There’s a paper here somewhere @simonusherwood.bsky.social “The reality is completely otherwise, in that the Vuelta as well as many other races have always been affected by external protests like the pro-Palestine demonstrations of this year's Spanish Grand Tour.”

As a faculty in the humanities and social science, we @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social engage with contested contemporary issues on a daily basis in #learning, #teaching & #research. We are therefore happy to host the new Viewmaster exhibition PROTEST which opened yesterday. See: tinyurl.com/viewprotest

“[T]he KNAW Board furthermore calls on the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science to actively press for suspension of Israel’s participation in the EU’s Horizon Europe programme for scientific and scholarly cooperation.”

I agree that we may need an other #EU president, but this was not who I had in mind… 🇪🇺 www.politico.eu/article/dona...

“The simplification process was rushed, and there was no real involvement of scientific voices, neither by the commission nor from parliament or member states. Another problem is that the commission approached everything only from a cost perspective.” euobserver.com/green-econom...

Interesting graphic in today’s European Correspondent newsletter - how is the fixed book price that exists in several countries connected to this?

Last night @ #Muziekgieterij #Maastricht

A message from SURF, the IT cooperative of Dutch education and research institutions

#Dutch national #elections coming up on 29 October. The #EU being ignored just like in previous election campaigns 🇳🇱🇪🇺

On the 🚄 from Liverpool back to London, onwards to Maastricht. Another great @uaces.bsky.social Conference 🙏🏼local organisers, UACES office! Loved Liverpool - have to come back. To all the cycling aficionados, @simonusherwood.bsky.social and I will be back with a whole peloton next time #UACES2025 🇪🇺🚴🏽‍♀️

@simonusherwood.bsky.social and I hope this will be the start of a new @uaces.bsky.social trend: clothing that is reflective of your paper’s topic

Had a great time presenting my #cycling paper on the #Europeanness of pro cycling and attempts to globalise the sport. Helpful questions, remarks from the audience during the first ever @uaces.bsky.social cycling panel! @cyclingeu.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @simonusherwood.bsky.social

Welcome to the UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025! We’re excited to kick off Day One at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social. Registration is now open in the Student Life Building. Don't forget to pick up your exclusive UACES conference bag. First sessions begin at 09:00. #UACES2025

Approximately 650 km - 4 countries (🇳🇱🇧🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧) - 4 trains - just over 10 hours (with generous transfer times 🥐☕️). But now just a few minutes away from #Liverpool for #UACES2025. Drinks reception still ongoing, I hope…

Last day of our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social introduction week, welcoming our new MA and MSc students - also got a chance to meet the MSc #EuropeanStudies who I will see again in October/November/December for my course on #EU #democracy @yfreykers.bsky.social

Day 4 of our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social introduction week came with a pub quiz with staff and new students. Our staff team ‘unfortunately’ turned out to not be up to date with the music of today 😝 Fun evening!

“The strikes come as U.S. President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as he seeks to forge a peace deal to end the war.” That’s going well… 🇺🇦🇪🇺

On day 3 of our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social introduction week we welcomed our new BSc Global Studies students 🌍

The EU is a market with 450 million people. There is vast public support for regulation of big tech and for companies to meet their responsibilities. Giving in after a decade of efforts in this space is undesirable and unnecessary. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/b...

Revised and resubmitted ✅

New article out! @luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics Read the full article, open access, here 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Lovely morning for the start of our introduction week. Today we’re welcoming our new BA #EuropeanStudies students 🇪🇺 @historikarin.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social

Budapest? Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994 Ukraine already got assurances of territorial integrity from the US, Russia and the UK. In Budapest. Maybe I’m superstitious, but this time I would try to find another place.

Looking forward to it!

Students help with cold case research 🔍 @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social's ICCAP gives law students hands-on experience solving real unsolved cases. For Isis van Cruchten, it was the perfect match for her passion for cold cases. Full story 👉 edu.nl/9uhwd #ColdCases #Criminology #Forensics

““Is air-conditioning a far-right thing?” one talk show asked provocatively, reflecting how divisive the issue had become.”

#Cycling as an act of #resistance 🚲 www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

“I dream without limits. I get on my bike. I ride. I bring Black women with me. And I find joy in every mile. There is so much joy in cycling, and it grows every time a fat Black woman takes the lane and refuses to disappear.” 🚲💚

"Only just over a third (36%) of respondents are consistent supporters of democracy" as per a European Movement survey 😱🇪🇺 cdn-europeanmovementeu.b-cdn.net/wp-content/u...

Don’t think Ozzy had ever imagined being mentioned in the @politico.eu Brussels Playbook 🙃

-- Time and again, Meta has shown it has no interest in honest and constructive dialogue. (...) “What will, however, not be voluntary for Meta is to be compliant with the AI Act by 2 August,” said a Commission spokesperson today. -- Let's see... 🤞 www.euractiv.com/section/poli...

Bashar fotografeerde de honger, nu kan hij er zelf niet meer door werken www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Should you be in the neighbourhood, the exhibition When We See Us in Bozar in Brussels is a must-see. www.bozar.be/en/calendar/...

Lezen, deze column van @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social Waarschuwing vanuit Helsinki: Europa ‘finlandiseert’ www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Judging from recap page and pictures of this year's @maastrichtu.bsky.social Education Days, I missed a lot of cool workshops. But I was able to attend at least some of them. Thanks for summarising the main take-aways, and for sharing pictures (© Joey Roberts) and slides @edlab-ctl.bsky.social!

Ik ben zeer (aangenaam) verrast door de vele positieve reacties op mijn interview (en de vele nieuwe volgers). Ik denk dat deze impact deels op het conto van de uitstekende interviewer, Teun Dominicus, moet worden geschreven. Helaas zeldzaam dat een journalist zo goed ingelicht en voorbereid is. 👏

We are looking for a new policy officer for our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social #Teaching & #Learning Hub. Click on the link for more details. Application deadline = 24 August. Thanks for sharing 🙌🏼 #TeachLearnSky #EduSky

Good news www.universiteitenvannederland.nl/actueel/nieu...

🫢 www.politico.eu/article/ursu...

Such a brilliant few days at @maastrichtu.bsky.social presenting and learning from colleagues at their Teaching & Learning Festival. Big thanks to @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social & his team for the invite and hosting such a great event!

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday's Teaching & Learning Festival! Great to engage with so many colleagues from across @maastrichtu.bsky.social @edlab-ctl.bsky.social & of course @mlebourdon.bsky.social (@ctisleeds.bsky.social) and Alexandra Schouten-Voskamp (University of Amsterdam) 🎈 (1/2)

Revised and resubmitted - with @chayennesmeets.bsky.social, @carlahaelermans.bsky.social & Arnold Hendrikse 😎

We’re getting ready for tomorrow’s @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social Teaching & Learning Festival. There’s a programme, we’ve brought out garlands and balloons, plus there is a fridge (where I will spend the day 🥵). Looking forward to it!

Whither the oral exam ;) #GenAI

“Europe blindly trusted the U.S. to always be there, and always on their side,” said Bria, the University College London professor. “The situation feels very different now.” @sallywyatt.bsky.social

🌞 Summer is for stories and books! We’re kicking off our FASoS summer series “Booked for the Summer” with a recommendation from our Dean of Education, @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social “A𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 ‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴’

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