News

Prof. dr. Wiebe Bijker and Prof. dr. Valentina Mazzucato have recently been appointed chair and member, respectively, of the NWO-WOTRO Steering Committee.

A jury consisting of Nick Bos, Prof Marja van Dieijen-Visser, Prof Jan Cobbenhagen, Theo Thuis, and Gerda Baltis-Paridaen selected Bart Spronck as the recipient of the Valorisation Award 2016, handed out during the Maastricht University Dinner.

Just like last year, students were generally quite positive about the Maastricht University (UM) study programmes. Fourteen of the seventeen themes showed increased appreciation compared to last year, with UM doing particularly well and scoring above average with regard to the new theme of 'internationalisation'.

The student team representing Maastricht University has won the prestigious VAR Moot Court Competition in administrative law for the second year in a row.

Therese Grohnert, PhD candidate at Maastricht University, wanted to know why audit firms sometimes form insufficiently supported judgements on their clients’ financial statements.

Karin Bijsterveld appointed as a member of the KNAW Council for the Humanities

Kei Long Cheung has received an Erasmus+ grant to work at a foreign University.

Following on the insights of participative research into the use of media for improving public mental health in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Maastricht and building on the strong history of Columbian community media, Prof. Klasien Horstman and Em. Prof. Marten de Vries together with the MVI and in collaboration with colleagues of Javariana University, Bogota, developed an interactive media and public mental health training programme.

Prevention of dementia potentially stimulated by drawing up personal risk profile (MUMC+ news).