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Category: Research Support Update
Join the SURF Research Cloud Training and learn how to use cloud computing for your research
Want to create and manage your own work environment and run powerful applications on it? Join the Introduction to SURF Research Cloud training organised by the Research Computing Support team and SURF!
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Open Science Festival Limburg: save the dates
The Open Science Community Maastricht and the Open Science Community Parkstad will jointly organise the Open Science Festival Limburg on 11–12 June 2026. The festival will take place in Heerlen on 11 June and in Maastricht on 12 June, with this year’s theme on Interdisciplinarity.
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Recognising and Rewarding Open Science: looking beyond traditional metrics
What does it mean to truly recognise and reward academic work in today’s research landscape? And how can Open Science be part of that conversation?
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Workshop: DataverseNL in practice – Requirements, workflows, and best practices
On 18 May, the University Library is organising a workshop on DataverseNL. This is the data repository supported by Maastricht University to describe, publish and preserve research datasets.
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What unites and divides us in the Netherlands?
What holds Dutch society together — and what is putting that under pressure? In Sociale cohesie en veerkracht in Nederland: Mythen, beeldvorming en feiten [Social Cohesion and Resilience in the Netherlands: Myths, Perceptions and Facts], Prof. Dr Hans Schmeets (Maastricht University and Statistics Netherlands / CBS) maps thirteen years of social cohesion.
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Collaboration in SURF Research Drive
At Maastricht University (UM), SURF Research Drive (SRD) provides a secure environment for storing and sharing research data. It supports collaboration both within UM and with external partners, using existing authentication methods to make teamwork safe and efficient.
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Improving Health Care with Clinical Prediction Models – New MUP open-access textbook
Maastricht University Press proudly presents the open-access textbook Improving Health Care with Clinical Prediction Models: From Idea to Impact—equipping health professionals and students with a complete roadmap from model development to real-world implementation.
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Advancing research together: Highlights 2025
Over the past year, we have taken several steps to further strengthen our research support. A selection of these activities has been brought together in our annual report, Highlights 2025.
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The Matter of Hospitals: Published with care
A book about hospitals, care, and everyday objects: written, fittingly, as an act of care itself. We spoke with Professor Anna Harris about the making of The Matter of Hospitals and discovered a story as layered as the essays inside it.
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Spots still available for upcoming Qualitative FAIR Data workshop
The Univeristy Library offers a range of workshops specifically tailored for researchers. Check out the upcoming Qualitative FAIR Data workshop taking place on 20 April.
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