Huygensgebouw
Huygensgebouw

New Year Education Bite: Don't (expect to) be bored

Thursday 22 January 2026, 3 pm - 5 pm
As we step into a new year, the TLC Teacher Ambassadors of the Faculty of Science invite you to a New Year Education Bite. With this event, we want to give teaching and education a positive start at the beginning of the new year.

Academic boredom is ubiquitous, and it leads to a range of adverse learning outcomes. Given that students often make estimates of how boring lectures are, does anticipating a lecture to be boring shape their actual experience of boredom?

During this event, dr. Wijnand van Tilburg (Essex University UK, Ig Nobel prize winner 2023) will give a lecture on boredom and other achievement emotions in education. Followed by some examples from Radboud University practice on positive student engagement.

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When
Thursday 22 January 2026, 3 pm - 5 pm
Locations
Huygens building, Huygens building HG00.307