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  • More than talking tough at the coffee machine

    Internships during the master’s in Medicine: a great, but also intensive and challenging time. Medical interns discuss their progress with a mentor and workplace supervisor. Since this academic year, they also have reflective meetings with other interns. No judgement, no hierarchy. Peer coaching, in...

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  • Looking at Law through Children’s Eyes

    PhD thesis written by Marieke Hopman.
    Athough all children are supposed to have rights, and children’s rights are considered universal with the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child being the most ratified human rights convention to date, children’s rights are grossly violated on a daily...

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  • CaRe Award 2019 for Eefje de Bont

    For the third year in a row the CaRe Award was awarded to a CAPHRI researcher: Out of 318 CaRe dissertations the thesis of Eefje de Bont (research line Optimising Patient Care) titled "Childhood fever in out-of-hours general practice" was selected as number one.

    CaRe Award 2019 for Eefje de Bont
  • Wake up, immune system!!

    A report about the UM research on immunotherapy to fight cancer, including the promising results.

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  • ITEM and UHasselt carry out cross-border research together

    On 8 May, the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross-border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) of Maastricht University (UM) and UHasselt sign a cooperation agreement in the field of cross-border research in the presence of the governors of the provinces of Belgian and Dutch Limburg. 

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  • Jacques Michel Bloi joins ITEM as external relations advisor

    Candidate for the European elections, Jacques Michel Bloi has started as an external relations advisor at the ITEM Expertise Centre at Maastricht University. Jacques Michel Bloi will work as a representative of ITEM to form a link between science, politics and policy. The main focus will be on the...

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  • Criminal defence at the police station: a comparative and empirical study

    PhD thesis written by Anna Pivaty. 
    Criminal defence at the investigative stage attracts growing attention due to the shifting focus of the criminal process onto pre-trial stages, and the recent European regulations adopted in this area. Increasingly, justice practitioners and legislators across the...