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The role of feedback in Dutch oral language educationPhD defence 31 October 2025Anneke Wurth, PhD candidate at ICLON, wanted to gain insight into what works well in oral language education in the school subject of Dutch in the upp...
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‘Teach young people to take control of technology’Inaugural lecture 30 October 2025Technology is spreading its tendrils into the classroom. But who is in control? In her inaugural lecture, Professor Nadira Saab calls for ‘digital age...
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Identifying educational goalsPhD defence 29 September 2025How do teachers work on their pupils' development? Kevin Zweeris, PhD candidate at ICLON, designed tools to identify teachers' objectives.
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Navigating challenges in university teachingDissertation Max Kusters 19 June 2025New research sheds light on how university lecturers make critical deliberate decisions about their teaching in an era of rapid change, revealing the ...
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In memoriam prof.dr. Nico Verloop10 June 2025Nico Verloop, Professor Emeritus of Educational Studies at Leiden University, passed away on 5 June 2025. Nico was the founder and first professor-dir...
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Student engagement in blended learningDissertation Linyuan Wang 06 June 2025How can universities engage students in blended learning environments? Linyuan Wang’s (PhD at ICLON) dissertation offers vital insights. Blended learn...
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Children learn how medicines work: ‘Some pills go in your bottom!’Education 05 June 2025A pill can make you better, but how exactly does it work? Primary school children from The Hague found out during a visit to the Centre for Human Drug...
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A real professor in the classroom: ‘What do you like best about your work?’Meet the professor 07 February 2025Each year on the university’s birthday, children at primary schools in Leiden and The Hague have a lesson from a professor – about children’s rights a...
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Mayor Heijkoop feels like an ‘ambassador’ for the universityFirst impressions 21 January 2025Leiden Mayor Peter Heijkoop visited the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and the Faculty of Science on 20 January. He met various university...
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Nivja de Jong listed among 2% most influential scientists14 November 2024Professor Nivja de Jong has been included in the list of most influential scientists by Elsevier Data Repository. This list of scientists with the hig...
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European CLIL community gathers in Leiden08 November 2024Recently, ICLON welcomed some 75 colleagues from 15 European countries for a meeting on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in research an...
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Political scientist teaches VWO pupils: ‘some knew more than I did at that age’05 November 2024It is a full classroom: more than 30 pupils from 5 and 6 vwo are present to listen to political scientist Leila Demarest's lecture. She gives a brief ...
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‘Our future depends on funding for education research’09 September 2024Higher education research improves the quality of education. And these investments more than pay for themselves in terms of well-being and prosperity....
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How research and teaching can reinforce each other15 July 2024Every year, the dissertation prize is awarded to the best dissertation of the past year by the Association for Educational Research (VOR). Marjon Baas...
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Using mobile technology for self-directed language learning01 July 2024Self-directed learning is more suitable for intermediate and advanced language learners than for beginners.