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  • Large scale collaboration to improve diagnosis of dementia

    A large-scale research consortium for Timely, Accurate and Personalized diagnosis of dementia (TAP-dementia) launches today. Researchers throughout the Netherlands collaborate to improve the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.
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  • Eisenhower Thesis prize for alumna MSc European Studies

    Hannah Jakob Barrett, alumna from the Research Master European Studies and currently working as teaching fellow at FASoS, has been awarded the Dwight D. Eisenhower Thesis Prize by the Netherlands Atlantic Association!
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  • NWO Open Competition Grants awarded to SBE researchers

    SBE Researchers Anouk Festjens (MSCM) and Nico Pestel (ROA) have been awarded NWO grants for their research projects in the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) domain. These grants are specifically intended to encourage bold, curiosity-driven ideas, even if the outcome is uncertain. The focus is on...
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  • The Bachelor’s Open Day helps you decide

    Open days are an excellent way to explore your study options at Maastricht University. It’s a day not be missed, if only for the atmosphere, says Charlotte, one of dozens of current UM students who helped turn Saturday’s Bachelor’s Open Day into a success.
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  • Independent inquiry exonerates Professor Machteld Marcelis

    Professor Machteld Marcelis can continue her work at Maastricht University, the university’s Executive Board has determined. An independent inquiry commissioned by the board and conducted by the agency BING found no evidence of an unsafe social environment within the Psychiatry section of the UM...
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  • Academic teacher training study programme launched in Maastricht

    Friday February 3 saw the kick-off of Leren op Locatie (Learning on Location): an intensive collaboration between Maastricht University and Radboud University. The institutions aim to create a complete range of academic courses to combat the teacher shortage in secondary education with a joint work...
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  • Daan Hovens runner-up in AVT/Anéla Dissertation Prize 2022

    Daan has investigated how employees communicate with each other in a multilingual metal foundry in Limburg, nearby the Dutch-German border. He worked in the metal foundry for 3.5 months to observe and experience to what degree multilingualism hindered efficient communication, and the role of different...
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