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The official Opening of the Academic Year will take place in Maastricht as usual on Monday 31 August, UM students will also begin their studies elsewhere in Limburg in the new academic year. With three new programmes in Heerlen and Venlo, UM is spreading its wings further across the province.

In September, the first students will begin in four new programmes at Maastricht University's Faculty of Science and Engineering. A milestone we’re celebrating not just in Maastricht and Venlo, but for the first time also in Heerlen.

What do NATO, oligarchs, Limburgish, lobbyists and 50 objects from Maastricht University’s history have in common? They are all on the programme when FASoS researchers take the stage at this year’s PAS Festival.

This week, Akudo McGee, PhD candidate in the LIMES project, tells us about how and why she made her data FAIR.

This week, our Dean of Research, Sally Wyatt, tells us about the importance of making research data FAIR, the challenges we may face when making research data FAIR and how she has made her research data FAIR.

In this new series, several testimonials of FASoS researchers will be shared that tell about their experience with making data FAIR. What parts did they find beneficial to them? What were the hurdles they encountered?

Anna Harris will document the improvised inventions that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ferenc Laczó will bring together interviews with leading historians on major turning points in contemporary Europe.

EDLAB is looking for a creative and reliable student colleague to support the development of visual communication materials.

Because diagnostic criteria have historically been based on male characteristics, many women only receive an autism diagnosis later in life. Yet little is known about how they experience this life-changing event, the stereotypes they encounter, or the support available to them.

At M4i, Dr Mudita Vats is looking at everything that is making your food look and taste like it does. With the help of Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) she can pinpoint exactly where the flavor is located, but also where contaminants such as microplastics are accumulating.