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2019 Hall of fameOver the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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Speaking a foreign language: Is fluency ‘a must’?Nivja de Jong, researcher at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) and the Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON), has wo...
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Pedagogies in bilingual educationIn the Netherlands approximately 130 out of 700 secondary schools offer a bilingual stream. However, research about CLIL (Content and Language Integra...
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'Offer research and design processes in a varied manner'Research and design are two activities that are becoming increasingly important in the Dutch subjects O&O (‘research and design’) and NLT ('nature, l...
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Focus on extended essays: Leiden University’s Academic ChallengeFor most school students, writing their extended essay (or profielwerkstuk) is the first time they really come into contact with what it means to do r...
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Two major teaching grants for Leiden lecturersStudying with an app and exploratory learning in large groups. Two educational innovations that will be possible thanks to the Comenius Programme of t...
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‘Students describe my module as an emotional rollercoaster’Thanks to Ian Cook’s ‘Who Made My Clothes?’ MOOC, thousands of students have researched where their clothes come from. How does this geographer from t...
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Mayke Vereijken appointed Fellow of the Higher Education AcademyMayke Vereijken (ICLON) has been appointed Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
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2018 Hall of FameOver the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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New insights to support teachers and pupilsGood education is the basis for a fair and sustainable society. To maintain a high level of education, teachers, pupils, lecturers and students need n...
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Creating and celebrating excellent Extended Essays: launching Leiden University’s Academic ChallengeThe ‘Wetenschapscongres for vwo’ gets an Anglophone edition: 'Leiden University’s Academic Challenge’.
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Effect of peer feedback on academic writingFeedback from fellow students on academic writing is as informative as that of teachers. That is one of the findings in Bart Huisman's (ICLON) dissert...
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Intercultural training in VietnamIn Vietnam, foreign trade and culture are pervasive. Therefore, the need arises for students to learn more about cultural differences and intercultura...
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Intermediate assessment in different waysIn higher education intermediate assessment is used in different ways. In her PhD research Indira Day (ICLON) shows that lecturers should be able to c...
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Importance of research in medical educationDoctors are expected to apply recent insights from research to improve patient care. This is one of the reasons for integrating research into medical ...