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Results of the University Council Elections 2025
“ Make Maastricht University Great Again” This year, the elections for the University and faculty Councils took place between the...
Vanille Villez
May 23


Doe het niet! Maastricht’s Anti-Budget Cut Protest Turnout
Decked out in ponchos with umbrellas and anti-budget cut signs, a congregation of students, tutors, professors, and concerned citizens...


Lingua Maastricht: How a City of Students is Remixing English
Communication is an integral part of human life. Since moving to a new city, about two and a half years ago now, I have been speaking my...
Jet Brinkman
Apr 19


Special Collections x MD: Bringing the past to light
Beneath Maastricht University’s (UM) Inner City Library, where sunlight and bird songs are shut out by thick walls and doors, lies a...


“Food for People, Not for Profit” – How Maastricht University Students are Transforming Local Food Systems
It’s a Wednesday afternoon in Maastricht. In the sustainability hub, a group of Maastricht University (UM) students gather to unload...
Dominique Berendsen
Mar 31


Inside Zionist activist Rawan Osman’s lecture amid a pro-Palestine coordinated protest
Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a lecture by multinational, Zionist activist Rawan Osman on Wednesday evening, accusing her of...
Claire Anderson
Mar 15


Unravelling Dutch Politics: What international students should know about the government and its education reforms
As every student has probably deduced from the amount of emails UM has sent out, Dutch universities are not particularly excited about...
Jet Brinkman
Dec 12, 2024


Finding the Academic Compass: UM’s Treasure Hunt in the Spam Folder
Last Wednesday (13th of November), chilling at the library, scrolling and making space in my Outlook student email, I went to the ‘Other’...
Head Editor - Sarah Hourquet
Nov 16, 2024


Cancelled Protests in Utrecht: an Isolated Event or a Threat to the Right to Demonstrate in the Netherlands?
The nationwide protest against a 1 billion cut in the 2025 Dutch budget for higher education and research, originally scheduled in...
Léa Besnard
Nov 15, 2024


One Year of Grief and Resistance: Maastricht’s Response
It has been a year since the Hamas attack on Israel, following one of the deadliest operations by the IDF the world has seen. At least...


All Eyes on Rafah Protest March (23.05) & UM Statement (24.05)
A pro-Palestine march, put together by local organizations began at 7:00 p.m. directly in front of Maastricht Centraal Station on...
Claire Anderson
May 25, 2024
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Maastricht Encampment Update: The different narratives surrounding its [fall / undoing]
Wednesday, May 22, brought about multiple developments in regards to the Pro-Palestine solidarity encampment established by Maastricht...
Claire Anderson
May 24, 2024


‘Rafah’s Garden’: The Maastricht Encampment
UM students enter hunger strike until demands are met by Claire Anderson and Jan Pöhler Six protestors at Maastricht University (UM) will...
Claire Anderson and Jan Pöhler
May 15, 2024


The Results of This Year’s UM Council Elections
The student elections for the 2024-25 University Council and Faculty Councils took place between the 22nd and 25th of April. During this...
Sofia van Trooijen
Apr 26, 2024


In Requiem of Student Politics - A Case Against NovUM
The result of a three-year-long investigation into election fraud by NovUM and DOPE and the lack of actions by Maastricht University.
Jane Hilgert
Apr 20, 2024


inside the UC: what will your vote do?
Whether it be free condoms or free coffee, the campaigning for the university council (UC) sure takes up a lot of space within buildings...
Vanille Villez
Apr 17, 2024


Autonoma’s protest at UCM in response to UM’s inaction about the Israel-Palestine conflict
On Wednesday 1st of November 2023, three weeks after the re-eruption of hostilities in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and followed by...
Sarah Hourquet & Jessica Giovanella
Nov 12, 2023


University Council Elections 2023
This year, the University elections will run from the 8th till the 11th of May. In the case of the University Council, all students are...
Marta De Grandi
May 8, 2023


FASoS Faculty Council Elections 2023
We are in the beginning of May and you know what that means - this year´s student elections at Maastricht University are finally coming...
Chiara Matschuck
May 8, 2023


FPN Faculty Council Elections 2023
The time of the year has come once again: students vote the representatives for the University Council and the faculty councils! Voting...
Lisa-Marie Feldstein
May 8, 2023
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