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Editorial
Covid and GeenStijl throw a spanner in the works
No survey, no freshly printed edition of Observant this week
News
Update: UM is preparing for a new Covid wave
At this moment: Code Dark Green: wash your hands, stay at home if you have any symptoms
Background
Held hostage by COVID-19 for years
UM leads research into Long Covid
News
“It is very important for PBL that students get together”
No more hybrid education after the summer
News
INKOM 2022: Opening at Tapijn barracks and watching a film outdoors with people from Maastricht
All big outside events in one location
News
Government: ‘Education will stay open as long as possible if new coronavirus wave hits’
“We saw that the mental health of young people was under pressure during the pandemic"
Background
Working on a Danish farm, skydiving and emigrating to Spain
Summer plans for UM students: what are they going to do now almost everything is allowed again?
News
MPs receive slap on the wrist from scientists
“This was not an isolated incident, but the latest egregious insult cast at scientists"
Interview
Extreme-right loners and the sense of COVID-19 measures
Student Prizes for the best bachelor’s and master’s theses in 2021
News
Admission requirements for higher education relaxed again
Access to Master’s degree programmes has been relaxed too
News
Education Inspectorate raising a banner for better staff-student participation
Report on cybercrime, influence of the English language and consultative bodies in higher education
News
Universities seeing impact of coronavirus crisis on students
Some are dropping out, others are struggling with ‘deep learning’ or would rather not come to campus
Background
“Our scientific theories are ultimately all untrue”
Studium Generale Lecture: How authority of science is evaporating
Background
No time, no data: how the COVID-19 pandemic turned medical research upside down
Maastricht research physicians on the influence of the pandemic on their studies
News
Ministry of Education to tackle mental health issues among students
What kind of “culture change” is needed to reduce stress?
News
Preventive self-test no longer needed in education
New relaxations
Reportage
Clambering from the Covid depths with a song
University choir rehearsing again after two tough years
News
Face mask advised in higher education
Lecture halls are allowed to be full once again
News
Tragos abandons Covid protest under threat of a sky-high fine
Association wanted to take part in national action ‘The Night Rises'
News
Relaxations: packed lecture halls permitted once again
From Friday on: cafés will be allowed to stay open until 01.00
News
No great problems in Maastricht tutorial groups (yet)
How are things at the campus now that infection figures are sky-high?
Photo reportage
UM yet again full of live
As of January 31st there is again physical education
News
Student associations open again but ‘seated’: “As crowded and cosy as is permitted”
Beer taps are open again
News
More measures relaxed, also for (some) students
Virtually everything can remain open until 22.00
News
Universities lower standard for BSA
First-year students now need to get fewer credits in order to be allowed to proceed with the second year
News
Lockdown over but online teaching continues
UM education starts 31 January on campus
News
Covid pass in higher education now less likely
1G, 2G, 3G: none of these will be able to stop the virus in its tracks
News
COVID-19: UM foundation day celebrations postponed until May
The new rector Pamela Habibović will take over her new job from 1 February, as planned
News
Lockdown over in higher education
Students must wear a face mask “everywhere, at all times”, the government decided
Reportage
“I feel pressured into being vaccinated, so convince me why I should”
Maastricht students answer questions about vaccination on the Vaccination Doubt Hotline
News
OMT: “Wear a medical face mask in higher education”
OMT member Hoebe expects 50,000 cases a day
News
Home office furniture can be ordered in spring
The hybrid work situation requires a health-and-safety-proof home working space
News
Students suffer more from stress, says Statistics Netherlands
The further they get in their study programme, the more they worry about their future
News
Extra security during exams Mecc
1,5 meter at exams Mecc
News
Government: Covid pass is ‘last resort’ in higher education
The decision will be taken by the government, not by the Executive Board
News
Law students sign petition against exams at Mecc
"We now know that 84 per cent will meet someone in the risk group over the Christmas break"
News
Hybrid, online, on campus: flexibility is the motto
All types of education occur at the UM these days
News
A look back: lockdown hard for researchers
In particular, female researchers with young children experienced problems
Column
Is UM supporting neurodiverse students during the pandemic?
"I especially struggled with online learning"
News
UM will probably go to online education when necessary
Even if the government says on Friday that universities can remain open
Background
Do students really have so many mental health issues?
Relatively few students completed the questionnaire
News
“Covid pass not possible in higher education”
Negative impact on the accessibility of teaching
News
Probably: Not 2G but 3G in higher education
Infection rates are rising at such a fast rate that the government is considering drastic measures
News
FPN students: current COVID-19 measures don’t go far enough
Some students don't feel safe at university
Column
Cosmic Battles
News
Hardly any concerns reported about air quality in UM buildings
“In terms of technical solutions, we did everything we could, now it comes down to behaviour”
News
Fourth wave also noticeable in the tutorial groups
What do tutorial groups look like during this fourth wave?
News
Government wants no consultation on Covid pass in higher education
Rising number of coronavirus infections
News
University Council plea: unused holidays should not be lost
"If the gratitude is that they will now lose those hours, it will be very demotivating"
News
Heavy drinking, lots of stress: students’ mental health “very worrying”
Editorial
A piece of cake – or so I thought
It’s probably the flu, he said. It’s COVID, everyone on the team thought
News
Alternative exams for students with symptoms
Students with mild symptoms can do a self test on the spot
News
Reintroduction of face masks going well
UM doesn’t expect QR code in education
News
No QR code but face mask required in higher education
As from Saturday 6 November
Editorial
Oh no – a positive COVID test!
Let’s hope that social distancing and fresh air did the job
Background
A look ahead: new coronavirus measures in higher education?
Infections on the rise again
Editorial
An ordinary Monday
She has a bad cold, probably caught at a faculty council meeting where coughing and sniffling people were equally welcome
News
Minister: QR code also for international students without BSN
Help is coming soon, says De Jonge
Background
Vaccinated, but no QR code
Non-European students face problems when they want a valid QR code
Science
“Collective narcissism nourishes conspiracy beliefs”
Conspiracy thinking happens by degrees
News
International students have difficulty getting COVID pass
The route to a valid Dutch vaccination certificate is long and complicated:
News
Doubts about the air quality in classrooms? Report it
Servicepoint is low threshold way to ask questions
News
No more periods after COVID vaccination
UM study on menstruation
Opinion
“Several colleagues are wary about being in a classroom again”
Yes or no: ban unvaccinated students from the classroom
Photo reportage
The university is alive again
The return to physical education in picture
News
Hardly any student accommodation shortage expected in Maastricht
Demand for accommodation back to its former level
Background
The UM is open again: what is allowed and what isn’t?
A list of all measures
News
Mass exams possible again from 20 September
The relaxation relates specifically to exams
News
No vaccination bus on UM campus
Pop-up locations for students
News
House of Representatives wants ‘hybrid’ learning for vulnerable students
Minister: Making all education hybrid’ is simply not possible in all cases
News
Covid: no more social distancing, but at what price?
Concerns that the virus will flare up again
Interview
“It was a rollercoaster, but I wouldn’t have missed it for the world”
Best case scenario comes true; an almost normal Inkom
Liveblog
UM and the corona crisis
The latest updates about the corona crisis: working at home
News
Minister assigns two scenarios for new academic year
Decision mid-August
News
Majority of students and staff shun coronavirus testing
Whether you test or not carries no tangible consequences
News
UM education in September mostly on campus
Without the one-point-five metre distance, but most likely with limited group sizes
News
COVID-19: UM to receive extra millions for students’ well-being, education and temporary researchers
“We must be honest, it will not solve everything”
background
Schuman Lecture: How is Europe faring after the corona crisis?
At last, back to study books and glasses of beer at the club
News
Minister: total easing of restrictions in September unlikely
Law faculty Examination Board chairman steps down
Faculties expand possibilities for meeting up
Students allowed back to university (with restrictions)
Test policy is a logistical nightmare, says Rector
Hospital decisions during COVID: how do they affect employees?
“Suspending routine care was difficult for employees. It made them feel like they were failing in their duty"
News
Finally! Higher education open for one day a week again
Over 46,000 students want their tuition back
The decision will be made well before the summer: fully open or education at 1.5 metre distance in September
Campuses to open up again, even if there are self-test shortages
“People are fed up with online meetings”
Student organisations in times of pandemic
“Working from home is not a right, nor is it compulsory”
Working at the UM new style
“We already have a fine now anyway”
Ten questions about coronavirus tests and higher education
Even more study spaces, education period 5 remains online
Can we demand test and vaccination passports for campus access?
No relaxation of measures, not at the UM either
OMT finds infection rate too high
Not every Master’s graduate to get a €535 rebate
Breaking news: first-year tuition fees to be lowered to €542
520 study places available during XXL weeks
Request U-council quickly honored
“Getting up, getting dressed and going to the library. Very simple, but I miss it”
Rector on Faculty Tour
Higher education faces at least three more weeks of lockdown