Assessing Learning in Higher Education addresses what is probably the most time-consuming part of the work of staff in higher education, and something to the complexity of which many of the recent developments in higher education have added. Getting assessment ‘right’– that is, designing and implementing…

The information below concerns courses that our group teaches in Leiden. 

Cellular stress response pathways are activated upon exposure to chemicals and help organisms deal with various molecular dangers (e.g. oxidative stress). When these pathways become hyper-activated an adverse response takes place and cells die, which may lead to organism-level toxicity such as drug-induced…

Latent variable modeling of students' solution strategies and performance

Cognitive processes of learning with a focus on reading comprehension and the development of mathematical skills.

The goal of the Kenniswerkplaats Diversiteit is to answer research questions schools in the Hague have in collaboration with the schools. The aim is to offer all children the same opportunities to develop through education.

Research and design are becoming more and more important in international science education. In The Netherlands, two recently introduced subjects focus on research and design activities in the classroom: O&O (research and design) and NLT (nature, life and technology). This research aims to look at what…

The Educational Sciences program group of the Institute of Education and Child Studies at Leiden University provides courses in the field of student education and the learning and development of children in the school context. The aim is to offer students a broad education and to prepare them for a…

An important goal of the ICLON programme is to build bridges between practice and theory.

The programme group Forensic Family and Youth Care Studies also provides education within the Institute of Education and Child Studies.

How to make educational innovations practical for teachers

The programme group Learning and Behaviour Problems in Education works hard on this website

Collaboration is increasingly common among teachers in schools. As such, teacher education should prepare prospective teachers to effectively interact with other teachers in different types of communities or groups.

The Clinical Psychology Educational Programme aims to provide specialized knowledge of psychopathology, diagnostic and treatment skills and related scientific research.

The Faculty of Humanities in Leiden is unique in its research, education, valorisation and breadth of languages, cultures, arts and societies of the world, in their historic context, from prehistory to the present. Humanities’ research and education at Leiden are among the top 30 in the world (THE).

Developmental and Educational Psychology offers bachelor's courses and master's programmes.

Intellectual Property offers a wide range of courses in the bachelorprogram Law and International Business Law, several (advanced) master specializations and Post Graduate Education.

PhD student Robbin Bastiaansen applies mathematics to get insight in practical problems. By comparing mathematical models with developments in existing ecosystems, he hopes to demystify the process of desertification. His research has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…

The Center for Law and Digital Technologies offer educational programmes at bachelor and master level.

Education and Organisation Development

Doctors are expected to apply recent insights from research to improve patient care. This is one of the reasons for integrating research into medical education.

How do students’ interests develop over time and which interests are subsequently pursued in the higher educational choice of students?

The department of Business Studies facilitates business study education to students of the Leiden Law School as well as the students of other faculties of Leiden University.

The Honours education is for high school students and students and teaching staff of different faculties, which makes it multidisciplinary from the very beginning. This means that students are offered an extra challenge, in addition to their regular studies. Characteristics of the honours education…

The Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law of Leiden University is active in education in various ways.

Our education specializes in creative exploration and a broad understanding of scientific research and technology. It prepares students for a career involving creative and critical thinking, and in particular for a future in scientific research.

Our education specializes in creative exploration and a broad understanding of scientific research and technology. It prepares students for a career involving creative and critical thinking, and in particular for a future in scientific research.

Connect art and academia at ACPA

The LIBC is actively involved in training and education in the field of brain and cognition.

Cooperation on education with China stimulates innovation and brings a different perspective and new content to classrooms.

The group develops and teaches the large majority of methodological courses in all phases of the program Education and Child Studies. This program rests on a strong empirical-analytical tradition. This means that research methodology and statistics, linked with educational research questions, have a…

The Department of Child Law focuses in its education on the legal position of the child in national and international law.

Our education specializes in creative exploration and a broad understanding of scientific research and technology. It prepares students for a career involving creative and critical thinking, and in particular for a future in scientific research.

In higher education intermediate assessment is used in different ways. In her PhD research Indira Day shows that lecturers should be able to continue to have the freedom to use various test forms, because not one type of test is optimal.

The programmes offered by the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs in The Hague are closely linked to the defining image of The Hague as a city of international justice, peace and security as well as the centre of Dutch public administration and international governance.

The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) offers courses at both bachelor’s and master’s level. There are also minors, online learning and courses for professionals.

Electrical signals travel like a wave through our neural pathways. The mathematical models for these movements could not yet properly describe all the biological properties of the nerves. PhD student Willem Schouten-Straatman changed this by improving the existing models. ‘I hope that one day we will…

Our education programmes span the entire spectrum of Animal Sciences, Evolution, Biodiversity and Conservation, Microbial Biotechnology and Plant Sciences.

Our education programmes span the entire spectrum of Analytical BioSciences, Biopharmaceutics, Drug Delivery Technology, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology.

Schools of secondary education are assigned to (further) develop a curriculum vision regarding three functions of education (Sectorakkoord VO, 2014; 2018).: qualification, socialization, and subjectification (Biesta, 2015). This research project is aimed at developing instruments that help schools identify,…

The group is involved in training in areas of diagnostic skills, treatment/prevention/intervention, neuropsychological assessment, behavioral observations, clinical interviewing, psychoeducation for parents and teachers, knowledge of intellectual disability, autism, ADHD, psychosis, aggression, as well…

Members of LUCIR contribute to various education programmes in the sphere of international relations, exchanging expertise with both bachelor’s and master’s students.

The MCS research group members and their research are closely affiliated with the two Leiden master’s tracks in Museum Studies offered at the Art History and Archaeology departments.

Here you find the curriculum of the master programmes of Health, Medical and Neuropsychology.