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Deciphering ancient games with AI: “Humans simply take far too long”

Deciphering ancient games with AI: “Humans simply take far too long”

2025 annual report: Extra money to reduce workload

2025 annual report: Extra money to reduce workload

Flooding forces Finance building on Tongersestraat to close
News

Flooding forces Finance building on Tongersestraat to close

Large dehumidifiers have been installed
“It’s like competing in the Champions League”
News

“It’s like competing in the Champions League”

Saurus returns to prestigious rowing event after 27 years
At the printer: How was the final printed edition of Observant produced?
Video/photo reportage

At the printer: How was the final printed edition of Observant produced?

A behind-the-scenes look
Petition Psychology first years: “Give us good feedback”
Background

Petition Psychology first years: “Give us good feedback”

“Having to lead three tutor groups is too many in this system"
Posifiets

News and background

“I’m actually anti-paper – I think it’s just clutter”
Background

“I’m actually anti-paper – I think it’s just clutter”

How do students and staff consume news?
“Oh, that’s interesting, they have a newspaper here”
Background

“Oh, that’s interesting, they have a newspaper here”

Readers on what the printed Observant means to them
New employee code of conduct: what is and is not allowed
News

New employee code of conduct: what is and is not allowed

The code also establishes a “preventive duty to report” personal relationships, such as romantic relationships or family ties
Take holiday leave? “Impossible. The work is never done”
Background

Take holiday leave? “Impossible. The work is never done”

UM employees never use all their annual leave
  • Flooding forces Finance building on Tongersestraat to close »
  • “It’s like competing in the Champions League” »
  • 2025 annual report: Extra money to reduce workload »
  • Water leak: water supply cut off at the Student Services Centre until 2.00 pm today »
  • New employee code of conduct: what is and is not allowed »
  • Student party KAN wants clearer campaign rules due to ‘cheating’ parties »
  • Environmental organisations: “UM, put pressure on ING” »
  • FPN Faculty Council: Are mentors objective enough? »
  • UM looks beyond Maastricht for future growth »
  • Students feel less academic pressure »
More news and background

Columns & Opinion

Holle Bolle Gijs
Editorial

Holle Bolle Gijs

'Thank you’, reader, for devouring our paper for 46 years
I no longer feel voiceless
Column

I no longer feel voiceless

"I often forget that people will read my columns when I'm writing them, so the work is free from my internalised, imagined gaze of others"
Coming soon (or not)
Editorial

Coming soon (or not)

"Some ideas don’t lead to anything"
More a ballerina than a tennis player
Column

More a ballerina than a tennis player

“Why didn’t you sign me up for tennis classes when I was younger?"
More columns and opinion
FAQ Engels

50 years UM

 1981-2025: Selling a bike? Looking for a room? Got a message for an ex? Place a Paarltje!
Background

1981-2025: Selling a bike? Looking for a room? Got a message for an ex? Place a Paarltje!

50 years of UM: The Times They Are (Not) A-Changin'
1993–2026:  A tragedy: the disappearance of “020 Tanja”
Background

1993–2026: A tragedy: the disappearance of “020 Tanja”

Series: The times they are (not) a-changin'
How a bin in the attic can make the past come to life
Background

How a bin in the attic can make the past come to life

‘Objective’ history of UM captured in anniversary book
1988-2014 Ultimately, the Legal Advice Practice didn’t survive
Background

1988-2014 Ultimately, the Legal Advice Practice didn’t survive

Series: The times they are (not) a-changin
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People

“For me, a newspaper is more about layout than text”
Interview

“For me, a newspaper is more about layout than text”

Goodbye to print, goodbye to newspaper designer Simone Golob
“I now try to stay ambitious without being too hard on myself”
Interview

“I now try to stay ambitious without being too hard on myself”

Series: Sing, fight, cry, pray, laugh, work and admire
“You can make your point in words, but I prefer to communicate through food”
Interview

“You can make your point in words, but I prefer to communicate through food”

Series: Sing, fight, cry, pray, laugh, work and admire
“I’m afraid of life moving too fast and forgetting to enjoy it”
Interview

“I’m afraid of life moving too fast and forgetting to enjoy it”

Series: Sing, fight, cry, pray, laugh, work and admire
More People

Science

Deciphering ancient games with AI: “Humans simply take far too long”
Science

Deciphering ancient games with AI: “Humans simply take far too long”

UM researchers reconstruct the lost rules of games from ancient Egypt to the Middle Ages
What are the health benefits of outdoor play? Freezers full of baby poo may hold the answer
Science

What are the health benefits of outdoor play? Freezers full of baby poo may hold the answer

UM research on the role of soil microbes in preventing allergies
Strict smartphone bans in secondary schools are not necessarily better
News

Strict smartphone bans in secondary schools are not necessarily better

UM research on school students’ well-being
UM students score higher with more nationalities in tutorials
Science

UM students score higher with more nationalities in tutorials

Results of thousands of Maastricht bachelor students examined
More Science
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Dossiers

Integration MUMC and UM

  • Dossier Integration MUMC and UM

Budget cuts

  • Dossier Budget cuts

Internationalisation

  • Dossier Internationals

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