Honours+ Students

Find everything you need for your participation in the Honours+ programme! Consult the student manual, keep an eye on upcoming events and deadlines, sign up for workshops, and contact the Honours+ Central Management Team.

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H+ Tips, tricks and documents

We have gathered some useful tips and tricks for you to use during your Honours+ journey.

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H+ Finishers website

Want to see what previous year’s Honours+ students have achieved during their H+ journey? On this page, their achievements are highlighted and celebrated.

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Honours+ Student Manual

Detailed programme information for current Honours+ students:
find everything you need to successfully complete the Honours+ programme!

Download the H+ Student manual

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Honours+ Events

More info about the Central & Informal Events we are organizing in Honours+.

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The H+ Team Challenges

Read up on the different interdisciplinary team challenges we are offering this year in Honours+.

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Honours+ Workshops

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During Honours+, your are required to attend at least 2 workshops. More information and sign up!

Honours+ Workshops

Honours+ Care Package

H+ Cares about your wellbeing. We have set up several activities for your benefit. More information and sign up!

Honours+ Care Package

Honours+ Upcoming Events & Deadlines

Mark your calendars!
Make sure to check the Honours+ Student Handbook to inform yourself about all mandatory programme elements of Honours+.

Ready? Set? Go! Honours+ Kick-Off Event

Deadline: Wednesday, November 1st.

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  1. Attend the Honours+ Kick-Off event and get to know your team members;

Ready? Set? Go! Team kick-off

  1. Schedule your first team meeting together with your Supervisor to set ground rules for teamwork;
  2. Complete the individual section of the team charter and bring it to the team meeting;
  3. Attend the meeting; Check the Kick-Off Meeting checklist for this meeting to see if you discussed all important topics;
  4. Complete the team section of the team charter together;
  5. Send the completed team charter to your Supervisor.

Deadline: Friday, November 17th.

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And we're off!: Question formulation & Clarifying research focus

Deadline: Friday, January 19th.

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  1. Complete your team’s literature review on the topic of the challenge;
  2. Define your final research question;
  3. Send a draft to your Supervisor for feedback;
  4. Send an email to honoursplus@maastrichtuniversity.nl with your team’s research question.

And we're off!: Register for 2 workshops of your choosing

  1. Sign up on time for two workshops (limited spaces);
  2. Attend both the workshops;

Deadline: January 31st.

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Halfway there: Honours+ Midterm Expert Discussion Evenings

  1. Prepare for the Midterm Expert Discussion Evening by preparing a pitch (if you would like to use slides, bring your own laptop ) on the status quo of your Challenge and a problem your team is facing that you would like input on from an expert;
  2. Attend the Midterm Peer Discussion Evening your team is scheduled for;

Deadline: March 6th or 7th.

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Halfway there: Select research methods & Data collection

Deadline: Friday, March 22th.

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  1. Design the actual study, define the methodology;
  2. Collect the necessary data;
  3. Send a draft to your Supervisor for feedback.

Halfway there: Schedule the Midterm Feedback Session

Deadline: Wednesday, March 27th.

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  1. Schedule the Midterm Feedback session with your Supervisor;
  2. Prepare for the meeting by filling out the Gibbs Reflection Practitioning form and send it to your Supervisor prior to the session;
  3. Fill out both part 1 and part 2 of the Peer Evaluation form, and send it to your Supervisor prior to the session;
  4. Attend the actual meeting as a team, with the Supervisor present, and make agreements for the second half of the team challenge, and your team’s functioning.

Halfway there: Analysis & Data interpretation

  1. Organize the collected data;
  2. Analyze the results;
  3. Send a draft to your Supervisor for feedback.

Deadline: Friday, April 26th.

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Wrap it up! Conclusion

  1. Generalize your results. Relate what you have learned on a small scale to the bigger picture;
  2. Provide potential suggestions for further research;
  3. Highlight the potential solution you are offering (applied research challenges), or the new knowledge you added to the already existing knowledge on this topic (theoretical research challenges);
  4. Send a draft to your Supervisor for feedback.

Deadline: Monday, May 6th.

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Wrap it up! Share your work

Deadline: Monday, May 13th.

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  1. Send the final report to your Supervisor and to honoursplus@maastrichtuniversity.nl;
  2. Send the slides of your pitch to honoursplus@maastrichtuniversity.nl;
  3. Send the digital file of the poster to your Supervisor and to honoursplus@maastrichtuniversity.nl;

Wrap it up! Honours+ Closing Event

  1. Hand in the printed poster at EDLAB, Tapijn Building X, room 0.003 (Deadline: Tuesday May 14th 16:00);
  2. Attend the Closing Event on Wednesday May 15th.

Deadline: Tuesday, May 14th

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Wrap it up! Team Closing Session

  1. Schedule your team closing session together with your Supervisor to evaluate and discuss the results of the team challenge;
  2. Fill out both part 1 and part 2 of the Peer Evaluation form, and send it to your Supervisor prior to the session.

Deadline: Friday, May 31st.

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Wrap it up! Reimbursement of costs

Deadline: Friday, June 7th.

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  1. Send in the filled out reimbursement form of your team’s spending. Attach original receipts, sign the form and send it to honoursplus@maastrichtuniversity.nl, or drop it off at EDLAB.

Past Events & Deadlines

I have a question for the Honours+ Central Management Team.

Email the H+ Central Management Team