Transferable skills, Career development

Leiden University provides employees with all the necessary facilities to work from home efficiently and comfortably. Here you will find more information about software, network connections, and setting up your workspace, as well as answers to questions such as: How do I access my files from home? How…

When you work with partners from home or abroad, these collaborations must be safe and responsible.

Management, Leadership

Are you considering preparing a Kiem application? Learn from those who came before you! Here you find the recommendations and insights from colleagues who previously realised a Kiem project.

Researchers at the Faculty of Science work at the frontiers of knowledge every day, tackling today’s major societal challenges. Their work is recognised through grants, prizes and other awards. We highlight some of these achievements below.

Education, Organisation

The TEC roadmap for 2025 will be shared soon.

How can you ensure that your research hits the headlines? How can you bring your research output, such as PhD research or a publication, to the attention of the public?

Management, Research, Working effectively, Transferable skills

Communication, Working effectively, Transferable skills

Conference

Education, Organisation

Organisation

What if we let students assess themselves, or awarded fewer grades? What if we held challenging discussions in public rather than in the classroom, or embraced AI? With ‘Free your mind’ as its theme, no idea was too outlandish at the Leiden Teachers’ Academy Education Conference.

For decades, a collection of ancient Mediterranean ceramics and artefacts served as a teaching resource for Archaeology students at the Leiden Faculty of Archaeology. Now, a selection of these objects has found a new audience at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, where Assistant Professor…

We use university buildings differently from ten years ago. Students spend more time on campus, staff work more hybrid. At the same time, declining student numbers in the Netherlands and cutbacks call for smarter use of space. The new Strategic Housing plan sees a solution in collaboration among fac…

The university offers a number of facilities for collaborating with colleagues within and outside the University. This may involve sharing information or collaborating on documents. Depending on your objective, you can choose from the following collaboration tools.

For each university unit, the ICT Shared Service Centre (ISSC) has an appointed ICT contact person responsible for applying for ICT facilities for research, teaching and operational management.

Where was that message again — in Teams, Outlook or in the chat? And where is that document? Somewhere on the J drive, or in a Teams channel? Needless searching wastes time and energy. By working together more efficiently in the cloud, you can keep track of everything, save time and collaborate more…

Your options for data storage may vary depending on factors such as size and sensitivity of the data or collaboration with partners outside the university. We are all responsible for data protection. To keep personal data as secure as possible, approved tools should be used to ensure safe processing…

Leiden University works continuously to ensure a strong profile and societal visibility. On these pages, you will find more information about our strategic direction and the use of media, as well as answers to questions such as: What are our core messages? Which channel should I choose for my target…

What skills do students need to function as academic professionals and engaged citizens?

Research, Transferable skills

Course, Summer School

Here you will find guidelines for using devices such as laptops, tablets, and telephones. Whether you are working with a device purchased for you by ISSC or with a device you have purchased privately, it is important that you save your files securely and handle confidential data with care.

Personal development, Working effectively

Communication, Personal development, Leadership

Leadership, Personal development, Management

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially adopted ARRAKIHS as a scientific mission, confirming the target launch date of 2030. Matthieu Schaller is part of the Science Team: ‘I look forward to learning more about the dark part of our cosmos.’

Astronomers have discovered an enormous supply of cold molecular gas in a galaxy shortly after the Big Bang. The finding offers a rare glimpse of the raw material from which the first large galaxies were built. Measurements suggest that around 95 per cent of the normal matter in the galaxy studied,…

The Austria Centre Leiden was thrilled to receive an application from our colleague Dr. Jonathan Singerton (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) to support his participation in the first-ever Central European History Convention in Vienna in July 2025. We asked Dr. Singerton to reflect on the event and how…

Organisation

From toy cats that purr to robot dogs that bark: what do such technologies mean for older people, healthcare providers and family members? A Dutch Research Council (NWO) Veni grant is enabling anthropologist Tanja Ahlin to investigate how animal-shaped robots can contribute to care for older people…

Letty ten Harkel has received a Bakels Fund grant from the Leiden University Fund (LUF) for a two-year research programme at the archaeological site of Son Sard on Mallorca. The grant will enable her team to carry out geochemical and geomorphological research into the development and use of the landscape…

Drones zijn in korte tijd onderdeel geworden van het dagelijks leven. Ze worden gebruikt door hobbyisten, bedrijven, politie en defensie. Tegelijkertijd groeit de zorg dat dezelfde technologie ook kan worden ingezet door kwaadwillenden. Onderzoeker en promovendus Stijn Willem van 't Land zocht dit u…

As geopolitical tensions rise and the international landscape becomes increasingly volatile, the Netherlands faces a growing range of threats, from cyber attacks and disinformation to foreign interference and social unrest. In the new executive programme Strategy and a Resilient Rule of Law, researchers…

In his inaugural lecture, Alexander Vahrmeijer, Professor of Surgery specialising in Molecular-targeted Precision Surgery, explained how light, fluorescence and smart technology are making surgery safer and reducing complications.