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  • Microsoft goes Limburgs

    Global software giant Microsoft is set to introduce a Limburg language model with a keyboard and spellcheck function, which will make the Limburgish language easier to use on digital media platforms.
    UM in the press
    Microsoft goes Limburgs
  • Announcement ITEM PhD Volume 'Beyond the refugee crisis'

    The Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) published a PhD Volume about the refugree crisis. The volume was written by PhD candidates of ITEM and includes separate contributions in which each of them tackles the topic of the refugee crisis from their own...
    Human interest,
    UM news and
    Corporate
    ITEM Brochures  Vera van Vliet
  • New ITEM research project on multilingualism in the workplace

    25 years ago, the birth act of the European Union was signed in Maastricht. A historical moment, which brought the capital of the Dutch province of Limburg international fame. Yet, Maastricht and Limburg could profit much more from ‘Europe’ than happens today. Language still forms an obstacle though. A...
    UM news,
    Corporate and
    Human interest
    ITEM Brochures  Vera van Vliet
  • Internships available at ITEM starting February 2017

    Het Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility / ITEM is per februari 2017 op zoek naar versterking van haar team in de vorm van: Stagiaire communicatie; Stagiaire 'Event organizer ITEM'; Stagiaire (1.0 fte) (Monitoring Service Grensoverschrijdende...
    Students,
    Corporate and
    Human interest
    ITEM Stagiaires gezocht
  • Elsevier Best Studies 2016: two #1 positions for FASoS programmes

    In the annual ‘Best Studies’ publication by the weekly magazine Elsevier, the bachelor's programme European studies and the master's programme Media Culture were both ranked number 1. The ‘Best Studies’ survey is based on evaluations by students in the National Student Survey. The complete list of...
    Number 1 Elsevier 2016