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  • Study Smart gets Dutch Education Premium

    Maastricht University's (UM) interfaculty educational innovation project Study Smart is one of the three winners of the Dutch Education Premium 2025. This was announced on Tuesday during the Comenius festival in The Hague.
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    Winners Onderwijspremie 2025
  • Language policy in European higher education

    The increased Englishization of higher education is under discussion in several European countries. What does a balanced language policy look like that does justice to both the increasingly international character of higher education and a country's language-related cultural identity? At an...
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  • Most prestigious European grant to two UM scientists

    Two Maastricht University professors are to receive the most prestigious European research grant for individual researchers: an ERC Advanced Grant, worth over €2.5 million. They are Lorenzo Moroni (MERLN) and Alexander Sack (FPN).
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  • INKOM 2025: The start of something new

    INKOM, the annual introductory week for new students of Maastricht University, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and VISTA College, will take place this year from Monday 18 August through Thursday 21 August.
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  • Riki Janssen receives UM Medallion of Honour

    At her farewell after 29 years as editor-in-chief of the university magazine Observant, Riki Janssen was surprised with the Maastricht University Medal of Honour.
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    Riki Janssen receives the UM medaillon of honour
  • SBE Researchers Awarded in NWO SGW Open Competition XS

    The School of Business and Economics (SBE) at Maastricht University proudly announces that all three research proposals submitted to the latest NWO SGW Open Competition XS have been awarded funding. This exceptional outcome highlights the high calibre of SBE research and its relevance to societal and...
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  • New insight into the role of brain changes in psychiatric disorders

    It has long been known that in some psychiatric disorders certain parts of the brain show slight abnormalities. However, it was unclear whether these brain changes are caused by the illness itself, by medication, or by smoking. In a recent study, scientists at Maastricht University and Amsterdam UMC...
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