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  • Panic: what you should (or shouldn’t) do

    Professor Koen Schruers was set on studying schizophrenia after graduation – until he was asked to participate in PhD research on panic. He was fascinated. One in four people will suffer a panic attack at least once in their lives, and one in thirty will develop a panic disorder. The phenomenon can...

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  • ChatGPT and studying – use it, don’t abuse it

    ChatGPT’s ability to create plausible academic arguments asks serious questions about higher education. Walter Jansen of UM’s Centre for Teaching & Learning EDLAB and Peter Vermeer, chair of the Committee of Boards of Examiners, on how best to approach this new tool and safeguard the quality of...

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  • "Social Robotics" project officially launched

    The Maastricht Center for Robots (MCR) is thrilled to announce the official launch of the "Social Robotics" project! This exciting initiative aims to enhance long-term care for individuals with mental disabilities. For this project, MCR is collaborating with a consortium of organizations to bring...

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  • Top sport alongside study - cyclist Jordan Habets

    Shortly before our interview, Jordan Habets returned from Llorett de Mar in Spain. Not to party wildly there, as you would normally expect from a 21-year-old man, but to train heavily. Jordan has been a promising cyclist for years, working very hard alongside his education to pursue a career in...

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  • The Maastricht Consulates Prize on EU Law 2023

    The Consul Association has jointly decided to award a prize (value: 1000 euro) for the best master thesis in the field of EU law, written at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University during the academic year 2022/2023. The Prize will be awarded to the student who wrote a thesis of outstanding...

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  • Why don’t standard treatments work for women in forensic psychiatric care?

    Women are in the minority in closed treatment facilities (TBS) and other forms of forensic care worldwide. In the Netherlands, only 10% of patients admitted to forensic care are women, but their number is slowly increasing. Do the existing treatments and measurement instruments, developed...

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