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Alumn Sjoerd Maillé: “Anyone can shout from the sidelines”
At just 24 years old, alumn Sjoerd Maillé is the second youngest member of the Limburg Provincial Council and a citizen councillor in Maastricht. It’s the start of a very promising career, in spite of his disability: Maillé is almost blind.
Europe: arm(s) in arm
Europe’s plans to increase its military capacity are controversial; not so much the if as the how. Maastricht University professors Sophie Vanhoonacker and Rob Bauer differ in their views of how optimistic we can be.
UM student Natasha Lawrie studies the Bornean elephant: “I only had one week to find them”
Natasha Lawrie, a bachelor’s student from the Maastricht Science Programme, conducted her thesis research in the rainforests of Sabah. There she made surprising discoveries about the feeding habits of the endangered Bornean elephant.
Professor Anouk Bollen-Vandenboorn appointed Knight in the Order of the Crown
Prof. Dr Anouk Bollen-Vandenboorn, Director of ITEM at the Faculty of Law, was appointed Knight in the Order of the Crown on 3 July, during a formal ceremony at the Belgian Embassy in The Hague.
Green light for UM participation in unique YUFE bachelor programme
The UM can start as a degree awarding partner in the new unique bachelor programme Urban Sustainability Studies offered by YUFE, an alliance of ten European universities.
Study Smart gets Dutch Education Premium
Maastricht University's (UM) interfaculty educational innovation project Study Smart is one of the three winners of the Dutch Education Premium 2025. This was announced on Tuesday during the Comenius festival in The Hague.
