Nationwide strikes at some public transport companies on 19 & 20 January

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Staff at regional public transport companies will strike on Thursday 19 January and Friday 20 January.

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Innovative Assessment Practices at the Education Festival: Insights and Takeaways

SBE's Education Institute held the annual Educating Festival. This year, the focus of the event was on innovative assessment practices.

Education Festival participants

Bruno de Witte and the ever-evolving field of EU law

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Professor Bruno de Witte is saying goodbye to Maastricht University, but not to European Law.

Bruno de Witte

Enhancing self-regulation: the power of practice testing and the role of self-assessment

Researchers at the School of Business and Economics investigated two strategies to support students in becoming self-regulated learners.

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Encourage students to ‘write the story of their education’, says academic advising specialist Peter Hagen

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Advising, or what at UM is often referred to as ‘mentoring’ can be enriched by borrowing from narrative theory. 

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More creativity and flexibility in education? Flip the classroom!

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UM researchers studied various successful flipped classroom activities.

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A Community of Practice in search of an identity

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In the spring of 2022, EDLAB selected a group of teaching professionals, study advisors and students to form a Community of Practice arou

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Yes, students complain, but let us also listen to their suggestions

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Do students' perspectives on education matter? Should educators listen to the "student voice", and if so, how?

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Ready. Set. Integrate! Revitalising the lost art of integration in calculus through student competition

Martijn Boussé implemented an integration competition in a calculus course for engineering students.

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Jacob Ward's experience with authentic assessment: smiles, surprises and some wobbles

Jacob Ward, Assistant Professor in History, asked his students to design a museum exhibition instead of writing an academic paper.

Jacob Ward