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  • Chinese language course

    After completing the second module, you will be able to communicate in Chinese in everyday situations.

    English Part time
    Chinese lampion

  • Cheap deals, rude customers? The hidden cost of low prices

    When prices shrink, does our empathy for salespeople shrink with them? Are we more likely to belittle a Ryanair flight attendant than one in a Lufthansa uniform? The answer, it appears, may be yes. Research carried out at Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics indicates that...

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    Bargain-hunters less likely to see staff as human, research finds

  • Letter from the University Council

    Dear Members of the UM Community,,

    A lot of the work of the University Council consists of advising on policy proposals and approving official documents. However, the Council is also a venue to discuss issues that occupy the minds of the members of our community and where the Executive Board...

    University Council
    Teun Dekker

  • Perspectives on looted art

    The actor and activist Ossie Davis once said: ‘Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change—it can not only move us, it makes us move.’ In other words, art not only pleases and inspires, but it also provokes people to act. Those actions are not always legal, ethical, or...

    law_looted art showcase from different perspectives

  • Extracting spells in Harry Potter

    How many spells are cast by the characters in the seven Harry Potter books? That’s what master’s students of Data Science for Decision Making Moritz Haine and Markus Dienstknecht wanted to find out in celebration of Harry Potter’s 20th anniversary. To answer their question, they used text mining, an...

    Students and Featured
    Harry Potter
  • chen_mo_thesis.pdf  (6.08 MB, PDF)
    … of 150 million metric tons (Ocean Conservancy, 2015; Tramoy et al., 2019). These plastics can break into microplastic and nanoplastic particles and enter into marine fish, posting enormous threat to marine life and human health. Oil and chemical spills are also seriously damaging marine ecosystem. The spilled oil and chemicals, petroleum-based pollutants, and clean-up materials can kill marine flora and fauna, destroy their living habitats, and in turn, jeopardize human health. The long time … in China toward nuclear power projects dramatically and promptly became unsupportive (Huang et al., 2013). Fears over nuclear radiation reaching China and rumours about the radiation preventing effects of iodized salt triggered a frenzy of salt buying and hoarding in several mainland cities (Freyeisen, 2011). It is plausible that the severe situation of marine disasters, together with their destructive power, amplifies public concern about marine life in coastal China. A further aim of this … for offshore drilling has been found to be relatively stable over time. Large-scale environmental accidents, such as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill (2010), have no influence or merely transient influence on public acceptance of offshore drilling (Bishop, 2014; Lilley & Firestone, 2013; Mukherjee & Rahman, 2016). Other driving factors behind this public support include political ideology (Ceccoli, 2018; Lilley & Firestone, 2013), economic considerations (Mukherjee & Rahman, 2016; Ruiz et al., …

  • Invest like a Pro

    How private portfolios can benefit from what professional investment managers do

    Alumni
    Christian Wiehenkamp
  • um_hrs4r_internal_assessment_report_final_november_20172.pdf  (1.32 MB, PDF)
    … 4 1. INTRODUCTION Following the HRS4R application submitted by Maastricht University (UM) to the European Commission in August 2015, which resulted in the award of the HR Excellence in Research Logo, this self-assessment report outlines how UM has worked towards the implementation of the action points arising from the HRS4R Action Plan. We have monitored and implemented the actions in the HRS4R Action Plan carefully. This has resulted in a detailed … 2016-2017 and will soon be implemented to achieve further UM-wide harmonisation for the following indicators:  Same intended learning outcomes  Same number of hours (40) that are compensated to staff who participate in the UTQ programme  Same workshops (number and themes) (with room for faculty-specific implementation)  Similar procedures for assessment of the portfolio  Similar procedures for exemptions 4. Tenure Track Policy A new, UM-wide, Tenure Track Policy for the position of University …  UM created a website that is completely dedicated to valorisation and contains information on all dedicated activities and organisational units that are linked to this topic within the university.  UM participated in the establishment of an online magazine ‘Valorisatie in beeld’, in which the 14 Dutch universities reveal how scientific knowledge benefits society. From social cooperation, media appearances and university museums to start-ups, https://www.brightlands.com/bcc …