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  • How to make surfboards: a checklist for our future graduates

    “What kind of skills do we want our graduates to have?” was the main topic of discussion during a recent staff meeting, which got me thinking.

    As the faculty of law, perhaps the “right” answer would entail something along the lines of: “Our graduates need to be capable of arguing logically, writing...

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  • Poor public transport connections hinder labour mobility

    Stimulating cross-border labour mobility? Provide an adequate supply of information, uniformity in laws and regulations, language education and infrastructure, suggests 'ontgrenzer' Martin Unfried in an interview with EurekaRail.

    Wikimedia © Benjah - Klassiek Motorstel van de NMBS op het station van Maastricht
  • Why did we not write a blog about Charlie Hebdo and the aftermath?

    The senseless killings and horrific attack on a newspaper and on a shop. Of course these terrorist attacks are violations of the right to life and the freedom of expression and therefore on our democratic societies. The perpetrators wanted to instill fear and to create chaos and undo our precious...

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