“Maybe next year, try to do something about it”
Esther Versluis, the Chair of the Election Board opened up the election results ceremony by asking for a round of applause and...
Brendan Hogan & Peter Pelzer
- May 15
FPN Faculty Council elections 2022
The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience has one of the smaller Faculty Councils at Maastricht University with just five student...
Valentina Giolli
- May 14
SBE Faculty Council Elections 2022
The upcoming elections between the 16th to 19th of May will decide next year’s SBE Faculty Council members. The Faculty Council is the...
Brendan Hogan
- May 14
FHML Faculty Council Elections 2022
It’s that time of year again, from the 16th until the 19th of May you will be able to cast your votes in the online student elections....
Anthi Likitsakos
- May 13
University Council elections 2022
From the 16th to the 19th of May, Maastricht University holds online elections for the University’s Council. These elections are open to...
Leilani Radaideh
- May 13
Law Faculty Council elections 2022
The elections this year for the Faculty Council are taking place from 16 to 19 May. The Law Faculty attracts students from all over the...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- May 13
FASoS Faculty Council Elections 2022
Another year, another round of FASoS student elections. But what exactly are these elections about? Well, I’m here to give you an...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- May 13
FSE Faculty Council Elections 2022
Faculty Council Students The Faculty of Science and Engineering, which consists of the Maastricht Science Program, the Department of Data...
Guest Writer
- May 11
Dear Diary, I want to be elected to the University Council…
Why did I decide to participate in the elections at the University of Maastricht? I was born in a country of Eastern Europe, lived there...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
- Apr 20
What it means to be a climate activist during the Covid-19 pandemic
Lockdown. People can only leave their homes for emergencies. Large events are prohibited. The immense momentum of the 2019 Fridays for...
Brendan Hogan & Peter Pelzer
- Mar 13
Voices of the ‘Uni-cipality’: What do student political parties think about the local elections?
From 14 to 16 March, municipalities all over the Netherlands call their residents to the polls to elect their municipal councils for the...
Katherina Petersen
- Feb 25
Study life has moved online and created an edu-business
8 AM: in which room is your class? 1 PM: what do you need to read for tomorrow? 4PM: have you gotten confirmation about the exchange for...
Leilani Radaideh
- Feb 14
Dating in Maastricht: 5 crucial steps to master relationships
Ah, so you’ve caught feelings for that one person in your tutorial group months ago, and seeing them again at the resit really set your...
Ana Navarro Bullo & Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- Dec 12, 2021
Housing in Maastricht: A Human Right Being Sold Off
Travel or you’ll become racist, And you’ll end up believing That your skin is the only one that is right That your language is the most...
Dan Edwards
- May 14, 2021
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...
Peter Pelzer
- 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...
Teresa Costa
- 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...
Brendan Hogan
- 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...
Valentina Couceiro
- May 12, 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...
Jan Haverman
- May 11, 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...
Head Editor
- May 10, 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...
Marence Jurgens
- Apr 28, 2021
Pan-European, pragmatic, and progressive – Volt Maastricht
A while ago I had the privilege to meet with Konrad von Klitzing (City Lead Volt Maastricht). He shared with me his views on politics, wh...
Paula Cepeda Gallo
- Apr 13, 2021
The Backbone of the United Students of Maastricht: In Dialogue with the Party’s Founder.
As Maastricht University boasts a reputation as the most international university in the Netherlands, it is interesting to note that...
Jan Haverman
- Mar 28, 2021
DOPE: Large, Pragmatic and Dutch
Maastricht's biggest student party demands the best possible education, even in Covid times. When Rozemarijn Kahle (second year student...
Cam Nghiem
- Feb 28, 2021
The Delicacy of Quoting The N-Word
The n-word is the kind of language that you would never imagine that you can hear in a liberal bubble like University College Maastricht...
Valentina Couceiro
- Feb 17, 2021
NovUM: New and Unprecedented?
New, fresh, novel, unusual, and unprecedented; that is what Novum means in Latin. Would the party NovUM at UM represent the same values?...
Teresa Costa
- Jan 30, 2021
MD gets to know the KAN Party
The Maastricht Diplomat recently interviewed Friederike Leppert, on behalf of KAN (Klimaat Actie Netwerk or Climate Action Network)...
Charelle Abdallah
- Dec 5, 2020
Homesickness in Times of Corona
Moving to the Netherlands has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, but it surely has had its difficulties. A lot of...
Peter Pelzer
- Nov 11, 2020
Student Politics 101
Right now, as you are sipping your cup of tea, someone is out there in the bureaucratic wilderness representing you..
Head Editor
- May 20, 2020
A New Voice in the Times of Rona
A New Voice in the Times of Rona Ezekiel Stevens – KAN Michael Keith – Upon meeting Ezekiel Stevens, a second-year physics student from...
Head Editor
- Dec 17, 2019
What is happening to the value of my degree?
As exams are nearly on our doorstep, the flow of students in the library has dramatically increased which is not a surprise to anyone who...
Head Editor
- Feb 25, 2019
When Stress Takes Over
Mia Rose Penn Mental Health is a Bigger Issue in Maastricht Than You Might Think In the last few years, mental health problems have been...
Head Editor
- Feb 24, 2019
Student Initative Challenges UM’s Finance Teaching in Open Letter
What makes a good university? Is it the amount of informational knowledge it manages to shove into its paying clients’ minds? Is it not...
Head Editor
- Feb 21, 2019
J. Dijsselbloem on the Eurogroup
On Tuesday 12th Feburary, the Franz Palmer lecture hall was teeming with people, from students to Maastricht citizens, wearing classic or...
Head Editor
- Jan 13, 2019
What’s to come in 2019? A Note from our Editor
Happy new year! The Maastricht Diplomat is back from its winter break and we’re looking forward to 2019. It will be an exciting year. Two...
Head Editor
- Oct 16, 2018
Lecture Summary: Taking Democracy Seriously.
On October 9th, an auditorium packed to the rafters welcomed Mr. Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent,...
Head Editor
- May 23, 2018
The Student-Conference about Capitalism and Global Inequality
Are you interested in or concerned about today’s economic situation? Up for discussions and controversy? Keen to meet like-minded and...
Head Editor
- May 10, 2018
2018 Schuman Lecture: Michael Ignatieff’s vision for Hungary, Europe and Open Societies
If you missed the Schumann Lecture at 7th May, worry not! Here is a summary of and commentary on Michael Ignatieff’s lecture on Open...
Head Editor
- Apr 16, 2018
Why Europe Must Become a Republic- Ulrike Guérot’s Lecture Review
How happy are you with the EU? Do you think you are democratically represented through the institutional set-up consisting of the...
Head Editor
- Apr 14, 2018
The Endless Quest for Palestinian-Israeli Peace: A Lecture’s Analysis
The longest, bloodiest and most complex War that has ever been fought in the world’s history. A War in which a myriad of factors...
Head Editor
- Mar 18, 2018
MaasX Student Debate: An Analysis (Part One)
Introduction- The Debate’s Structure The Franz Palm Lecture Hall is packed. 400 students, or even more, have come to the Student Debate...
Head Editor
- Jan 27, 2018
Maastricht: A Divided and Transient City for Students?
On Monday 22nd January, MaasX organised an open evening named “Maastricht- What’s up Democracy?” for members of the Maastricht community...
Head Editor
- Dec 5, 2017
“An energetic man and a born performer”
Donovan Livingston. Harvard Graduate. It has a certain ring to it, and one would expect things from such a name and title; and I believe...
Head Editor
- Dec 5, 2017
The End of the Liberal World Order
Do we live in a world of paranoia and selfishness? Realist thinkers certainly think so. Realism as a school of foreign policy was the...
Head Editor
- Nov 29, 2017
Technology, Truth, Trade: Alexander Stubb’s vision of Europe
He adjusted his jacket, made a wide smile and, after having thanked the moderator and sticked to the formal pleasantries, addressed to...
Head Editor
- Nov 18, 2017
War through the lens of Christina Lamb
On Monday the 6th of November, Maastricht University had the privilege to welcome on its premises a world renowned foreign correspondent...