Poor sleepers not necessarily bad drivers
Long-term insomnia sufferers are not less alert behind the wheel. At least, not behind the wheel of a real car.
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Paris attacks
The Executive Board of Maastricht University is deeply shocked by the attacks in Paris. Our thoughts go out to the French people, families and friends of the victims of these horrifying acts of violence and to our French students and employees.
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Christine van Basten-Boddin nominated as mayor of Beek
Christine van Basten-Boddin will be the new mayor of Beek. It is expected that she will succeed Ralf Krewinkel in the beginning of next year.
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Maastricht Green Office Model wins UNESCO-Japan Prize 2015
Several former Maastricht University students have won the UNESCO-Japan Prize for Education for Sustainable Development.
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Four new research projects granted to Joop de Jong
Four new research projects have recently been granted to Joop de Jong. They concern the topics of cultural education in Limburg (two projects), the historical scale model of Maastricht and its surroundings around 1748, and Dutch Mobile heritage.
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Appointments at the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences
The Executive Board has appointed three people to fill the administrative and management vacancies at the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences.
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Keuzegids ranking: European Studies first in the Netherlands
In the Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs 2016 seven of the seventeen UM bachelor's programmes were ranked first and twelve UM programmes were ranked in the top three (like last year) in the Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs 2016.
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'Reference index for High-Risk Children unsuccessful'
The national Reference Index for High-Risk Children (Verwijsindex Risicojongeren), an ICT system introduced in 2010 to identify high-risk children at an early stage and to facilitate collaboration between various support agencies, does not work as intended nor can practicing professionals apply it...
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Tans Lecture 2015 held by Irshad Manji, well-known critic of traditional mainstream Islam
Irshad Manji, a well-known critic of traditional mainstream Islam and described by The New York Times as "Osama bin Laden's worst nightmare", will give the Tans Lecture, titled ‘Beyond Geert Wilders: Turning Polarisation into Constructive Conflict’. The lecture will take place on 10 November.
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Bachelor programmes Tax Law and European Law School first place in Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs 2016
After the recent successful outcome of the National Student Enquiry (NSE) and the Elsevier Best Study Programmes, our bachelor programmes Tax Law and European Law School are in first place in the Keuzegids Hoger Onderwijs.