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Sueli Brodin @suelibrodin.bsky.social · 19h

@timothysnyder.bsky.social explains why the Trump compact poses a huge threat to US higher education research funding and reads the text of the AFT/AAUP petition: snyder.substack.com/p/save-ameri...

Save American Higher Education (video)

A petition that you can sign, which I read aloud

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 1d

📣𝗘𝗗𝗟𝗔𝗕 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗠 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳

Do you want to improve your education, need some inspiration or are looking for a different perspective?

👉🏻Request an individual education consult from EDLAB: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/about-um/edu...

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Patrick Bijsmans @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social · 2d

A real pleasure to contribute to this @edlab-ctl.bsky.social video series on #educational #research. Offers an insight into our research on the #international #classroom in #PBL and into how @carlahaelermans.bsky.social and I collaborated.

#EduSky #TeachLearnSky

@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social

New video series: Education research in collaboration

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 3d

EDLAB X was a success, thank you for joining! To mark #WorldTeachersDay, we share @maastrichtu.bsky.social students’ candid views on PBL, tutors, the international classroom, motivation, and more. 👉 Explore more stories (including UM teachers’ reflections) on www.edlab-x.nl

Video: buff.ly/H0ZRCXa

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Sueli Brodin @suelibrodin.bsky.social · 4d

Lezing, 11 december 2025, 20:00 uur: Doggerland. Verdwenen prehistorische wereld in de Noordzee, door Prof. Luc Amkreutz
www.eugenedubois.org/studium-gene...
De lezing wordt georganiseerd door Studium Generale Maastricht en Stichting Eugene Dubois

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Sueli Brodin @suelibrodin.bsky.social · 5d

Will you join me and my colleagues at @edlab-ctl.bsky.social ?

EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 5d

📣Job alert! We are happy to announce two new job openings at EDLAB!

👉𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 / 𝗡𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀

👉 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿

🔗Read more here: umployee.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/group-men...

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 5d

𝗠𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀?

Check out the Study Smart website for more tips: www.studysmartpbl.com

Do you have other tips or activities that work well? Please share them in the comments!

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 5d

⚡𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲: 𝗔𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗗𝗟𝗔𝗕’𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴!

Are you curious about our upcoming workshops? Download the overview of all our CPD activities until December 2025!

👉Check it out here: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/file/edlab-c...

#UM #teaching #learning #EDLAB

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 7d

𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗔𝗖𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝘂

🚀 Dumitru joined the EDLAB team in May 2025 and has designed the EDLAB X website end-to-end and Raul began a two-year internship at EDLAB this month within FSE's KnowledgeEngineering@Work programme.

#education #teaching #learning #EDLAB

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 7d

🔁On 10 September, 22 colleagues from the Centres for Teaching & Learning of Radboud University, Maastricht University and Open Universiteit gathered at the Open Universiteit in Heerlen.

Read more: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/kicking...

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 6d

⏰𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻! 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗗𝗟𝗔𝗕'𝘀 𝗘𝗗𝗨𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝟭𝟯 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱!

📣 EDLAB invites Maastricht University teaching staff to apply for an EDLAB education innovation grant à € 7,500,-.

🔗How to submit your proposal? www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/edlab-e...

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 6d

📣 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀!

𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺
 🗓️ 13 January 2026 

𝗨𝗠 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
 🗓️ 10–11 June 2026 

👉Check out all our upcoming events here: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education/ed...

#UM #teaching #learning #EDLAB

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Simone Schleper 🟥 @moneschleper.bsky.social · 7d

What a great great loss. And what a life and legacy.

NPR @npr.org · 7d

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91

Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 8d

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗜 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀

On 10 September, EDLAB hosted the first AI & Education CoP meeting of the year, introducing faculty AI representatives and sharing updates on UM initiatives.

🔗 www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/communi...

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 9d

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴

🤖Is AI really intelligent, or simply a tool that helps us think differently? Do universities need to rethink what skills matter most for tomorrow’s society?

Find out more: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/edlab/e...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11d

On Trump’s terror memo and regime change. Basic points on the rule of law, phantom conspiracies, big lies, and civic action.
(Audio)
snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-ter...

Trump’s terror memo (audio)

It is about regime change

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 10d

Speak truth to power, and other thoughts about a difficult week in the US (from Friday, Sept. 19)
(Audio)
snyder.substack.com/p/speak-trut...

Speak truth to power

And other thoughts about a difficult week in the US

snyder.substack.com

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Bas Heijne @basheijne.bsky.social · 10d

Deel even, zodat iedereen deze afgrondelijke kwaadaardigheid kan zien.

Maarten Hopman @maartenhopman.bsky.social · 10d

Oh man, wat is dit gênant.

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Sueli Brodin @suelibrodin.bsky.social · 10d

Why Ukraine is winning the war, by Yuval Noah Harari www.ft.com/content/2a4d...

Why Ukraine is winning the war

Russia has failed to achieve its core aim — the destruction of the Ukrainian nation

www.ft.com

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 13d

📢 Are you looking to develop your teaching skills or explore new ideas in education? EDLAB’s Continuing Professional Development calendar for the upcoming months is now live, and registrations are open!

🔗 Register here: www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events?organ...

#teaching #learning #EDLAB #CPD

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 12d

𝐌𝐢𝐝-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤-𝐢𝐧. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬?

📅 If you are curious to learn more about student evaluations, sign up for our upcoming workshop: edlab.nl/slottr/cpd-s...

🚀For more ideas, check out the UM TutorKit: canvas.maastrichtuniversity.nl/courses/19090

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 13d

Research says trying to be funny at work usually backfires. Except for you, of course. You’re hilarious.

Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work

Cracking jokes at the office is more likely to backfire than boost your career.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 13d

𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴, nicknamed "Hobbits," challenges theories about human brain evolution. These 3-foot-tall ancient relatives had small brains but were likely highly capable, crafting tools and hunting pygmy elephants.

Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on teeth and brain size suggests

New research on the size relationship between brains and wisdom teeth suggests that bigger brains aren’t necessarily the driving force in human evolution.

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 20d

📣𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸

🗓️ 2 October 2025
⏰ 09:00-11:00
🔗 edlab.nl/slottr/exper...

In this webinar, you will learn the basic principles of Experimental Pedagogics (XP), and get access to resources to experiment with it in your own classroom. Register now!

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EDLAB – Maastricht University Centre for Teaching & Learning @edlab-ctl.bsky.social · 19d

📣𝗞𝗶𝗰𝗸-𝗼𝗳𝗳: 𝗖𝗣𝗗 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲

🗓️ 2 October 2025
⏰ 14:30-17:00
🔗 edlab.nl/slottr/obser...

By signing up for our trajectory, you’ll observe each other’s teaching and review teaching materials, which can be a flexible and time-efficient way to reflect and improve!

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