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SBE Faculty Council Elections 2021: a brief synopsis on the parties
The decision for the SBE Faculty Council next year is set to be decided in the upcoming election between 17th to 20th May. The Faculty...
Dan Edwards
May 14, 2021


Law Faculty Council elections 2021: all the parties, all the programmes, all the networks
The Faculty Council of the law faculty is up for re-election between the 17th and 20th May. The Faculty Council has twelve members, six...
Peter Pelzer
May 14, 2021
Tigray awaits as the elephants speak
On the first day of the Security Council the discussion was limited to opening statements highlighting the intents and positions of each...
Guest Writer
May 13, 2021
WHO Committee - Day 1 brief write up
The delegates for the World Health Organisation met for their first session today. The opening meeting saw the introduction of delegates...
Guest Writer
May 13, 2021
Dear Johanna
Dear Johanna, They are at our gates, the ungodly troop. There has been much bustle in the Imperial camp. Murmurs of a parlay proposal to...
Guest Writer
May 13, 2021
EU Budget Negotiations – Day 1
The first day of EuroMUN 2021 began with a rather chaotic European Parliament session. Whilst some of the MEP’s were prepared and ready...
Guest Writer
May 13, 2021
Suez Canal Crisis – Day 1
The Historical Committee met for their first session today in order to discuss the Suez Canal Crisis (that happened in 1956). Today’s...
Guest Writer
May 13, 2021
Human Rights Council Day 1.
A slow first day of the EuroMUN 2021 conference on human slavery in modern supply chains, attending delegates came forward and stated...
Guest Writer
May 13, 2021


FSE Faculty Council elections 2021
The elections for the FSE faculty council are taking place between the 17th and the 20th of May 2021. The FSE faculty (Faculty of Science...
Teresa Costa
May 13, 2021


FPN Faculty council elections 2021: All the parties looking for your vote
The elections are coming up and FPN is not exempt from this process, with students and staff heading to the polls (from the comfort of...
Brendan Hogan
May 13, 2021


FHML Faculty Council elections 2021
The Council of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML) is up for re-election between 17 and 20 May. The FHML Council has...
Valentina Couceiro
May 12, 2021


Who put the ‘unequal’ in ‘renewable’?
Renewable energy is no longer a pie in the sky. The past decades have brought about a societal awakening and the realisation that the...
Peter Pelzer
May 12, 2021


FASoS Faculty Elections 2021: the parties, their programs and the candidates
With a voter turnout of 23,120%, last year’s faculty elections seemed to go by unnoticed. This was not only the case for the Faculty of...
Jan Haverman
May 11, 2021


The Suez Canal: Constant Crisis and a Continuing Conundrum
The Suez Canal has for over a century been the pathway through Africa, connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, making it the...
Dan Edwards
May 11, 2021


University of Maastricht Student Council Elections
The University of Maastricht Student Council, a separate entity to the faculty-specific councils, is approaching re-election time. These...
Head Editor
May 10, 2021


The bloody Wedding of Magdeburg
Content warning: Discusses topics of sexual violence in war. Oh, Magdeburg, the town! Fair maids thy beauty crown, Thy charms fair maids...
Simon Pompé
May 10, 2021


Make women feel safe again.
It’s late at night and you are a woman walking home. Alone. You have your keys between your fingers (a trick passed down for...
Stella Theocharidou
May 9, 2021


A war fought in the dark
With a long history and various players, Ethiopian politics is to most people an unknown. For many university students, it is not a...
Valentina Couceiro & Brendan Hogan
May 9, 2021


Piracy, kidnapping and maritime instability: The Gulf of Guinea has caught Europe’s attention
The European Union has evolved its maritime policy in order to regain control over African waters. Already two years ago, in 2019, the...
Jan Haverman
May 8, 2021


Council of European Union & European Parliament – Rule of Law Conditionality of EU Budget
In the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the European Union declared its proposals for a new long-term EU budget. The framework...
Marence Jurgens
May 7, 2021
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