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Corona crisis

Covid and GeenStijl throw a spanner in the works
Editorial

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
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
Held hostage by COVID-19 for years
Background

Held hostage by COVID-19 for years

UM leads research into Long Covid
“It is very important for PBL that students get together”
News

“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
News

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’
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"
Working on a Danish farm, skydiving and emigrating to Spain
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?
MPs receive slap on the wrist from scientists
News

MPs receive slap on the wrist from scientists

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

Hacking attempts at UM captured in a work of art
Background

Hacking attempts at UM captured in a work of art

An installation is by the artist Richard Vijgen at the Minderbroedersberg
For sale: Netflix login code for 2.25 dollar
Background

For sale: Netflix login code for 2.25 dollar

Maastricht researchers on the dark web
University Council issues statement condemning the cyberattack after all
News

University Council issues statement condemning the cyberattack after all

"Since that plenary meeting, we have learned a lot as a council"
“The University Council condemns, without reservation, and in the strongest possible terms, the criminal cyber attack on the Observant”
Statement

“The University Council condemns, without reservation, and in the strongest possible terms, the criminal cyber attack on the Observant”

Statement University Council
When it really matters, the University Council remains quiet
Opinion

When it really matters, the University Council remains quiet

Democracy is a hothouse plant, it will die out if we don’t fight for it
Cultural war at the UM
Letter

Cultural war at the UM

At least eighty per cent of the people can live with diversity, but allow themselves to be intimidated by ideological extremists
What kind of university do we want to be?
Opinion

What kind of university do we want to be?

Opinion Jan Smits: "Especially at university you need to hear opinions you disagree with"
Has the University Council forgotten that democracy requires a free press?
Opinion

Has the University Council forgotten that democracy requires a free press?

"The silence has been deafening lately after miscreants had blocked access to Observant’s online publications by launching a DDoS attack"
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Einstein telescope

Ground research for Einstein Telescope enters into new phase: “This is a very complex puzzle”
Background

Ground research for Einstein Telescope enters into new phase: “This is a very complex puzzle”

How suitable is the Limburg soil for the construction of a gigantic detector?
Are neighbouring countries jeopardising the Einstein Telescope?
News

Are neighbouring countries jeopardising the Einstein Telescope?

Where the Netherlands is making pace, German and Belgium commitments are lagging behind
More than 900 million euros for Einstein Telescope
News

More than 900 million euros for Einstein Telescope

42 million for the preparations and 870 million for when the installation is actually built in Limburg
Too small and too vague
New

Too small and too vague

Municipal building inspector forbids larger image
News

"The clean room was the greatest challenge”

Opening ETpathfinder 
UM and IBM researching quantum computing

UM and IBM researching quantum computing

The  Eifel is 'moving': consequences for the Einstein Telescope?

The Eifel is 'moving': consequences for the Einstein Telescope?

“I feel like Alice in Wonderland”

“I feel like Alice in Wonderland”

Professor Stefan Hild on the Einstein Telescope, Sardinia and the cosmos
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Human Resource Policy

From November, employees will report in sick with just ‘one press of a button’
News

From November, employees will report in sick with just ‘one press of a button’

Part two of the Integrated Operational Management
Universities are looking for a solution for the research time missed out on by postdocs
News

Universities are looking for a solution for the research time missed out on by postdocs

Law concerning flex workers sometimes creates issues
Lost orders and a mountain of reminder e-mails
Background

Lost orders and a mountain of reminder e-mails

Four months after going live: how are things going with SAP Cloud?
President Letschert: “PhD candidates still don’t dare to speak out; that is unacceptable”
Background

President Letschert: “PhD candidates still don’t dare to speak out; that is unacceptable”

Ask Me Anything about social safety
SAP Cloud going live is running smoothly
News

SAP Cloud going live is running smoothly

Help desk gets about 200 questions a day
500 euro for anyone who recruits a new colleague
News

500 euro for anyone who recruits a new colleague

Shortage on the labour market
“This postponement provides breathing space for everyone”
News

“This postponement provides breathing space for everyone”

New IT system for HR, Finance and Sales to be introduced in June
“A system transition while insufficiently prepared? I wouldn’t do that to the organisation”
News

“A system transition while insufficiently prepared? I wouldn’t do that to the organisation”

Introduction of new IT system for HR, Finance and Sales postponed
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Stress at UM

“Without mistakes, without uncertainty, there is no growth”
News

“Without mistakes, without uncertainty, there is no growth”

President Rianne Letschert on the balance between performance and relaxation
Trimbos: Students are under increasing pressure, but the media aren’t helping
News

Trimbos: Students are under increasing pressure, but the media aren’t helping

Too much media attention does not help either
“The university as a whole has taken an irreversible path, the urgency is great”
Background

“The university as a whole has taken an irreversible path, the urgency is great”

UM going all out with ideas for a ‘smarter academic year’
“If you lower the bar in first year, there will be more pressure in second year”
News

“If you lower the bar in first year, there will be more pressure in second year”

University Council discusses standards for binding study advice
NSE: many students consider academic workload too high
News

NSE: many students consider academic workload too high

About 55 per cent of students think study pressure is 'just right'
More effort, less outcome
Column

More effort, less outcome

" I need to publish -  metaphorically speaking, while riding a bike between classes"
“These people are really tired; the system is failing”
Background

“These people are really tired; the system is failing”

Two workload experts about the results of the ‘sustainable employability monitor’
“I can’t see progress as long as I see colleagues suffer”
News

“I can’t see progress as long as I see colleagues suffer”

Criticism in University Council about the outcome of the sustainable employability monitor
Read More

Student housing

Pilot project for living-in with hosts: “People in Maastricht still have to get used to it”
News

Pilot project for living-in with hosts: “People in Maastricht still have to get used to it”

Hundreds of interested students, twenty matches
Shortage on the Maastricht rooms market back to the level of before the Covid crisis
News

Shortage on the Maastricht rooms market back to the level of before the Covid crisis

Friction, but "no new housing crisis", according to UM
Maastricht room shortages appear less severe than last year
News

Maastricht room shortages appear less severe than last year

‘Container homes’ Randwyck and locations outside Maastricht have to prevent a repeat of the housing crisis
“We will soon have a small village here”
Background

“We will soon have a small village here”

Six hundred new student homes in Randwyck
Dutch Student Union ranks Wageningen top for student rooms
News

Dutch Student Union ranks Wageningen top for student rooms

Maastricht drops in the ranking
Clearer communication towards new students about the housing market
News

Clearer communication towards new students about the housing market

“Make sure you have a room before you move to Maastricht”
Excessive rents for prefab accommodation in Randwyck
News

Excessive rents for prefab accommodation in Randwyck

According to the Rents Team, its decision could apply to all apartments on the complex
Worries about student housing next year
News

Worries about student housing next year

For the time being, the UM is focussing on Sittard and Heerlen
Read More

Study tips

Master's student creates music from study material

Master's student creates music from study material

Shilly-shallying, sleeping in and shouting

Shilly-shallying, sleeping in and shouting

Freshmen special 2019
Relax, take it easy

Relax, take it easy

No longer a pupil but a student

No longer a pupil but a student

The difference between secondary school and university: more discipline and responsibility needed
Things no one told me before writing my thesis

Things no one told me before writing my thesis

Ten tips for writing a thesis
It’s been a hard day’s night

It’s been a hard day’s night

International students on workload at Maastricht University
Read More

Internationalisation

House of Representatives urges bill on internationalisation
News

House of Representatives urges bill on internationalisation

Omtzigt and Hermans wish to curb the right to student financing for EER students
Letschert: “I hope that this does not lead to polarisation within UM”
Background

Letschert: “I hope that this does not lead to polarisation within UM”

Country-wide reactions to the proposed internationalisation legislation
How can it be that the BSA is deemed controversial, but English-taught programmes aren’t?
News

How can it be that the BSA is deemed controversial, but English-taught programmes aren’t?

The intake of international students, a far more sensitive subject, is not declared 'controversial'
Dijkgraaf praises internationalisation and his own continuum
News

Dijkgraaf praises internationalisation and his own continuum

Minister Dijkgraaf of Education about internationalisation
UM aiming for special position
News

UM aiming for special position

Internationalisation and language policy
“Further detailing of plans for international students is crucial”
Background

“Further detailing of plans for international students is crucial”

UM President Letschert on minister Dijkgraaf’s internationalisation letter
Internationalisation: everyone must learn Dutch; minister takes control
News

Internationalisation: everyone must learn Dutch; minister takes control

Education Minister is putting forward new legislation to channel the influx of international students
Not every employee wants to do a course in Dutch
News

Not every employee wants to do a course in Dutch

From June also ‘brush-up’ courses for staff only
Read More

Merger UM/MUMC

Speed up the merger plans; Letschert wants to prevent “endless procedure”
News

Speed up the merger plans; Letschert wants to prevent “endless procedure”

Online Q&A session about collaboration between MUMC and UM
Read More

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