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  • Maastricht University and Radboud University’s teacher training academies are to intensify their cooperation to address the shortage of secondary school teachers. The joint workplace education programme will make it easier for existing and aspiring teachers in Limburg to obtain a teaching...

  • Today, more than 3,000 students from Maastricht University and Zuyd Hogeschool have started their introduction week in Maastricht.

  • Did you know a healthy lifestyle does not ask for you to head to the gym every day? Just moving more in your daily life can already do the job! 

  • Nilofer Merchant suggests a small idea that just might have a big impact on your life and health: Next time you have a one-on-one meeting, make it into a "walking meeting" -- and let ideas flow while you walk and talk.

  • Would you like to know more about the sources that were used for this research? We have compiled an overview of the academic references for you.

  • Minderbroedersberg

    Moved (by) Education

    Last Friday, the lecture hall of the Minderbroedersberg was filled for the inaugural speech of Hans Savelberg, an extraordinary professor and Director of Education in Biomedical Sciences at Maastricht University, who, just like EDLAB, is on a mission to improve education.

  • EDLAB’s Education That Moves You project has shared many research sources showing the disadvantage of sitting and the ways in which you could change your habits for the better. But what exactly are the straight up facts?

  • Moving your body with poor posture is taxing on your muscles and joints. Here are some tips to improve your posture!

  • At EDLAB, we have been paying a lot of attention to the consequences of sitting behaviour through our Education That Moves You project. Now, the RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) has documented the facts about Dutch sitting habits.