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… with the people leading the companies and institutions that we work with.' Grant: Without being too derisive of me as your co-worker! What are the bits that you don’t like so much? Ton: 'There is a challenge now and then in bridging the experience of academia with the needs of the various companies. In other words bridging the longer term, more holistic with the practical needs that businesses initially define for us. But the combination of such challenges and at the same time meeting … nature I am a curious person.' Grant: Do you think BISCI is important in its role as a boundary organisation that sits at the intersect of academia, business and government? Why can’t we remain in our own areas or expertise? Ton: 'What I have experienced, working for BISCI, is that the goal to foster and strengthen digital and sustainable supply chains is a noble goal to bring the economy and well-being of the people in our area to a higher level. It was a significant and vital step that …
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Almost 150,000 people in the Netherlands suffer from type 1 diabetes. Aart van Apeldoorn, diabetes researcher at the Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine (MERLN), hopes to do away with the insulin syringe by means of an implant known as the ‘tea bag’
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… the children and grandchildren of Tom and her current husband, Arie Visser; yes, the father of fashion designer Mart Visser. “It’s a miracle to have met another man who challenges me and knows me better than I know myself. It’s wonderful to be able to experience that again.” Inner compass She sees her career as being built on taking action. Don’t aspire, just do it. Know your characteristics and your abilities. “I’m not interested in status; the most important thing to me is the content of the work. … out for myself.” She can’t recall a time when her intuition deserted her. Her successes include her choice of the then unknown Pierre Audi as artistic director of the Dutch National Opera and, recently, Rianne Letschert – also young and relatively inexperienced – as UM rector. It was Lodder who nominated Letschert for the job. “Compared to the private sector, I found Maastricht University as an organisation to be bureaucratic, slow and difficult to change. I said to Rianne, ‘The board needs a new …
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… Schiphol this afternoon and has been awake for 33 hours, but it doesn’t show. She speaks with the same passion as she did in 2015 in her internationally lauded TED talk, ‘What my religion really says about women’. She has a clear message and is an experienced public speaker. During the interview Murabit tells us about her three goals in life. “Choosing this path meant I no longer had the time to work as a medical doctor, and I loved that profession. So I had to define very clearly what I wanted … Fund Education was the central theme of her keynote speech, ‘How pencil and paper lead to peace and prosperity’. Without detracting from the benefits of formal education, she stressed the importance of informal education. “With that I mean the life experience you get from taking a leading role, working with partners or having to wake up early to go to school. Those are all things that prepare you for the world.” Murabit is also a board member of several organisations, including the Malala Fund. … kept a family of 11 operating like clockwork. To me that was leadership. Also her recognition that every child has different aspirations.” Growing up, the boys and girls were treated equally. It was only when she got older and more ambitious that she experienced something different. “Many of the professors in medical school made the assumption that I wouldn’t actually practise medicine. That was frustrating, but in retrospect I don’t think there’s a single country where gender discrimination is not …
… the Maastricht Science Programme, adds: "We involve students in the excavation so that they can learn about methodical field research. We want to organise an excavation every summer, and we hope that the students who are currently enjoying their first experience as palaeontologists will wish to share their knowledge with the new students next year." The current group's enthusiasm indicates that Mesher does not need to worry about participation next year. Armed with instruments ranging from pickaxes …
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… with one of the interns. “It requires just a bit more of your intercultural skills. Being honest is highly regarded in the Netherlands, but a little more tact is certainly not an unnecessary luxury in the Asian labour market. That’s also valuable experience for students.” What does the Centre for Student Development & Business do? The department has four units: Student & Career Counselling Alumni Business Relations Internship Office The latter unit has four employees, one of whom specifically …
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… grassroots consent on contested issues. “It’s very cheap—certainly compared to military campaigns. Bots amplify certain narratives and undermine others. When they came to the West’s attention after Trump’s election, Russia had already gained a lot of experience domestically and in neighbouring countries.” Wijermars’ prediction is sombre. “There have already been raids and arrests of candidates. I think there’ll be widespread media repression. UR will win a majority but pay a massive price in the …
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… of 5 November. The theme is ‘How transparent is your university?’. The programme includes a lecture by Wilbert Bannenberg, president of the Dutch Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation, and a workshop on ‘The Journey of a Drug’. Participants will experience the development of a medication from the chemical formula to the final product. Transparency required Transparency is a prerequisite for achieving reasonable drug prices. “If nothing is known about drug development, what should someone feel …
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… doctors were enthusiastic about the results of the study. In fact, from the ECGs, I found three subgroups of patients who had different shapes of their ECG’s. Once I had found these groups, the next question was: is one of these groups more likely to experience a high-risk incident? And this was indeed the case for one of the groups. The study gave both doctors and patients very valuable information. Now when a new patient comes in, we can quickly say: 'Based on your ECG, you belong to a high-risk …
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… UCM such an interesting programme is that students design their own curriculum, allowing them to combine multiple perspectives. It’s also a small programme. We know all students by name and every student gets their own academic adviser. It’s a unique experience to look at a topic not just from different disciplines, but also from different cultural perspectives. That’s an added bonus when you study with people from dozens of different countries.” Photo: Joris Hilterman The Problem-Based Learning …