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“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
5 hours ago


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


FHML Faculty Council Elections 2023
Want to have more of a say on what goes on in FHML? Exercise your right to vote this year from May 8th to 11th for this year’s online...
Anthi Likitsakos
May 8, 2023


SBE Faculty Council Elections 2023
The upcoming elections for the next student members of the Faculty Council are taking place between May 8 (starting at 8:00) and May 11...
Sofia Van Trooijen
May 8, 2023


Law Faculty Council Elections 2023
The elections this year are taking place from 8 to 11 May. The law Faculty has a very international environment with over 2500 students....
Esther Neville
May 8, 2023


FSE Faculty Council Elections 2023
NovUM NovUM is Maastricht’s fastest growing party, and represents the student body in every single Council at the University Council and...

“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 21, 2022


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...
Brendan Hogan & Peter Pelzer
May 15, 2022


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...
Valentina Giolli
May 14, 2022


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....
Brendan Hogan
May 14, 2022


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...
Anthi Likitsakos
May 13, 2022


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...
Leilani Radaideh
May 13, 2022


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...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
May 13, 2022


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...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
May 13, 2022


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...
Guest Writer
May 11, 2022


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...
Lee-Ann Lichtenberger
Apr 20, 2022


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...
Brendan Hogan & Peter Pelzer
Mar 13, 2022

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...
Katherina Petersen
Feb 25, 2022

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...
Leilani Radaideh
Feb 14, 2022


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...
Ana Navarro Bullo & Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
Dec 12, 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...
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

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

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

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


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...
Marence Jurgens
Apr 28, 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...
Paula Cepeda Gallo
Apr 13, 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...
Jan Haverman
Mar 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...
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Feb 28, 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?...
Valentina Couceiro
Feb 17, 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)...
Teresa Costa
Jan 30, 2021


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...
Charelle Abdallah
Dec 5, 2020


Student Politics 101
Right now, as you are sipping your cup of tea, someone is out there in the bureaucratic wilderness representing you..
Peter Pelzer
Nov 11, 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
May 20, 2020
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