It's much easier to learn something if you're interested in it. But students' interests are often diverse and wide-ranging, says Sanne Akkerman, Profe...

Dissatisfied older teachers regularly quit teaching before reaching retirement age. In her dissertation, PhD candidate Ietje Veldman advocates specifi...

There is a shortage of teachers in secondary education. That is why more and more unqualified teachers are appointed.

The motivation of student teachers for the teacher's profession depends on various factors. Teacher training can influence the commitment of students....

The 20th anniversary of the Lorentz Center will be celebrated on 28 June 2017 with the opening of an exhibition in the Oude UB. For two decades alread...

Fred Janssen is curious about how best to teach students and students to gain a good understanding of complex ‘swamp situations’. This is the subject ...

Recently, the booklet 'Blended Learning, het versterken van het onderwijs op de Universiteit Leiden' has been launched. Sonja Wagenaar, educational ad...

On March 31, 2017, graduates of the teacher education programme received their diploma.

Refugees who are eligible for residence in the Netherlands can follow a teacher training programme at Leiden University from September 2017. The prog...

On the 442nd anniversary of the foundation of Leiden University, and at the start of the Leiden Asia Year, lawyer Jan Michiel Otto, an expert in the f...

A large table with tablecloth, a sitting area with soft lighting. A new meeting place in Plexus for students from a migrant background, opened on 6 Oc...

Last year the research program Teaching and Teacher Learning of ICLON Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching had its recurrent external review.

At a meeting in The Hague from 20 to 22 March, lecturers, university administrators and online teaching specialists made plans for better teaching usi...

Leiden University mourns the victims of the terrorist attacks in Brussels. These attacks are an assault on our democratic society. We will continue to...

On Tuesday 8 March, ICLON,Leiden Univesity's graduate school of teaching, organised a workshop for Syrian refugee teachers. The workshop was moderated...