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At around 07.30 hours on Thursday morning, a group of protesters occupied a UM building on Oxfordlaan. The presence of superconducting magnets and cooling gases, amongst other things, made safety conditions in the building – and therefore also for the protesters – highly precarious.

The protesters are still inside the building. Our concerns regarding safety in and around the building, and thus the safety of the protesters themselves, remain as serious as ever. Due to serious safety concerns, the Executive Board has ordered the protesters to leave the building immediately.

This morning, a group of about 15 activists occupied a Maastricht University building at Oxfordlaan 55. We are deeply concerned about the safety of the occupiers and are attempting to engage with them to persuade them to leave the premises voluntarily.

“ Investigating the reproducibility of the social and behavioral sciences ,” a paper published today in Nature reports testing the reproducibility of a large sample of findings from the social and behavioural sciences and found room for improvement.

Researchers and teachers in Heerlen are jointly developing language-focused teaching across all subjects. Through co-creation, they test new methods that help pupils better understand complex tasks, and the approach can later be implemented in other schools as well.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains one of the most under‑diagnosed respiratory diseases globally, especially in low‑resource settings where access to routine lung‑function testing is limited.

New in the Springer book series Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market.

Curious how sustainability is being brought into the classroom at Maastricht University? Discover the innovative courses and ideas behind this year’s Sustainability Education Grant winners🏆

Throughout March, from community moments to hands-on initiatives, sustainability has been in action across Maastricht University. Here’s a quick recap🌱

You need a lot of protein! Or so you’d assume. Jorn Trommelen, Assistant Professor at Maastricht University’s School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM) on who needs how much protein, and why.