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Research Traineeship Programme completed: 'Here you are encouraged to try things' 15 September 2023
Discovering while still studying whether work in science might be for you. That is what students get during the faculty Research Traineeship Programme...
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Bruno Verbeek: 'If your teaching is going well, you have to innovate' 06 February 2023
Three Humanities lecturers received the Senior Qualification in Education (SKO) this year. University lecturer Bruno Verbeek is one of them. What does...
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Matthijs van Leeuwen: 'I want to teach students responsible data science' 15 June 2022
Computer scientist Matthijs van Leeuwen is one of four science faculty members who obtained the Senior Qualification in Education in 2021. What was th...
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A boost for open source laboratory education: 175,000 euro subsidy 15 June 2022
A project to improve practicals in science courses has been awarded a 175,000 subsidy. Leiden physicist Paul Logman is one of the applicants, together...
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Students create creative language lessons for primary and secondary education: ‘Not enough attention paid to languages’ 08 November 2021
The earlier you introduce children to a language, the sooner they can be captivated by it and see that there is more than just Dutch and English. That...
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Tsolin Nalbantian receives Comenius grant: 'We must bridge the gap between education and society' 02 August 2021
In academia, the mention of Wikipedia might be met with suspicion. However, for Tsolin Nalbantian, university lecturer Modern Middle Eastern Studies, ...
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Educational innovation at Humanities: 'Students are great initiators’ 02 August 2021
In the academic year 2018 - 2019, the Faculty of Humanities established the Educational Innovation Programme. In this way, the faculty wants to realis...
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Ten lecturers receive Senior Teaching Qualification 28 June 2021
On 28 June, ten dedicated lecturers received their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Hester Bijl congratulated them in an online meeting. We...
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Digital skills at History 18 June 2021
In her teaching, University Lecturer of Ancient History Liesbeth Claes uses various digital tools. Using that experience and interest she started an i...
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Students meet each other from a distance 20 November 2020
For a lot of students, the covid crisis means that a sense of community is hard to find during their studies. Lettie Dorst, university lecturer of tra...
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Pressure cooker for education 09 November 2020
How do you offer proper education in times of corona? Annebeth Simonsz (Educational Advice and Quality Assurance) and Anna Benjamins (ECOLe) work clos...
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More skills and higher grades: E-learning skills platform continues to be a success 21 September 2020
After a promising start, also the second pilot of the digital Brightspace skills platform is a success. Third-year bachelor students had thirty new ...
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Margot van der Doef first Leiden psychologist to hold Senior Teaching Qualification 06 July 2020
'Continuing to work on my professional development is inspiring and stimulating, and it’s rewarding to have an influence on how psychology is taught.’...
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Successful start of e-learning skills platform in Brightspace 29 April 2020
For the first time, students were able to develop their skills using a digital platform in Brightspace. It turned out to be a success: on average stud...
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‘Teaching is a craft, not engineering’ 02 March 2020
Brandon Zicha (Leiden University College The Hague) had always been critical of the teaching system at universities. But it was only when he passed th...