871 search results for “community” in the Staff website
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Interdisciplinary research: brainstorming and bridge-building
Bring over a hundred driven researchers together in one room and the good ideas will start to flow: that was the thinking behind the internal networking meeting on interdisciplinary collaboration on Wednesday 17 May. Representatives from the nine interdisciplinary programmes were waiting at their stalls…
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Growing diversity of Dutch population not immediately visible at universities
The intake of bachelor’s students from classic immigration countries whose prior education was in the Netherlands does not reflect the growing diversity in society. This is according to data from Statistics Netherlands.
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Stretching in the courtyard, yoga in the restaurant: how colleagues keep fit together
It’s not healthy but we often do it anyway: sit hunched at our computer for hours on end. But exercising and relaxing at work doesn’t have to be complicated. These staff members have come up with fun and easy ways to help their colleagues stay fit and healthy. ‘You don’t need sportswear and won’t end…
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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent symposium, 28 groups of four to five students unveiled their solutions. The commisioners expressed great enthusiasm.
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Staff symposium on student well-being: ‘Let’s talk more about adversity’
How can we help our students build resilience and prevent unnecessary stress? And how do we break the taboo on failure? These and other questions are what study advisers, lecturers, deans and student support staff discussed at the staff symposium on student well-being at PLNT.
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Annetje Ottow on a safe (and unsafe) environment: ‘An open dialogue is crucial’
Revelations about unacceptable behaviour and sexual misconduct in the TV and sporting world have rekindled the public debate about a safe environment. At Leiden University we are coming together to prevent unacceptable behaviour and provide proper care and support for victims. According to President…
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Executive Board column: Let’s be alert to unacceptable behaviour
This is a difficult time. Above all, for all those directly involved in this horrible case – unacceptable behaviour by a professor and his removal from the University – the case we went public about on 18 October and that has been reported in the media. This is painful and tough for the complainants…
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Postdoc Adam Benfer stewards big data in the study of Central America
In the spring of 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new postdoc. Dr Adam Benfer, originally from the United States, occupies a double position as a researcher in the project of Alex Geurds and as the Faculty’s Data Steward. ‘It is pretty much what the title says: I steward data. Essentially,…
- Leiden Teachers' Academy Education Festival 2023
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Ties to the fossil fuel industry
Debate
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Archaeozoology is essential to modern environmental management
Lecture
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PhD and Post Doc’s Career Event: Finding your career inside or outside of academia
Festival, Career Event
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Christmas Carol Concert at Leiden University
Arts and culture
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Video screening and dialogue Neurodiversity Pride Day
Video screening
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series: Well-being, Education and Young Refugees
Lecture, Part of Open Lectures Series
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Explore! Career Opportunities Beyond Academia
Research, Communication
- The Body Poetic: How identity is formed, negotiated, and renegotiated through interaction between the living and the dead
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Una Europa–Africa Partnership Seed Funding Call 2023: Launch webinar
Webinar
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International Women’s Day
Event
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Caribbean Ties. Connected people, then and now
Exhibition
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | “Soli-Data-Rity” - The use of data for personalised medicine
Lecture, Lecture part of a series
- AI Mixer: Can Generative AI Generate Culture?
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Knowledge utilisation
Research
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Pitfalls for Advanced Writers of Academic English & Word Order (Graduate School FSW)
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A conversation with Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Lecture
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Data Management Plan course for PhD's
Didactics, Career development
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Rock art and wellbeing
Lecture, Workshop
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What is happening in Yemen?
Debate
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The active bystander
Communication, Personal development
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CANCELLED - Museum Talk: Negotiating museums and their digital interfaces
Lecture
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Money Matters: Financial Distress and Sustainable Change
Panel Discussion
- Have your say on the quality of our teaching (in Dutch)
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A Christmas Carol Concert
Arts and culture
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To explore the drug space smarter: Artificial intelligence in drug design for G protein-coupled receptors
PhD defence
- Have your say on the quality of our teaching (in English)
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Managing and leading multidisciplinary research projects for impact
Research
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Keti Koti Table
Diner | Dialoog
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Decolonizing Area Studies. An Open Conversation
Roundtable conversation
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KNOT: Envisioning A Virtual Museum of Indigenous American Heritage in Italy
Lecture
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Playing with words
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Playing with your devils: a presentation course
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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AI in education
The latest generation of artificial intelligence (AI) can use natural language to answer complex questions and tasks. OpenAI launched the ChatGPT chatbot in late 2022. This has caused a stir in the world of education and is a cause of concern for many. What could AI in general and ChatGPT in particular…
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Frequently asked questions about GROW
Here you will find questions and answers about GROW, the types of interviews, the GROW tile and more.
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Inclusivity with Law: What does it mean to look at diversity and inclusion from a legal perspective?
Conference, D&I Symposium
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Annetje Ottow back in Leiden
Annetje Ottow is the first female president of the Executive Board of Leiden University, which means a return to her Alma mater.
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The archaeology of face masks: ‘Face masks layers will be a huge help for future archaeologists’
From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment layers, and in refuse heaps. In a couple of generations archaeologists will study the layer that has already been labeled the Face Mask Horizon. Current…
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Interdisciplinary research: labour market on the move
Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactly? And can we influence this? Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet regards it as his job to reveal how things really are. ‘That way, we can work on solutions…
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Why you (won’t) vote – A reading list
In November, the Dutch will elect a new parliament. Not all eligible citizens will go out and vote, however. How can this be explained, and how big of a problem is it? International research into voter turnout can shed new light on this issue – and offer possible solutions.
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Taboo on raising social safety issues must go because we really need to do better
Last year, 15.8% of all employees of Leiden University experienced undesirable behaviour. This is one of the findings of the 2021 Personnel Monitor. ‘That number is far too high. We have to get rid of the taboo on raising this issue and addressing offenders,‘ says Martijn Ridderbos, in an open and…
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Dialogue and experimentation to embed Recognition and Rewards within the whole University
A culture change is needed within the University in the area of Recognition and Rewards, and a start can now be made on bringing about that change. The Recognition and Rewards steering group has published a change vision and recommendations people can start to work with. Their advice has been welcomed…