Maastricht is thriving as a student city but when it comes to finding a job after graduation, is the knowledge of the labour market given by the education institutes really relevant or is it a case of pot luck?
An institution has been aiming to come up with answers to this question since 1986: ROA (the […]
Conceiving big training projects, from Kenya, Nicaragua and Mozambique to Vietnam, El Salvador and Uganda in a small room in Maastricht is all in a day’s work for MUNDO.
Founded in 1997, its mission is “to create an atmosphere where people can learn from each other through academic co-operation across the world”.
MUNDO (Maastricht University Centre for […]
The three-day annual festival of carnival is about to start, but its traditions may still be a bit of a mystery to foreigners. Here is a lexicon to understand one of Maastricht’s biggest events. [continued…]
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For the past few years Brazilian samba bands have become an increasingly popular feature of our Maastricht carnival and can no longer be dissociated from it. But what exactly are samba bands? Where do they come from? And how did they reach our city? To learn more about this phenomenon Marleen Vara speaks with three members of Passatempo, her favourite samba band in Maastricht. [continued…]
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