UM International Staff Week 2026

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In the context of its 50th anniversary, UM is organising an international staff week. From 9 to 11 June 2026, UM’s global partners are invited to come to Maastricht and exchange ideas during an attractive programme. 

The purposes of this staff week are to:

  • enable key internationalisation staff to exchange knowledge on a wide range of developments and strategic issues in internationalisation policy;
  • inspire and equip participants with strategies and tools to implement and/or optimise their internationalisation policies;
  • stimulate networking among key internationalisation staff, with the objective to foster relations between the participating universities.


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Programme

Day 1: Tuesday 9 June
Lessons from UM’s young history

Deep-dive into problem-based learning & educational innovation

Day 2: Wednesday 10 June

Location School of Business & Economics
Address: Tongersestraat 53 6211 LM Maastricht

TimeActivitySpeaker/facilitator
09:00 - 09:15Walk-in with coffee 
09:15 - 10:30Introduction to Problem-based learningDr. Emmaline Brouwer
10:30 - 11:00Presentation: An introduction to EDLABDr. Ellen Bastiaens
11:00 - 12:00Presentation: Reforming academic curricula – the case of the new bachelor’s programme in PsychologyDr. Herco Fonteijn
12:00-12:45Lunch followed by transfer to the Gouvernement 
13:00 - 14:00Presentation on the Maastricht Treaty and its legacy at the Gouvernement

Followed by transfer back to UM
Prof. Sophie Vanhoonacker
14:15 - 15:45World café: Designing effective partnershipsMr. Jan Hupkens, Dr. Rosa Becker, Ms. Maud Dassen, Ms. Magdalena Kohl
15:45 - 16:45Innovating European education: Lessons from Europe’s top-scoring European University alliance YUFEMs. Maria-Valerie Schegk
andQuality assurance in European higher education, the case of CeQuIntDr. Rosa Becker
17:00 - 18:00Coffee break with joint reflections, followed by an informal Erasmus+ gathering hosted by the UM Erasmus+ Office at the Student Services Centre 
18:15 - 20:30Dinner at restaurant “Le Petit Bonheur” 
EDLAB

The university and the community

Day 3: Thursday 11 June

Location Studio Europa Maastricht & Faculty of Science & Engineering
Address: Onze Lieve Vrouweplein 22a & Paul-Henri Spaaklaan 1, 6229 GS Maastricht

TimeActivitySpeaker/facilitator
09:30 - 10:00Walk-in with coffee 
10:00 - 10:15Welcome to Studio Europa MaastrichtMr. Valentino Vondenhoff
10:15 - 12:00Workshop Connecting research, public debate, and policy followed by transferMr. Valentino Vondenhoff
12:00 - 13:15Coffee break and visit to the ET Pathfinder research infrastructure 
13:30 - 14:30Presentation on the Faculty of Science & Engineering

Followed by networking lunch
Dean prof. Thomas Cleij
14:30 - 15:30Closure of the International Staff Week, followed by a certificate ceremony & joint reflectionDr. Gonny Willems
After 14.30 Departures or faculty visits 
Vrijthof Maastricht

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