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Professor Machteld Marcelis can continue her work at Maastricht University, the university’s Executive Board has determined. An independent inquiry commissioned by the board and conducted by the agency BING found no evidence of an unsafe social environment within the Psychiatry section of the UM Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, where Professor Marcelis works.
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Open days are an excellent way to explore your study options at Maastricht University. It’s a day not be missed, if only for the atmosphere, says Charlotte, one of dozens of current UM students who helped turn Saturday’s Bachelor’s Open Day into a success.
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1pm-7pm (including drinks) - Open Space, Maastricht Institute of Arts, Zuyd University. Herdenkingsplein 12, Maastricht. (RSVP)
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Friday February 3 saw the kick-off of Leren op Locatie (Learning on Location): an intensive collaboration between Maastricht University and Radboud University. The institutions aim to create a complete range of academic courses to combat the teacher shortage in secondary education with a joint work-study programme.
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This 2 years ERASMUS+ project aims to develop innovative educational methods to promote sustainable consumption habits to adults. In particular, the project will be targeted to producers and consumers in the coffee industry. The goal of the project is to utilise existing and develop new tools and methods based on the principles of Technology Enhanced Learning to trigger transformative, systemic change in consumption habits and incentive people, and especially millennials, to turn to more sustainable ways of life. UM joins as a scientific partner to provide guidance for the development of the educational tools and nudge strategies.
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Jérôme Lock-Wah-Hoon, 2018 alumni for the master’s programme Global Health (GH), started the programme as a Biomedical Sciences bachelor with a hands-on experience in global health. Between his bachelor and master, Jérôme was active as a medical laboratory scientist in Sierra Leone fighting the Ebola outbreak.
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Starting on 1 February, the Centre for Gender and Diversity (CGD) is happy to welcome a new student assistant.
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How can you reinvent the orchestra? The Maastricht Centre for the Innovation of Classical Music (MCICM) and philharmonie zuidnederland worked together to appeal to a new audience.
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Doctrine, documents, data – this is the trinity which Anna Beckers will analyse in her ERC-funded project CHAINLAW. The project will lay the foundation for developing a regulatory framework in response to the socio-economic institutions that make up global value chains. Her holistic approach will consider the role of trading practices, contract terms, and the involved networks of auditors and certifiers, as well as transnational legal structures and interventions from states.
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“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and trying new things, because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”, Walt Disney
In Lewis Carroll’s famous “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” Alice is confronted with a series of unexpected and challenging situations. It all starts with her following a hasty rabbit into a rabbit hole. She ends up at the bottom of the rabbit hole and spots a beautiful garden behind a very little door. Yet, she quickly realises that she will not fit through that door and starts exploring the rabbit hole.