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LUC education team nominated for Dutch Higher Education Award 15 March 2022
The Leiden University College team behind the Learning Mindset project has been nominated for the Dutch Higher Education Award, an award for innovativ...
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Digital education: what’s working well and what can we improve? 02 February 2021
Nearly a year since the abrupt switchover to mostly online learning, the Digital Education seminar gave teaching staff the opportunity to review their...
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This is how virtual reality brings education to the next level 23 December 2019
Early December, lecturer Joris Timmermans gave the first virtual reality lecture at the Institute of Environmental Sciences. Together with the Centre ...
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Are humans the robots of the future? 12 December 2019
Whether you want to repair a car or you’ve simply lost your keys: there’s a good chance that in the future there will be an augmented reality (AR) app...
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What robots can teach us about humans 23 October 2018
Where is the dividing line between man and machines? What makes us wiser than robots? How do you know if a film on internet is real? These are the que...
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This faculty is the perfect fit for me! 31 August 2018
From 1 September Erwin Muller will be the new Dean of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) in The Hague. What makes him the right perso...
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What mobile phones mean for refugees 14 May 2018
What do refugees use their mobile phones for? And what does it mean for aid workers in reception camps? The Leiden Centre for Innovation studied this ...
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Leiden-Delft-Erasmus, VPRO and Unesco launch online learning experience 19 April 2018
Mind of the Universe is a series of portaits of worldwide leading scientists broadcasted summer 2017 by the VPRO. This populair series gets a follow-...
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Working visit by Minister Van Engelshoven focuses on digitisation of education 30 January 2018
How does online learning strengthen the quality of higher education and what are the barriers to implementing this more broadly? Minister of Education...
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MOOC on the dilemmas of science 15 January 2018
Scientists are regularly confronted with issues of integrity. You can learn all about the subject in a free online course.
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Highlights 2017 FGGA in 12 photos 22 December 2017
2017 was our year for new developments. Namely, the opening of our new Wijnhaven, our first debates in the StepTalks series and with a view to the fut...
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Survey on open and online learning: Please join! 28 November 2017
Currently, more and more universities are experimenting with various forms of digitization: MOOCs, SPOCs, but also the adoption of YouTube video’s, on...
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Call for papers FGGA Research Symposium - extended! 24 November 2017
Are you curious to know more about the research interests of your colleagues? Are you looking for new collaboration? Would you like to share your late...
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Online course for diplomats bridges perceptions between Islamic and Western worlds 06 November 2017
Professor Maurits Berger is presenting an online course, starting on 6 November, on the images that Islam and the West hold of one another. The course...
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Innovation in medical education: from study books to VR glasses 30 October 2017
Leiden University experiments with Virtual Reality as a learning experience.