12 ideas, 12 Open Educational Resources: meet the second round of OpenUP Grant winners
Last May, we invited UM educators to apply for the OpenUP Grant: €5,000 per project, with 12 grants available across all faculties, to turn teaching materials into open, accessible and reusable resources. From 25 proposals, 12 projects were selected: two ... Read More
Critically exploring AI for a literature search: library project outcomes
Over the past academic year, colleagues from different Maastricht University (UM) Library teams collaborated on a project to develop criteria for evaluating the output of (generative) AI tools. Existing evaluation methods, such as the well-known CRAAP-test, fall short when it ... Read More
Six months of Special Collections in the Wellbeing Room
Over the past six months, Special Collections has temporarily made use of the Wellbeing Room for a varied public programme. The space offered an inviting setting for people to step away from their daily routine, explore new ideas and engage ... Read More
Looking back at the library workshops at the 2026 UM Education Days
During this year's Maastricht University (UM) Education Days, colleagues from the UM Library shared practical approaches to educational innovation. Through two interactive workshops, participants explored how emerging technologies can enrich teaching while encouraging students to use them critically and responsibly ... Read More
What digital literacy competences should every UM student have?
Maastricht University Library is currently developing a Digital Literacy Competence Framework to help define the digital knowledge, skills and attitudes students should develop during their studies. Faculty consultations are now underway to help shape the framework and explore how these ... Read More
First Open Science Festival Limburg highlights interdisciplinarity and collaboration
On 11 and 12 June, researchers, educators, students and support staff gathered in Heerlen and Maastricht for the first Open Science Festival Limburg. Organised by the Open Science Community Maastricht and the Open Science Community Parkstad, the festival explored the ... Read More
New digital exhibition on military memory tourism
How did Europeans visit and remember sites of war before modern heritage tourism? This new digital exhibition explores the rise of military memory tourism through historical travel guides, tracing the transformation of battlefields, monuments and memorial sites from military spectacles ... Read More
New Canvas online training course for UM staff
The new Maastricht University (UM) online training course will help teachers and tutors get the most out of Canvas ... Read More
Citizen Science hub De BRUG officially kicked off
On Monday 18 May 2026 a kick-off meeting for the regional Citizen Science hub De BRUG was organised at Avans Hogeschool in Den Bosch ... Read More
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