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The Matter of Hospitals: A new book explores the material life and sensory experiences of healthcare institutions
Last week saw the online publication of The Matter of Hospitals – An Alphabetical Investigation, a new open-access book from Maastricht University Press, edited by Anna Harris. More than a collection of essays, this 441-page volume is a unique alphabetical investigation into the overlooked ‘stuff’ that flows through hospitals: their materials, sensations, and everyday artefacts. Like all our titles, it’s freely available worldwide under a CC licence, advancing our commitment to accessible, inclusive, and community-driven scholarship.
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Sensitive Partnership Form in the Research Project Services (RPS) platform
To assess whether collaboration within a project is sufficiently secure and meets all UM standards and expectations, UM has established three assessment frameworks: Knowledge Security, Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) and Fossil-free Society. Together with the Sensitive Partnership Unit (SPU), the RPS team has developed the Sensitive Partnership Form (SPF), which now makes this assessment easier to carry out!
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Research Computing Support hosts successful Maastricht Computing Day and Autumn HPC School
On October 27th and 28th, the Research Computing Support team successfully organized the Maastricht Computing Day and Autumn HPC School.
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Research Data Management training materials now available
Discover the training materials in the open repository Zenodo.
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Explore Open Science through our new interactive video series
The Maastricht University Library has launched a new interactive video series on Open Science, designed to help researchers, educators, support staff, and students explore what Open Science means.
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Citizen Science Matchmaking Event – Connecting citizens and science
Citizens in Limburg are invited to contribute to ongoing research at a unique event hosted by Maastricht University Library. The Citizen Science Matchmaking Event will take place on Monday 15 December 2025, from 13:30 to 17:00, at the Theater aan het Vrijthof, Ferdinand Duynstee Foyer.
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Most innovative poster prize at Open Science Festival 2025
On Friday 24 October, UM Library colleague Shuai Wang received the Most Innovative Poster Prize at the Open Science Festival 2025 for his poster Designing Data Infrastructure Maturity Profiles. The poster presents a new framework for documenting implementation decisions in data infrastructures.
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Help students collaborate: 4 ways to use Microsoft Teams for group work
Did you know that Microsoft Teams offers tools to support student group work? A main benefit is that group work takes place in a licensed and managed environment, rather than relying on free tools, such as Google docs.
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Open Access Week 2025: Who owns our knowledge?
Knowledge should belong to the communities that create it. Unfortunately, commercial interests are increasingly controlling how research is shared, accessed, and valued. This week, we join the global movement that questions who really owns our scholarly knowledge.
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Come to Your Senses, a new Maastricht University Press open-access book
Maastricht University Press has published Come to Your Senses – A Senses-based Learning Guide as an open-access book, making it freely available for everyone, including researchers, teachers, and students.
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