FASoS News

FASoS Spring Fest, on Wednesday 25 May

The weather is getting warmer, flowers are starting to bloom and spirits are lifting. With that in mind, we are very happy to invite you to the FASoS Spring Fest which takes place in the Turnzaal and in our new garden on Wednesday 25 May from 15.00 – 21.00.

Last year, we weren’t able to organise the annual Christmas Party so we are excited to finally be able to celebrate with you again!

Join us and register here before Friday 13 May.


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Pick up your FASoS blanket!

You can still pick up your ‘FASoS keeps you warm’ blanket! If you haven’t done so yet, you can pick it up at the Marketing and Communications office (GG90-92, room B0.34).

You can use the blanket in your (shared) office to keep you warm when ventilating or you can take it home to snuggle on the couch. Our Director, Cerien Streefland, prefers to drape the blanket over her legs when working.

Try out the FASoS Mindfulnest

Do you find it difficult to take time for yourself? Do you need a mindful break? Do you want to be able to work on skills that benefit your study life and your private life in a stress-free place?

FASoS now offers the use of The Mindfulnest, a stimulus-free cabin in which the focus is completely on you. The Mindfulnest is located in the common room in GG76S, room 0.018.


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We need your input for the FASoS Digital Studies lab!

The Digital Studies Lab Task Force invites all scientific/teaching staff to participate in a survey that collects information on current use of (digital) technology and requirements for specific hardware and software in research and teaching.

Click here to fill out the survey which takes about 10 minutes to complete.

A €5 voucher for Banditos will be given to all those who complete the survey.


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UM ranked 9th in Times Higher Education Young Universities ranking

Maastricht University may call itself the ninth-best young university in the world!

UM is proud that its efforts, including those in education and research, have been rewarded in the Times Higher Education Young Universities ranking. ⁠

The prestigious magazine ranks 200 international universities aged 50 years or under according to 13 performance indicators, which fall in the categories of teaching, research, citations, international outlook, and industry income.

Pick up your FASoS blanket!

The Faculty Board’s Christmas greeting in December 2021 already hinted at a present for when we returned to campus, one that would keep you warm.

As of now, you can pick up your ‘FASoS keeps you warm’ blanket at the reception! You can use the blanket in your (shared) office to keep you warm when ventilating or you can take it home to snuggle on the couch. Our Director, Cerien Streefland, prefers to drape the blanket over her legs when working.

FASoS garden project

As you may have noticed when you have been at FASoS the past days, landscaping work has started on the backside of FASoS.

To make FASoS more sustainable, the FASoS Green Impact team of 2020, consisting of FASoS staff Sjoerd Stoffels and John Harbord and FASoS students Hanne Schäfer and Charlotte Lenhard, came up with ‘project FASoS green space’. The aim of the project is to convert the “barren concrete space” into “a sustainable green space that will provide a pleasant space for students and staff to collaborate on work, relax and walk peacefully.”


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Reminder: check your laptop for log4j vulnerability

Last December, the news was filled with articles about the so-called log4j vulnerability; a software bug that allows hackers to break into computers. See for example this article in NRC Handelsblad.

Our colleagues at ICTS and our Information Manager Sven Assink have done a lot of work to mitigate all possible effects of the log4j vulnerability and they have checked most UM laptops for issues. However, they have been unable to check non-Athena Desktop laptops for log4j vulnerabilities.


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No Christmas party but event in Spring

We tried to square the circle by trying to organise an event to replace our Christmas party (which was cancelled a few weeks ago). Unfortunately, this proved impossible as the corona rules stand too much in our way.

As soon as the situation gets better, we would like to celebrate with you. We hope that this will be possible in Spring. We will keep you posted!


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Re-accreditation visit Research Master CAST

On Wednesday 24 November, a panel of international experts visited FASoS to assess the quality of the Research Master CAST (Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology).

The panel finds that the programme meets all four quality standards and will advise the accreditation organisation NVAO to give CAST its re-accreditation.


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