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Behind the scenes, we have been working for months to stop the government from dealing an irreparable blow to Maastricht University in particular and to Dutch education and research in general. Now it is time to make our voices heard even more loudly.

Medical student Julia Schepers has known she has dyslexia since high school. When she started her studies at Maastricht University three years ago, she went straight to Disability Support to ask for guidance.

Brain Science – this is the name of the new bachelor’s programme that kicked off in September at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience. The programme was established to integrate psychology, biology and mathematics in the study of the brain.

Earlier this year, a medical school in New York received a billion-dollar bequest from the widow of a wealthy investor. A huge sum, but unlike in the Netherlands, donating to universities is not out of the ordinary in the Anglo-American tradition.

Children perform better at school, particularly in arithmetic, if they have a healthy lunch and get varied exercise. These are the findings of new research based on data from the Healthy Primary School of the Future (HPSF) project, a long-term UM study.

UM’s Lisa Jonkman and Radboud’s Nienke van Bueren are investigating how young children understand math, focusing on brain activity and innovative tools to measure brainwaves.