15 March 2021

The importance of academically trained teachers

Some teachers will stay with you all your life. Do you also want to be such a source of inspiration for your students? Rianne Letschert talks about her experiences in secondary school, minors and the importance of academically trained teachers.

The number of educational minors at UM will be expanded in the coming years, in collaboration with Radboud University in Nijmegen. This will raise the level of education in Limburg and improve the connection to the labour market.

Interested in taking the Educatieve Minor?

Do you study at FHML, SBE or FPN and are you interested in taking the Educatieve Minor (in Dutch only)?
Then you can read more information here.

For students who have succesfully graduated from their bachelor's, there is the Educatieve Module.

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    Tuesday, August 23, 2022

    Datawetenschapper Marijn ten Thij bestudeert menselijk gedrag aan de hand van berichten die worden gepost op sociale media.  De analyse van dit soort data is niet alleen maatschappelijk relevant, het kan ook individuele personen helpen die in psychische nood verkeren. 

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  • Show me your Twitter feed and I'll tell you what your problem is

    Tuesday, August 23, 2022

    Data scientist Marijn ten Thij studies human behaviour on the basis of messages posted on social media. For example, he mapped the changing mood during the corona pandemic using 3.5 million tweets. The analysis of this kind of data is not only socially relevant, it could also help individuals in psychological distress. The underlying patterns are quite intriguing, says Ten Thij.

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    Extra housing units in Maastricht for UM students

    Thursday, August 18, 2022

    The municipality of Maastricht is working on projects to create extra housing units in the city. Before 1 September 2022, 200 to 300 additional studios will be available at the Randwyck location in Maastricht. 300 more will become available until November. So, a total of about 600 homes will be realised. Because these new studios can help alleviate problems with student housing in September, Maastricht University is supporting this project wherever possible.

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