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If you incur professional expenses, such as professional association fees, you can offset these expenses against your gross income via the Individual Choices Model.

Alongside the funds that the faculties receive from the Executive Board, they can obtain extra funds from other funding bodies for their teaching and research. These extra sources of income are termed the second and third income streams.

The University has national holidays and compulsory closures. National holidays are not deducted from your vacation hours, whereas compulsory closures are.

ICT

Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure

After the review of the written proposal, some evaluation procedures include a rebuttal to the comments of the reviewer and/or an interview to further clarify your proposal to the evaluating committee or panel. On this page you will find tips for preparing and dealing with a rebuttal or interview.

If you want to hire someone on a temporary basis, such as a temp agency worker, guest lecturer or independent contractor, certain rules apply. Find out more about your options and what you need to take into account. You should always consult your HRM adviser before hiring staff.

Forgotten your password? Want to change your password, or your password has expired? In most cases you can reset your password yourself via the Account Services. If you are not able to access Account Services, please contact an ISSC helpdesk.

How do you write a good news article? Here are a number of guidelines to help you.

You can copy and print throughout the university on our multifunctional devices. To do so, you will need a LU-Card. Find out how to print from a desktop, laptop or mobile device.

You can apply various means to increase your societal impact: through interaction with professionals, the commercial sector or general audiences. The University can support you in this process in a number of ways.

Are you handling personal data just once, for instance when taking the minutes of a meeting or organising an employee outing? You do not need to include this use in the data processing register if you stick to the following conditions.

Nearly all lecture halls are equipped with a computer with a projector or television screen. These computers do not require you to log in, so guest speakers do not need to have an account. As a standard, these computers are equipped with PowerPoint, Word and various Internet browsers. Some of the larger…

If you bring in a (new) person who will be processing personal data for you, this person is not allowed to use this information for his or her own purposes. You need to formalise this in a data processing agreement. The university will usually have an agreement in place.

Didactics

As a university employee, you probably work with personal data. That is not just names and telephone numbers – it can also include things like cookies. How can you make sure you are working in a privacy-proof way?

Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure

Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure

Employees going on business trips can make use of the University’s collective travel insurance scheme. This means that you do not have to take out your own business travel insurance when travelling abroad for your work. The University has taken out collective travel insurance via ACE.

If you are not eligible for university owned accommodation or if you prefer to buy or rent your own property there are a few things to take into consideration. The Service Centre International Staff can help you as well.

In accordance with Article 1.21 of the WHW, Leiden University is obliged to draw up a reporting protocol that students and staff can follow if they perceive signs that students, children, or staff are experiencing domestic violence or child abuse.

Research

Did you forget your password and do you want to request a new one? Do you want to modify storage for a workgroup, including access rights? Or do you want to submit another request for our ICT services or products? Please use the forms below.

Leiden University offers its staff members an attractive package of benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% and a end-of-year bonus of 8.3%. Using the Individual Choices Model it is also possible to opt for personalised benefits. Here we have summarised the most important terms and conditions.

If a researcher has appeared on the TV or radio or in a newspaper, for example, you can create an ‘In the media’ page referring to this. How do you write a good ‘In the media’ page? Below are some guidelines.

Research

Research, Working effectively

Leiden University has high-quality research facilities and laboratories for education and research.

The translation department of the Academic Language Centre (ATC) has a wealth of experience in translating from Dutch into English and English into Dutch. It is professional and reliable and provides a quality service.

Postdocs, or early career researchers, play a crucial role at Leiden University. They make a major contribution to our research. In 2019, Leiden University employed around 400 postdocs across our seven faculties in Leiden and The Hague, LUMC not included.

Leiden University is very international; it employs people from no fewer than 115 different countries. If you are moving to Leiden from abroad, take a look at the information on living and working in the Netherlands on our website, including information on financial and tax matters. Our Service Centre…

To help you make the impact or valorisation of your scientific research more clearly apparent, we have created a Leiden Impact Matrix.

The Terms of Employment Individual Choices Model gives you some freedom to select your own terms and conditions.

Who better to tell what it is like to study at Leiden University than the students themselves? That’s why we ask students if they would be willing to visit schools to share their experience.

As a PhD candidate, you are expected to follow certain courses and training programmes in the context of your training as researcher.

Career development, Communication

Once every three years, you can offset the cost of purchasing a bicycle for yourself or a battery for your own electric bike through the Terms of Employment Individual Choices Model. .

Would you like to share your academic news with the world? Since 1 January 2024, Leiden University has been a partner of The Conversation, an international not-for-profit news platform that unlocks academic knowledge for a wide audience.

Once a year a Performance and Development Interview (P&D) is conducted between you and your supervisor. The interview is the time to look back and evaluate the results of your work and your personal development. At the same time, the P&D interview provides an opportunity to look ahead by making work…

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Research

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