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  • Stronger together

    Informal mental health support group for internationals

    veskioja psychologist
  • Maastricht research on marital captivity leads to new parliamentary bill

    The law needs to be changed to prevent people from being locked in a religious marriage, writes Maastricht University (UM) lawyer Pauline Kruiniger in the final report on the MARICAP study. Following this report the Minister for Legal Protection Sander Dekker promised last week to come up with a...

    huwelijks gevangenschap
  • CaRe Award 2018 for Ben Wijnen

    The CaRe Award 2018 has been awarded to Ben Wijnen. Wijnen won the prize for his PhD dissertation Pleidooi voor betere meetinstrumenten voor mensen met epilepsie; zelfmanagement bij patiënten met epilepsie kosteneffectief (‘Call for better measurement instruments for people with epilepsy: self...

    Kaft thesis
  • Cooking for the homeless

    UM-studenten Carlotta, Emma, Julia en Alice cook for the addicted residents of the Domus houses managed by the Salvation Army.  

    koken voor thuislozen
  • Maxime got an offer from Medtronic

    How do you prepare for life after university, or ‘working life’? Among other things, by participating in workshops at companies in the region through UM’s Master Yourself programme. Maxime Heyndrickx (master's student in Public Policy & Human Development) shares his story.

    Maxime Heyndrikx
  • Sick toys treated by bear doctors

    For the 18th time, the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations (IFMSA) organised the Teddy Bear Hospital in Maastricht.

    bear doctors