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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.
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Daan has investigated how employees communicate with each other in a multilingual metal foundry in Limburg, nearby the Dutch-German border. He worked in the metal foundry for 3.5 months to observe and experience to what degree multilingualism hindered efficient communication, and the role of different kinds of power dynamics in this regard.
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The master’s programme Work, Health and Career (WHC) joined forces with the Dutch initiative ‘NL werkt aan werk’ to organise a mini-hackathon. The purpose of the hackathon was to bring students, employers, unemployed people and labor market professionals together to brainstorm about current labor market challenges and solutions. Inge Houkes, programme coordinator of WHC, was one of the organisers and coaches of the hackathon.
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A bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry in Canada, an English teacher in Vietnam, and a master’s degree in Global Health in Maastricht. Rochelle’s journey is not one you see every day.