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Zweit Veur Leid 2016: Keep the heartbeat going!

Around 16,000 people suffer from cardiac arrest in the Netherlands each year. In Limburg, that's 1,344 people, and in Maastricht, 146 every year. By teaching scholars how to act in these situations we believe to save many lives. On January 17th we participate in the charity run Zweit Veur Leid ro raise money for resuscitation lessons Join us!
25 November: debate on refugees in Limburg

Limburg wants to take in 2,500 refugees and provide them with small-scale accommodation. This has sparked quite a debate in the region. How should Limburg respond to the refugee situation and how do refugees fare in Limburg? These are the key questions that will be addressed during the Limburg Refugee Debate on 25 November 2015. The debate is a joint initiative of L1, Dagblad de Limburger/Limburgs Dagblad, the Sphinx debate centre and Maastricht University.
UM celebrates science at Eureka! Festival

Nearly 12,000 people from around the country have submitted their questions for the National Research Agenda. At the Eureka! Festival, on 29 November, these questions will be brought to life through exciting live experiments, tests, mini-lectures and films. UM scientists Stefaan de Wildeman, Gwen Noteborn, Catalina Goante, Wouter Marken van Lichtenbelt, Ellen Vos, Yasin Temel, Alexander Sack, Sally Wyatt, Tsjalling Swierstra and Harro van Lente will contribute to the Eureka! Festival.
Many visitors during a reduced Open Day

On Saturday, 14 November, over 3,100 prospective students visited the Maastricht University Open Day. Despite the recent, tragic events in Paris on Friday evening and the stormy weather, there were more visitors than previous years. Because of the events in Paris the programme was altered: the info-sessions began with a minute of silence and the music and the social media interactions were changed.
UM colleagues celebrate anniversary

Monday 9 November six people who have worked at Maastricht University for 40 years and 42 UM colleagues celebrating their 25 years of working in public institutions were given accolades by UM President Martin Paul.
'Limburg Esperanto' blog by Prof. dr. Martin Paul

Learning a foreign language need not be perfect according to Martin Paul, President Maastricht University. Indeed, unintentional language blunders can work to your advantage, resulting in hilarity that breaks ice and brings people closer. “Ultimately, it’s all about understanding each other.”
Check pension in other EU Member States online

Maastricht University's Institute for Transnational and Euregional cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) is preparing for the introduction of a new online service that would allow citizens in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium to check how much pension they have accrued in another Member States. The project will start in 2016 and can be considered a pilot for the introduction of a similar system for all EU Member States.

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