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

Suspects of UM ransomware attack allegedly arrested

Dutch Research Council (NWO) refuses to pay ransom to hackers

UM receives award for sharing cyberattack experiences

'The UM could have been better prepared'

Report from the Inspectorate of Education on the cyberattack

Again the cyber attack, now on TV

No ‘taxpayer’s’ money to cybercriminals

“Great moral objections” against paying a ransom

UM reveals details about the cyberattack

“Good hope” that neither scientific data nor personal information has been stolen

No alarming messages from research circles

“You have to have the guts to stand on the edge of life and shiver"

HR adviser Pierre Schröder on the turbulent year of 2020

HR director leaves prematurely

Feelings of insecurity and dissatisfaction at HR department

External advisor investigates culture at HR department

“We talk too much ‘about’ instead of ‘with’ people”

New package of leadership programmes at the UM

“I see things within the UM that worry me”

UM staff seeks solutions for workload, inclusivity, and safety

Sustainable Employability Monitor participation rate so far: 43 %

Why do you (not) come to work with a spring in your step?

Uncertain, no self-reflection and ill-mannered: the student as a customer

“We hardly correct students at all”

UM to tackle work pressure from all angles

Mentor system, dealing with whining students, psychological security

On being a scientist: is it a lifestyle or a 9-5-job?

Opinion articles

“I feel more like a machine than a lecturer”

Work pressure for UCM lecturers sky high

"At 7.30 in the morning I'm already on my mountain bike"

The second wave: Mark Govers

Rathenau: academia is performing well, but work pressure is high

Teaching staff are getting burned out from the crisis

Concerns about work pressure because of mentor programmes

Tenants in prefab student homes still in state of uncertainty

The Council of State is currently looking into the conflict between the city council and Studentenhuisvesting Maastricht.

No complete stop to splitting houses for students in Maastricht

Alderman: Fiddling with policies in the meantime would be unwise and complicated

“Students again have to deal with the crap”

UM concerned because of legal problems between student housing company and the city

“Dutch only”

Discrimination on the student rooms market

Number of discriminating advertisements for rooms on Fbook is growing

New studios are going like hot cakes

First prefabricated units for students have arrived

Student services bureau Jules bankrupt

Master's student creates music from study material

Shilly-shallying, sleeping in and shouting

Freshmen special 2019

Relax, take it easy

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

Ten tips for writing a thesis

It’s been a hard day’s night

International students on workload at Maastricht University