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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 from each faculty.
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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 comes to evaluating AI output.
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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.
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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 competences can be embedded into curricula across Maastricht University (UM).
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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 theme of interdisciplinarity through a diverse programme of workshops, keynote lectures, interactive sessions and networking opportunities.
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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.
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The people behind the research: UM team receives Open Science NL funding to study invisible knowledge work
A multidisciplinary team of researchers and support staff from Maastricht University has been awarded a €250,000 grant from Open Science NL for the project “Invisible knowledge work and the transformation and scaling of Open Science practices.” The project is led by Bart Penders (FHML).
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Research software summer school for researchers in the humanities and social sciences
Have you started your coding journey and want to take your skills to the next level? Then join the research software summer school at Utrecht University.
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Preserving Maastricht University’s visual history
Since 2025, Maastricht University Library has been working on the Maastricht University (UM) Heritage Photo Collection project, making a curated selection of historical photographs from the UM archive more accessible. As part of this project, sessions are being organised with current and former UM employees who were involved with the university at some point between 1975 and 2003 to analyse the photographs.
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OpenUP Grant: deadline extended until 21 June 2026
Due to the many expressions of interest we have received, and in response to several requests for additional time, we have decided to extend the application deadline for the OpenUP Grant.
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