Indira Day
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. I.N.Z. Day
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 1703
- i.n.z.day@iclon.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5511-1061

Indira Day is a researcher in the higher education research team. Indira has a background in pedagogical sciences and worked at ICLON on a doctoral thesis about intermediate assessment in higher education, which she successfully defended in 2018. Subsequently, she worked at different higher education institutions, researching peer feedback, the research teaching nexus, and student wellbeing. From 2020 till 2024, Indira worked on the NRO-funded Teachers2Learn project at Utrecht University. This project studies teacher professional learning in the context of innovations in higher education.
Assistant professor
- ICLON
- Onderzoek
- Stevens T.M., Day I.N.Z., Brok P.J. den, Prins F. J., Assen J.H.E., Beek M. ter, Bombaerts G., Coppoolse R., Cremers P.H.M., Engbers R., Hulsen M., Kamp R.J.A., Koksma J.J., Mittendorff K., Riezebos J., Rijst R.M. van der, Wiel M.W. J. van de & Vermunt J.D. (2024), Teacher professional learning and development in the context of educational innovations in higher education: a typology of practices, Higher Education Research & Development 43: 437-454.
- Vermunt J., Brok P. den, Prins F., Day I.N.Z., Stevens T., Assen H., Bombaerts G., Coppoolse R., Cremers P., Kamp R., Riezebos J., Rutten M., Uerz D., Rijst R.M. van der, Wiel M. van den & Woudt-Mittendorff K. (2024), Het professionele leren en ontwikkelen van docenten in het hoger onderwijs in de context van onderwijsinnovaties. Den Haag: NRO.
- Vermunt J., Brok P. den, Prins F., Day I.N.Z., Stevens T., Assen H., Bombaerts G., Coppoolse R., Cremers P., Kamp R., Riezebos J., Rutten M., Uerz D., Rijst R.M. van der, Wiel M. van de & Woudt-Mittendorff K. (2024), Het professionele leren en ontwikkelen van docenten in het hoger onderwijs in de context van onderwijsinnovaties [Professional learning and development of higher education teachers in the context of educational innovations]. Eindhoven: Eindhoven University of Technology.
- Day I.N.Z., Blankenstein F.M. van, Westenberg P.M. & Admiraal W.F. (2019), University teachers’ conceptions of their current and ideal intermediate assessment: an A+ is good, but speaking your mind is better, Studies in Higher Education 44(12): 2223-2234.
- Day I.N.Z., Blankenstein F.M. van, Westenberg P.M. & Admiraal W.F. (2018), Teacher and student perceptions of intermediate assessment in higher education, Educational Studies 44(4): 449-467.
- Day I.N.Z. (28 June 2018), Intermediate assessment in higher education (Dissertatie. ICLON, Social Sciences, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Admiraal W.F. & Westenbergg P.M. van, Blankenstein F.M. van.
- Day I.N.Z., Blankenstein F.M. van, Westenberg P.M. & Admiraal W.F. (2018), A review of the characteristics of intermediate assessment and their relationship with student grades, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education 43(6): 908 - 929.
- Day I.N.Z., Blankenstein F.M. van, Westenberg P.M. & Admiraal W.F. (2018), Explaining individual student success using continuous assessment types and student characteristics, Higher Education Research & Development 37(5): 937-951.
- Day I.N.Z., Huisman B.A. & Vereijken M.W.C. (2017), Exploring freedom and control in global higher education: een conferentie verslag van de jaarlijkse bijeenkomst van de Society for Research into Higher Education, Onderzoek van Onderwijs 46: 19-21.
- Day I.N.Z., Blankenstein F.M. van, Westenberg P.M. & Admiraal W.F. (2016), Intermediate Assessment in Undergraduate Law Programs: the Relation between Test Characteristics, Student Characteristics and Study Results. International Conference on Higher Education: EARLI SIG 4 13 July 2016 - 15 July 2016.
- Day I.N.Z., Blankenstein F.M. van, Westenberg P.M. & Admiraal W.F. (2016), Characteristics of intermediate assessment and student results: A literature review. Society for Research in Higher Education Annual Conference 7 December 2016 - 9 December 2016.
- Day I.N.Z., Blankenstein F.M. van, Westenberg P.M. & Admiraal W.F. (2016), Literatuurreview: Kenmerken van tussentijds toetsen in het hoger onderwijs en hun relatie met opbrengst bij studenten. Onderwijs Research Dagen 2016 25 May 2016 - 27 May 2016.
- Day I.N.Z., Blankenstein F.M. van, Westenberg P.M. & Admiraal W.F. (2015), Tussentijds toetsen in de bacheloropleidingen rechtsgeleerdheid en criminologie. Onderwijs Research Dagen 2015, Leiden. 17 June 2015 - 19 June 2015. [conference poster].