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All employees involved in teaching and research bear personal responsibility for promoting and safeguarding scientific integrity. General principles and rules for professional academic conduct should be observed at all times. 
 
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Research ethics is concerned with protecting human participants in scientific research projects. Informed consent by these participants is a cornerstone of the ethical acceptability of research. 

Research ethics covers the whole research cycle: 

• Design of the research project 
• Data collection 
• Safe storage of any resulting personally identifiable information 

The regulations and guidelines for research ethics vary between disciplines. In biomedical research, the Medical Research Involving Human Participants Act (WMO) regulates research in which participants are subjected to a procedure or certain rules of behaviour. They do not regulate research in which data is only collected from patient files. 

Research in social and behavioural sciences involving human participants not covered by the Medical Research Involving Human Participants Act follows the guidelines of The Code of Ethics for Social and Behavioural Science. It sets guidelines for ethical research in these disciplines, based on the following principles: 

• Respect for the dignity of participants. 
• Treating participants and their communities with care. 
• Avoiding exploitation and minimising harm to participants. 
• Balancing research costs with potential benefits such as new relevant insights. 
• Reflecting on, assessing and monitoring ethical issues arising in connection with research. 

9th edition of PAS Festival
Get ready for an exciting weekend on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 September 2024! Maastricht University’s Studium Generale is hosting the 9th edition of the Pleasure, Art and Science Festival (PAS). 
At the start of the academic year, Maastricht University opens its doors to treat everyone to a program full of interesting science, beautiful music, theatre and more. During this festival, the university invites you to attend exciting lectures, concerts, and performances in the Jeker Quarter of Maastricht’s inner city. Plan your own route in the gardens, courtyards and halls of the remarkable old buildings and choose from over 50 activities per evening.

Volunteers wanted
We are looking for motivated volunteers who could help us make this year’s PAS Festival a success! 
Do you want to join our enthusiastic team of volunteers at the PAS Festival on Friday 6 and/or Saturday 7 September? We are looking for stage and location managers, hosts, stage builders, receptionists, and all-round support. Volunteers with a valid Emergency Response Officer certificate at the time of the festival would also be a great addition to the team.  You’ll be rewarded with a volunteer fee, a meal and tokens for drinks. Most of all: it’s going to be a lot of fun at this unique festival filled with music, theatre, dance, art, and captivating lectures!

Register now!
Are you interested in helping out on one or both of the evenings? Please register online using our registration form.

If you know someone else who would also like to help during the festival, feel free to spread the word and forward this message. 

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Milena Costa Ramos.

PAS Festival
Maastricht University’s Studium Generale has been organising the freely accessible PAS Festival at the start of each academic year since 2014. PAS stands for Pleasure, Art & Science.

During the PAS Festival, Maastricht University opens its doors to anyone who wants to get acquainted with the university and the research that takes place there. Over the space of two evenings, more than 60 activities take place each evening. Scientists from the university present the results of their research through lectures, conversations and (interactive) demos, etc. There are also cultural activities, such as theatre and dance performances, concerts, video presentations and exhibitions.

The festival connects the university with the city, art with science, researchers with society, and students with other citizens of Maastricht.

Biennially
Given all the positive reactions from the audience, volunteers and participants, Studium Generale would like to continue organising the festival on an annual basis. However, this is not feasible, due to rising costs and increased pressure on the small team of organisers. To maintain the size and quality of the festival, Maastricht University has decided to hold the festival every two years instead. This means there will be no edition in 2023. But we will be back again in 2024, at the start of the academic year.
 

There are two kinds of ambassador teams:
- Faculty ambassadors (every faculty has his own team)
- All-round ambassadors, Dutch and International (ambassadors who have well-rounded knowledge concerning all UM programmes)

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated students for both teams, who feel closely attached to UM. The working hours for an ambassador depend on the amount of promotion activities of 'your' team and your own availability. There are busy but also quiet periods of work. You are therefore expected to be flexibly deployable. But of course, your study always comes first!

In the faculty team you will present your faculty to prospective students. You are highly motivated about your faculty and able to express this enthusiastically with knowledge of all the admissions and programme details, including key deadlines for application. 

You will get intensive training, after which you will visit information fairs and schools, and help at open days and other events (online and offline).

There are 6 faculty teams (including Campus Venlo):

• Law (FoL)
• Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML)
• Psychology (FPN)
• Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS)
• Economics & Business (SBE)
• Science & Engineering (FSE)
   

The all-round teams

As a member of the all-round teams, you are intrinsically motivated and enthusiastic about the UM. You have well-rounded knowledge concerning all UM programmes to present them professionally. Besides, you are somewhat familiar with the formal procedures concerning admission. Like your colleagues in the faculty teams, you will be involved in information activities such as (online) presentations about Maastricht University in general, PBL presentations, fairs and/or customized course presentations. 

Which all-round teams do we have:

•  Dutch Allround team, only for Dutch events
• Allround International teams, which include: 
  -International schools team (ambassadors with international school education, i.e. International Baccalaureate, A-Level)
   

For more information about contracts and payment, please visit the website of InterUM. 

Do you have the skills and characteristics listed below? Then you might be eligible for our ambassador team. 

Skills and characteristics of a member of the ambassadors team:

 You are enthusiastic an motivated, you want to work for Maastricht University
 You have affinity with UM and are representative
 You have good presentation and communication skills
 You have a good command of English (or Dutch if applicable)
 You are independent, flexible and creative
 You have knowledge of the functionalities and possibilities of Microsoft Teams and other online presentation tools
 You are interested in other cultures and norms and values

We expect applicants to be available for at least one year to work at different activities. We offer a 0-hours contract what means no fixed hours or a fixed income.

Having a driver's license, a good command of multiple languages and/ or work experience will put you at an advantage.

Application procedure ambassador team
Please check the schedule below for the available vacancies. In order to apply, please send your CV and application letter to the e-mail address of the team you are applying for:

For further information about becoming ambassador, please send your question to um-ambassadors@maastrichtuniversity.nl.

Your work as an ambassador will start in the new academic year.

To become an ambassador, you are required to attend the training session organized by the faculty that hired you. More information will be shared directly by your faculty at a later stage

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