crisis arose this week that demanded…
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Professor Jos Schaeken: 'I had no idea where Leiden was, but I did know I wanted to study there.'
In the Pioneers of Leiden University series we talk to past and present students who were the first in their families to go to university. In this third instalment we talk to Jos Schaeken (1962) dean of the Honours Academy and Professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and Cultural History: 'I had to…
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‘We couldn't really celebrate our vaccine being approved, but we were over the moon’
On 11 March, pharmaceutical company Janssen received approval to launch its corona vaccine on the European market. This made Janssen the fourth company to be given the green light by the European Medicines Agency. As Lead of the Janssen Campus in the Netherlands, Biology alumnus Bart van Zijll Langhout…
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University diversity policy is alive and kicking: ‘We need to acknowledge each other’s experiences’
Leiden University has had a diversity policy since 2014. The aim is to create a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment for all students and staff. Diversity Officer Aya Ezawa updates us on the process and the results. It’s now 2022, what has already changed?
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | Cultural Heritage, Well-being and the Future
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
- Midterm review legal programmes
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Boeklancering 'Atlas van ons Brein' van Lara Wierenga
Boekpresentatie
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Willem Boterman
Lecture
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EUniwell Open Lecture Series | Africa the Conservation Continent of the 21st Century?
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | COVID-19 as an engine of family reshuffling
Lecture, Lecture part of series
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PhD Library Skill Session of 2021-2022
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Pedagogies of Occupation: Free Time, Professionalization and Protest in Urban Brazil
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Ukraine Symposium - Turning Point
Conference
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Comeniusfestival 2022
Festival
- SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
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Annual Programme Committee meeting
Debate
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YAL SCIENCE lunch
Debate
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Annual Meeting LDE-CEL: Developing a Culture of Learning Analytics
Conference