As every student has probably deduced from the amount of emails UM has sent out, Dutch universities are not particularly excited about...

Last Wednesday (13th of November), chilling at the library, scrolling and making space in my Outlook student email, I went to the ‘Other’...

The nationwide protest against a 1 billion cut in the 2025 Dutch budget for higher education and research, originally scheduled in...

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...

A pro-Palestine march, put together by local organizations began at 7:00 p.m. directly in front of Maastricht Centraal Station on...

Wednesday, May 22, brought about multiple developments in regards to the Pro-Palestine solidarity encampment established by Maastricht...

UM students enter hunger strike until demands are met by Claire Anderson and Jan Pöhler Six protestors at Maastricht University (UM) will...

The student elections for the 2024-25 University Council and Faculty Councils took place between the 22nd and 25th of April. During this...

The result of a three-year-long investigation into election fraud by NovUM and DOPE and the lack of actions by Maastricht University.

Whether it be free condoms or free coffee, the campaigning for the university council (UC) sure takes up a lot of space within buildings...

On Wednesday 1st of November 2023, three weeks after the re-eruption of hostilities in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and followed by...

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...

We are in the beginning of May and you know what that means - this year´s student elections at Maastricht University are finally coming...

The time of the year has come once again: students vote the representatives for the University Council and the faculty councils! Voting...

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...

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...

The elections this year are taking place from 8 to 11 May. The law Faculty has a very international environment with over 2500 students....

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

Esther Versluis, the Chair of the Election Board opened up the election results ceremony by asking for a round of applause and...

The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience has one of the smaller Faculty Councils at Maastricht University with just five student...

The upcoming elections between the 16th to 19th of May will decide next year’s SBE Faculty Council members. The Faculty Council is the...

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....

From the 16th to the 19th of May, Maastricht University holds online elections for the University’s Council. These elections are open to...

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...

Another year, another round of FASoS student elections. But what exactly are these elections about? Well, I’m here to give you an...

Faculty Council Students The Faculty of Science and Engineering, which consists of the Maastricht Science Program, the Department of Data...

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...

Lockdown. People can only leave their homes for emergencies. Large events are prohibited. The immense momentum of the 2019 Fridays for...

From 14 to 16 March, municipalities all over the Netherlands call their residents to the polls to elect their municipal councils for the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The University of Maastricht Student Council, a separate entity to the faculty-specific councils, is approaching re-election time. These...

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...

As Maastricht University boasts a reputation as the most international university in the Netherlands, it is interesting to note that...

Maastricht's biggest student party demands the best possible education, even in Covid times. When Rozemarijn Kahle (second year student...

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...

New, fresh, novel, unusual, and unprecedented; that is what Novum means in Latin. Would the party NovUM at UM represent the same values?...

The Maastricht Diplomat recently interviewed Friederike Leppert, on behalf of KAN (Klimaat Actie Netwerk or Climate Action Network)...

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...

Right now, as you are sipping your cup of tea, someone is out there in the bureaucratic wilderness representing you..

A New Voice in the Times of Rona Ezekiel Stevens – KAN Michael Keith – Upon meeting Ezekiel Stevens, a second-year physics student from...

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...

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...