September_2023.pdf
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… the elections, last May, it emerged that one of the elected student members is non-Dutch- speaking. The student only discovered after the elections that the language of communication during meetings as well as 95% of all documents is in Dutch. Before the summer, we discussed this with the student, the chair and the vice-chair. The Council also checked with the dean whether translation into English of all documents would be possible. The dean however has indicated that this is currently not … which was already released in 2019, but was further explicitly elaborated mid-2023. Strategic alignment with the hospital may become easier in the future as an exploration of further integration between the hospital and UM is currently taking place. When asked, the vice-dean indicates that a limited number of portfolio areas will be chosen to focus on. The remaining portfolios will be put on hold for a while. The dean adds that the portfolio areas are chosen based on a number of criteria. The … Furthermore, the chair asks whether expansion to other buildings is possible, given the growth of the faculty and (the number of) new study programmes. As an example, he indicates that a recent education programme (WESP start week) was forced to stay online because there was insufficient teaching space available. The director of FHML explains that additional study places as well as teaching facilities are being realised in the former MSM building on the Endepolsdomein. When asked, M. oude Egbrink …
