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A study by the Maastricht University Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) shows that Limburg has a relatively large number of young people who are neither employed nor in education or training. Moreover, this number is growing, which goes against the national trend. Around half of this group is considered vulnerable and unable to make the transition from school to work.

Universities of Applied Sciences (HBO) graduates) performed even better in 2017 than in 2016. Unemployment is thereby back to about the same level as in 2008, before the economic crisis. 

Fundamental research on the repair process involved in tissue damage

In March 2018, Maastricht University (UM) launches an Executive Master in Cultural Leadership, in partnership with the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

Recent research by Professor Gassmann shows that investing in social protection systems has clear added value and a positive cost-benefit analysis in the long term. 

UM researchers find that sensation seeking is a decisive factor in participating in painful experiments.

Based on two international review articles published this week, professor Fred Brouns of Maastricht University (UM) concludes that reducing one’s intake of carbohydrates is fine, but a drastic reduction is best avoided.

Returning to the labour market is a process that requires a human approach (inaugural lecture Angelique de Rijk).

Innocent suspects are expected to prove their innocence by providing a credible alibi. Research by legal psychologist Ricardo Nieuwkamp shows that only 2% of all non-offenders are able to do so.

Full disclosure of homeowner data is outdated (PhD conferral Anna Berlee).