Images from the start and the first part of the women’s and men’s Amstel Gold Race #AGR

Lovely trail run in the hills

Check out this interview with @carlahaelermans.bsky.social and me about our international classroom research in university newspaper @observant-um.bsky.social

Dutch version also available: www.observantonline.nl/Home/Artikel...

#EduSky #TeachLearnSky

Very early this morning, in the garden out 🦡

Back to business - still good four weeks after marathon

Just was reading this and found out that the author quotes the article that Arjan Schakel and I wrote on #attendance a few years back. Great to see that people are still reading our work! Also a nice list of #tips that any student new to #highered may find is worth checking

#EduSky #TeachLearnSky

Terhills Trail Summer edition

www.bearsports.nl/terhills-tra...

Just signed up for the 25K

LinkedIn just recommended me a post about the Holy Week but it turned out to refer to something else than I had in mind 😅 Sorry 🚴🏽‍♂️

Carla and I embarked on the project the 2018, with support from @edlab-ctl.bsky.social and @maastrichtu.bsky.social . The pandemic caused quite a delay, but with the indispensable help of Arnold and Chayenne we can now share our first results. More to follow! (4/4)

Based on rich data of more than 19 000 unique students over 6 years from an international university in the Netherlands, we find this to largely be the case, although there are differences in effect between academic fields and between different types of students (3/4)

In this paper we study whether a higher level of #internationalisation in the #activelearning classroom positively affects BA students’ performance in a setting where students are randomly assigned to small education groups (2/4)

The impact of international classroom diversity on student performance: evidence from a Dutch University - Higher Education Higher Education - These days, higher education is increasingly organized in an international classroom setting. Especially interactive instruction in small groups is influenced by such a setting,...

🚨 The first paper from our project on #activelearning in the #international #classroom is finally out 🚨

A collaborative project with @carlahaelermans.bsky.social, Arnold Hendrikse and @chayennesmeets.bsky.social, the paper is open access and can be read here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... (1/4)

Zaken doen met uiterst rechts is geen punt meer in politiek Den Haag: tijd om te gaan Politiek: In Den Haag zag Lamyae Aharouay hoe uiterst rechts normaal werd gemaakt door andere partijen. Ze was verbijsterd – maar bleef als journalist gefascineerd. Nu wil ze afstand: niet meer steeds...

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Back at the office after a productive week of #writing - with some nice walks to clear my mind

I literally destroyed my trail running shoes during last week’s marathon. Time for a new pair 🏃🏼‍♂️

‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’ Absurdist video urges policymakers and users to resist deliberate deterioration of platforms and devices

This is great

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Today we had the pleasure of welcoming our colleagues from Aalborg University’s Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities to @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social for an exchange on #learning, #teaching and #research

Completed the toughest marathon in 🇳🇱. Nearly 900 metres of ascent - not the whole country is as flat as a pancake and below sea level. Very muddy. Shoes only just made it to the end 😅 #trailrunning

It was ‘boots on the ground’ yesterday, facilitating one of the #PBL groups during our BA #EuropeanStudies Experience Day. Thanks to our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social marketing team for organising and of course to @hdijkstra.bsky.social & @historikarin.bsky.social for their contributions

Just submitted a proposal for a research grant with new @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social colleague Mirjam Mekhaiel 🙌🏼🤞🏼

Two weeks until race day, last long training, nearly 500 metres ascent #marathon 🏃🏼‍♂️

Happening now - the @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MA open day!

It’s @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social Master's open day this Saturday. Great opportunity to meet our wonderful programme directors and learn more about our 6 MA & 2 MSc programmes. Bandito coffee and cookies will be awaiting you ☕️🍪 More information 👉🏼 www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/masters-open...

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When your ICT department sends an email saying that it has “resolved” the email issue that you actually had to tackle yourself 💻🍏

Training race through ankle-deep water and mud 🤿 Three weeks until marathon 🏃🏼‍♂️🤸🏼🏃🏼‍♂️

Four weeks to race day 🏃🏼‍♂️ 350 meters of ascent in 10k is not bad 🗻

A bit of actual teaching today. Workshop on qualitative media analysis for our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies students

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