Covid and GeenStijl throw a spanner in the works

No survey, no freshly printed edition of Observant this week

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

Held hostage by COVID-19 for years

UM leads research into Long Covid

“It is very important for PBL that students get together”

No more hybrid education after the summer

INKOM 2022: Opening at Tapijn barracks and watching a film outdoors with people from Maastricht

All big outside events in one location

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"

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?

MPs receive slap on the wrist from scientists

“This was not an isolated incident, but the latest egregious insult cast at scientists"

Extreme-right loners and the sense of COVID-19 measures

Student Prizes for the best bachelor’s and master’s theses in 2021

Admission requirements for higher education relaxed again

Access to Master’s degree programmes has been relaxed too

Education Inspectorate raising a banner for better staff-student participation

Report on cybercrime, influence of the English language and consultative bodies in higher education

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

“Our scientific theories are ultimately all untrue”

Studium Generale Lecture: How authority of science is evaporating

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

 Ministry of Education to tackle mental health issues among students 

What kind of “culture change” is needed to reduce stress?

Preventive self-test no longer needed in education

New relaxations

Clambering from the Covid depths with a song

University choir rehearsing again after two tough years

Face mask advised in higher education

Lecture halls are allowed to be full once again

Tragos abandons Covid protest under threat of a sky-high fine

Association wanted to take part in national action ‘The Night Rises'

Relaxations: packed lecture halls permitted once again

From Friday on: cafés will be allowed to stay open until 01.00

No great problems in Maastricht tutorial groups (yet)

How are things at the campus now that infection figures are sky-high?

UM yet again full of live

As of January 31st there is again physical education

Student associations open again but ‘seated’: “As crowded and cosy as is permitted”

Beer taps are open again

More measures relaxed, also for (some) students

Virtually everything can remain open until 22.00

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

Lockdown over but online teaching continues

UM education starts 31 January on campus

Covid pass in higher education now less likely

1G, 2G, 3G: none of these will be able to stop the virus in its tracks

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

Lockdown over in higher education

Students must wear a face mask “everywhere, at all times”, the government decided

“I feel pressured into being vaccinated, so convince me why I should”

Maastricht students answer questions about vaccination on the Vaccination Doubt Hotline

OMT: “Wear a medical face mask in higher education”

OMT member Hoebe expects 50,000 cases a day

Home office furniture can be ordered in spring

The hybrid work situation requires a health-and-safety-proof home working space

Students suffer more from stress, says Statistics Netherlands

The further they get in their study programme, the more they worry about their future

Extra security during exams Mecc

1,5 meter at exams Mecc

Government: Covid pass is ‘last resort’ in higher education

The decision will be taken by the government, not by the Executive Board

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"

Hybrid, online, on campus: flexibility is the motto

All types of education occur at the UM these days

A look back: lockdown hard for researchers

In particular, female researchers with young children experienced problems

Is UM supporting neurodiverse students during the pandemic?

"I especially struggled with online learning"

UM will probably go to online education when necessary

Even if the government says on Friday that universities can remain open

Do students really have so many mental health issues?

Relatively few students completed the questionnaire

“Covid pass not possible in higher education”

Negative impact on the accessibility of teaching

Probably: Not 2G but 3G in higher education

Infection rates are rising at such a fast rate that the government is considering drastic measures

FPN students: current COVID-19 measures don’t go far enough

Some students don't feel safe at university

Cosmic Battles

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”

Fourth wave also noticeable in the tutorial groups

What do tutorial groups look like during this fourth wave?

Government wants no consultation on Covid pass in higher education

Rising number of coronavirus infections

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"

Heavy drinking, lots of stress: students’ mental health “very worrying”

A piece of cake – or so I thought

It’s probably the flu, he said. It’s COVID, everyone on the team thought

Alternative exams for students with symptoms

Students with mild symptoms can do a self test on the spot

Reintroduction of face masks going well

UM doesn’t expect QR code in education

No QR code but face mask required in higher education

As from Saturday 6 November

Oh no – a positive COVID test!

Let’s hope that social distancing and fresh air did the job

A look ahead: new coronavirus measures in higher education?

Infections on the rise again

An ordinary Monday

She has a bad cold, probably caught at a faculty council meeting where coughing and sniffling people were equally welcome

Minister: QR code also for international students without BSN

Help is coming soon, says De Jonge

Vaccinated, but no QR code

Non-European students face problems when they want a valid QR code

“Collective narcissism nourishes conspiracy beliefs”

Conspiracy thinking happens by degrees

International students have difficulty getting COVID pass

The route to a valid Dutch vaccination certificate is long and complicated:

Doubts about the air quality in classrooms? Report it

Servicepoint is low threshold way to ask questions

No more periods after COVID vaccination

UM study on menstruation

“Several colleagues are wary about being in a classroom again”

Yes or no: ban unvaccinated students from the classroom

The university is alive again

The return to physical education in picture

Hardly any student accommodation shortage expected in Maastricht

Demand for accommodation back to its former level

The UM is open again: what is allowed and what isn’t?

A list of all measures

Mass exams possible again from 20 September

The relaxation relates specifically to exams

No vaccination bus on UM campus

Pop-up locations for students

House of Representatives wants ‘hybrid’ learning for vulnerable students

Minister: Making all education hybrid’ is simply not possible in all cases

Covid: no more social distancing, but at what price?

Concerns that the virus will flare up again

“It was a rollercoaster, but I wouldn’t have missed it for the world”

Best case scenario comes true; an almost normal Inkom

UM and the corona crisis

The latest updates about the corona crisis: working at home

Minister assigns two scenarios for new academic year

Decision mid-August

Majority of students and staff shun coronavirus testing

Whether you test or not carries no tangible consequences

UM education in September mostly on campus

Without the one-point-five metre distance, but most likely with limited group sizes

COVID-19: UM to receive extra millions for students’ well-being, education and temporary researchers

“We must be honest, it will not solve everything”

Schuman Lecture: How is Europe faring after the corona crisis?

At last, back to study books and glasses of beer at the club

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"

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