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  • Law students employed as neighbourhood mediators

    Councillor Jack Gerats awarded the first certificates to 18 new youth neighbourhood mediators. Maastricht is the first city in the Netherlands where students go into neighbourhoods as youth neighbourhood mediators to bring students and local residents closer together. Two of them discuss their...

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  • Biker gangs & borders

    PhD candidate Kim Geurtjens conducts research into the cross-border nature of criminal motorcycle gangs.

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  • New Regulations

    As of 1 September 2017 two new regulations will become effective:
    Tenure Track Regulations for the position of Assistant Professor and Recruitment, Selection and appointment of Professors at Maastricht University.

    Both regulations can be found on the Maastricht University website.

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  • A skill for life

    Every year, between 7,000 and 8,000 people are resuscitated in the Netherlands after a cardiac arrest outside the hospital. The first six minutes are crucial. The sooner you start with heart massage the better, and the more people who learn this skill, the greater the chance of survival. With this...

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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.

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  • New article by Prof. Faure

    Michael Faure, The Development of Environmental Criminal Law in the EU and its Member States, Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law 

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  • Face value: UM researchers find three secrets to selfie success

    Picture this: by following three simple rules, your just-for-fun selfies could help you make a name for yourself, and perhaps even serious money, on social networking sites. That is one of the findings of new research by Stefania Farace, a PhD candidate at the School of Business and Economics (SBE)...

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