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Opinion article
"Demote scientists who commit acts of misconduct"
Can we rehabilitate scientists?
Opinion
“The difference between hours worked and hours paid is unacceptable”
Opinion piece about “exploitation” at UM
Opinion article
U-council: “We know that our silence was not appreciated by our community”
Statement of the U-Council about why they can’t speak. But, there is something that they can say.
Opinion article
Opinion: Only public accountability can save participation at our university
"It is time to revitalise participation at our university"
Opinion article
Opinion: What does it say when U-Council members are blocked to vote on motions that make elections more representative?
This week the Praesidium of the University Council blocked the other 15 members from voting on a measure
Opinion article
Opinion: housing corporation for student housing is the solution to the rooms shortage
Van Rooij of political party M:OED: "The rooms market in Maastricht is stuck"
Opinion article
Opinion: Another case of ‘himpathy’
Maybe the FOM protests were an opportunity for us to stop and listen
Opinion article
Opinion: “Maastricht, hurry up with your Low Emissions Zone”
The more time is wasted, the fewer benefits for public health
Opinion
Opinion: Action required, OBP in lowest salary scales cannot make ends meet
The difference between the poor and the rich has continued to grow also within the university community.
Statement
“The University Council condemns, without reservation, and in the strongest possible terms, the criminal cyber attack on the Observant”
Statement University Council
Opinion
Duma on the Maas?
"There is no difference between threatening a journalist with clenched fists (or worse) and shutting down a website"
Opinion
What kind of university do we want to be?
Opinion Jan Smits: "Especially at university you need to hear opinions you disagree with"
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Submitted letters
Submitted letter
An expensive introduction
The fee for a stall at the INKOM market is too high, according to Maastricht grassroots organisations
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
Submitted letter
The Executive Board should hang its head in shame for blindly participating in this
Jan Willems’ opinion about the WOB request of The Rights Forum
Submitted letter
Inclusive language in Observant
Feminists of Maastricht: "We advocate an inclusive understanding of gender"
Columns
Column
Just another rainy Tuesday
"I sit in my kitchen window and watch the cars swim by"
Column
We bicker a lot, as such couples tend to do
"I’ll keep banging this drum to draw attention to the causes my colleagues know I care deeply about"
Column
One of the boys
"So there I was, in a traditional 'man's job', feeling an unspoken pressure to match or exceed the physical output of my colleagues"
Column
May our shared humanity always shine
"I hope that my students will say that their journey has been one of growth"
Column
Defending the last free Cultural Space in Maastricht
Shutting down LBB is yet another example of placing commercial profit before the well-being of the city
Column
On books
There is a shameful secret shared amongst many academics
Column
The value of life
"Life is about where you place yourself"
Column
Being There (Again)
Being there has shown me the tiredness in the eyes of an eighteen-year-old greenhouse worker five hours into bending over a row of basil plants in the sweltering heat
Column
Gender Equality has a limit?
This inequality is based on the assumption that a ‘King’ is higher than a ‘Queen’
Column
Calling all writers
Creative writing programs and community-based writing schools don’t exist here
Column
More effort, less outcome
" I need to publish - metaphorically speaking, while riding a bike between classes"
Column
Moral hazards and money
No one wants to worry about their savings being wiped out because their bank took excessive risk with loans
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Letter from the editor
Editorial
A kick up the backside
The kick was meant to be all in good fun, but my colleague could’ve taken offence
Editorial
A stolen Bazooka
"That fear has stayed with me my entire life. It turned me into a goody-two-shoes"
Editorial
Tired eyes around five PM
Mastering the skill of being a good colleague
Editorial
A PhD candidate’s nerves
"I’ve rarely paid such close attention to an academic ceremony"
Editorial
Walking? Boring!
For our next annual outing, we’ll do something different, I promise
Editorial
“I could’ve been a tad less defensive”
The will and capacity to learn, enthusiasm for the profession, and a pleasant personality
Editorial
The bad stuff sticks
I keep a list of possible topics to write about here; more than half of them are about problems and grievances
Editorial
Choice means loss
We looked each other in the eye and decided it’s time to change course
Editorial
Haste makes waste
The meeting agenda was endless. We’d scheduled a good four hours for it
Editorial
No Foxes Allowed
She had just made the local news and wanted us to hear it first-hand
Editorial
A panellist surrounded by controversy
To go or not to go, that's the question
Editorial
High workload
"The day is still young, but my to-do list isn’t shrinking fast enough"
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Blog Konrad
Blog
My boss called me to make sure I was fine
Messages started coming in: there was a shooting in the center of Tel Aviv
Blog
It feels years and years ago that I was celebrating Carnival in Maastricht
From Tel Aviv from Konrad von Klitzing