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Students were issued student numbers (ID numbers) and the first student (alphabetically) was Ward Alfenaar. Today, 40 years later, we checked in with Ward to talk about his memories from those early days of studying in Maastricht.

EDLAB invites Maastricht University teaching staff to apply for an EDLAB education innovation grant à €5,000,-. The application deadline is Monday 13 November 2023, 12:00 CET.

Interest in the UM Brightlands Talent Scholarship is growing considerably, with applications more than doubling since the first recipients started two years ago.

Maastricht University promotes a European staff mobility programme, encouraging support staff to grow, gain new perspectives and explore innovations.

Have you noticed the latest addition to the WRDS research data platform during your recent browsing sessions? If not, take a moment to check again—you’re in for some exciting news! Thanks to the generous support from MORSE and individual researchers within SBE, UM researchers now have access to Capital IQ Transcripts data.

Intercountry adoption often appears to be the ultimate humanitarian deed. However, the reality is more complex. Dr. Elvira Loibl, assistant professor at the Department of Criminal Law at Maastricht University’s Law Faculty, uncovered significant weaknesses in the Dutch intercountry adoption system.  Her impactful research was awarded the annual Edmond Hustinx prize.

Maastricht University Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, BDO Accountants and Advisors and AFAS Software will conduct research into the challenges and opportunities for Dutch family businesses regarding the ecological sustainability task.

The €29,000 grant was given to develop a shared UM-Zuyd learning space in the context of MERIAN – an already existing collaboration between these institutions and the Jan van Eyck Academy.

In this article, John Harbord, writing advisor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS), looks at the patterns of Grammarly use and the writing challenges students face. He also explores the impact of relying on automated tools for developing academic writing skills.