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NUTRIM researcher Alex Remels explains in Dutch consumer TV programme Kassa how heated tobacco products are not a safe alternative to cigarettes.

Saturday’s Bachelor's Open Day at Maastricht University drew a turnout of 2218 prospective students. Feedback was generally very positive, reflecting the event's success.

The UM Student Sustainability Challenge had been a part of the Brightlands Startup Challenge. During the grand finale on 6th of February 2026 there were three winners!

A rectangle incised with diagonal and straight lines, hewn from limestone quarried in France, a thrilling strategy game can look deceptively simple. The Romans used glass, bone or earthenware pieces. Players took turns trying to block each other’s pieces; whoever did it in the least number of moves.

EDLAB invites Maastricht University staff to apply for an EDLAB education research grant of up to €10,000.

Rianne Letschert, chair of the UM Executive Board, has been nominated as Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW). She is scheduled to be formally appointed and sworn in on 23 February, together with the other members of the new cabinet.

The Maastricht Centre for Human Rights hosted the first session of the International Law Discussion Group in its renewed format.

Following his keynote at the Sixth Global Citizenship Education Symposium, Gert Biesta continued the discussion in a conversation with EDLAB research assistant Megheti Tashdjian, turning to a bigger question: What is the purpose of education in a democracy?

Heated tobacco products (HTPs) are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, according to recent research by Maastricht University and the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Nevertheless, these products are often marketed as less harmful.

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