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Given the Corona pandemic, Universities were forced to go online and had to resort to other methods to proctor their students. During one of our Academic Committee meetings, the issue of proctoring and the consequences that it has on the students of our members came up. We therefore dedicated multiple meetings to this issue during which we analysed the situation…

On January 31st, 2019, Professor Dr. Teun J. Dekker was officially appointed Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) Education in Maastricht. He based his inaugural speech on the book “On the 7 Disciplines” by the roman scholar Martianus Cappela. Key principles of the LAS education have always been the connection between loving to learn and doing good for the…

Last month, on November 26th, the UCSRN Executive Board was invited to a discussion about the quality of higher education in the Netherlands, adding the Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) perspective. Present were several student representatives and Judith Tielen, a member of parliament for the VVD. During this dialogue, we highlighted the importance of  addressing issues of quality assurance, quality…