Stories
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Andrew Gold, third-year student in the Data Science and Knowledge Engineering department, followed a minor in Entrepreneurship to realise his future dream. Read why he found the practical assignments particularly useful.
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Why you should come to the INKOM!
13-07-2023From 21 to 25 August, nearly 3000 first-year students will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in their new lives during the INKOM, the introduction week for new students Maastricht University and Zuyd University of Applied Sciences.
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Students demystify computers for seniors
28-03-2023FaceTime, WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook: for many older people, it’s like a secret language. In the Conn@ct.us initiative by Enactus Maastricht, students help seniors find their way around the multimedia world.
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May the best (wo)man win
28-03-2023Should the people who run the fastest at work be the ones to get promoted first? Or should it be those with the most potential? How can organisations persuade talented women to stick around, instead of watching one after the other walk out the door?
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Thinking from a ‘world union’ perspective
28-03-2023“I’m from Italy and did my bachelor’s in Psychology at another Dutch university, Leiden. After high school I wasn’t sure what to study, so I went to London for two and a half years to improve my English.
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“I found a home away from home”
28-03-2023“I was born in South Africa, my mum is from Taiwan and I grew up in Cyprus. With this background, plus the many international internships I did during high school, it was quite natural for me to choose a study programme abroad.”
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Why and how do some female child carers in Lesotho manage to stay in school despite being responsible for running a household? This was the question that researcher Brenda Yamba, originally from Zambia, wanted to answer. She defended her PhD at Maastricht University last June.
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“There’s no right or wrong here”
28-03-2023“I’m originally from Cologne in Germany and I was looking for a study programme abroad, taught in English but close to home. The year before I came to Maastricht, I was working in the tourist sector in Italy. So I moved directly from Italy to Maastricht.”
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More fun in the legal classroom
28-03-2023The work lawyers do, the way they do it – indeed, the entire labour market – is changing radically. This calls for new, ‘soft’ skills, which in turn requires an education revolution.
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A life of learning
28-03-2023Jan van Manen held many positions during his four decades in the police force. Now, as a member of the National Video Reconstruction Team and the Disaster Victim Identification Team, he still works the occasional 60 hour week.