152 news items found
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‘We teach in the FC Emmen canteen’ 20 May 2021Alumna Louwien Eising is headteacher of Carmel College in Emmen. How have things been during the pandemic? And how has her degree in Education and Chi...
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‘Sometimes simply staying alive is a form of resistance’ 11 May 2021How do harrowing war experiences affect different generations? Students have made a video about poignant family stories. They interviewed other studen...
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This honours class makes you date your problem 11 May 2021Theoretical research does not always give us the right solution to a problem in society. This message, loud and clear, is delivered during the final p...
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Queen Máxima pays a virtual visit to ‘StudentinzetopSchool’ 14 April 2021Students from ‘StudentinzetopSchool’ help schoolchildren and gain valuable teaching experience at the same time. In an online visit on 13 April, Queen...
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Survey: Leiden students want to learn more about sustainability in their studies 07 April 2021Students at Leiden University believe that their degree programmes should focus more on sustainability. These are the findings of a survey of more tha...
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Rector Hester Bijl on education in times of corona: ‘We have high hopes, but we are also realistic.' 06 April 2021The Dutch universities as a whole are lobbying for a 'normal' academic year from the end of August, where on-campus teaching will be possible. It's a ...
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‘Meeting new people is still very valuable’ 23 March 2021Particularly during this time of social distancing and remote learning, it is important to carry on meeting new people – even if you don’t always feel...
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A university in times of corona: one year on 15 March 2021It is exactly one year ago that the university had to close, bang in the middle of the academic year. Suddenly, on that third Monday in March, we foun...
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Digital education: what’s working well and what can we improve? 02 February 2021Nearly a year since the abrupt switchover to mostly online learning, the Digital Education seminar gave teaching staff the opportunity to review their...
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A circular economy is about much more than just recycling 01 February 2021It’s Circular Economy Week, from 1 to 6 February. But what is it that makes an economy circular? And just how circular is our university? René Kleijn,...
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Zoom available for teaching from 22 January on 04 January 2021From 22 January on, the video conferencing app Zoom will be available for students and teachers at Leiden University. The University is responding to ...
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Leiden Classics: Humbert de Superville, founder of the Print Room 16 April 2015
Dutch artist and visionary David Humbert de Superville (1770-1849) was the founder and first director of the Print Room at Leiden University. An exhib...
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Leiden Classics: The paradox of student association Minerva 12 June 2014
Minerva, which calls itself the oldest student association of the Netherlands, has the reputation of being an impenetrable bastion. A lustrum exhibiti...
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Leiden Classics: 5 questions on the origin of university democracy 12 May 2014
The late 1960s: across Europe, students are demanding the right to more participation within their universities. In 1971 Leiden University was granted...
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Leiden Classics: Leiden University’s first women students 18 February 2014
It was not until 1878 that the first female students enrolled at Leiden University, but the discussion on whether women were suited to study was by no...