Dear Honours+ students,

Over the course of the programme, Honours+ organizes several central formal and informal activities for all Honours+ students, Supervisors and faculty coordinators. All events contain educational and/or assessment elements  and offer opportunities for students, UM employees and others to meet, connect and network. But it’s also always a lot of fun!

At the central events (Kick-Off, Midterm Peer & Expert Discussions, and Closing), attendance is mandatory for all students.
If you cannot attend a central event, please refer to the section of the student handbook “Exceptional Circumstance” or contact the Honours+ Central Management Team.

Warm regards,

Honours+ Central Management Team

Jumping right in: The Honours+ Kick-Off

Wednesday, November 2nd
18:00-22:00 (Location: Brasserie Tapijn)

We want to officially welcome you to Honours+ and kick-off the programme together with a bang! Students will get an opportunity to first meet and get to know each other.

Additionally, there will be an inspiring lecture on interdisciplinary teamwork and how to lift your group work from multi-disciplinary to interdisciplinary. Lastly, we have organized an enjoyable group activity to facilitate the formation of excellent team dynamics within your team right off the bat. We hope to inspire you to go into the Honours+ experience with an enthusiastic approach and a good foundation for pleasant and effective teamwork.

Please refer to your email accounts to stay informed about the Honours+ Kick-Off event. Your attendance is mandatory.

Mark your calendars!
The Honours+ Kick-off event will take place on Wednesday November 2^nd, at Brasserie Tapijn.

Programme of the evening:

HONOURS+ Midterm Peer & Expert Discussion Evenings

Wednesday March 1st or Thursday March 2nd
17:30-22:00 hrs. (Tapijn X, EDLAB)

Halfway during the Honours+ programme, all students are required to attend one of the Midterm xpert Discussion Evenings (a schedule will be drawn up for when, which team needs to be present).

During these sessions, students will present their results thus far to an expert on their Challenge topic, by means of a 2-minute pitch, after which they will be able to ask input from the expert on a content related issue they are dealing with.

After that, students are grouped with fellow honours students from other teams that are working on the same challenge, and are able to get input from fellow students on issues or problems that are facing. These problems can be related to the content of their research or related to the process of working in an interdisciplinary team.

Please refer to your student email accounts to stay informed about the Midterm Peer Discussion Evenings. Your attendance is mandatory.

Mark your calendars!  

Programme of the evening:

HONOURS+ Closing Event

Wednesday May 10th.
17:30-22:00 hrs. (Location: StayOkay Maastricht)

The Honours+ programme is concluded with a festive Closing Event, focused on bringing the Honours+ experience to a close together. During the Closing Event, each student team will present their findings concerning the team Challenge to the other Honours+ students, and a jury. The best presentation within every Challenge topic will win a team prize. We challenge you to impress your peers and UM’s academic staff!

Inform the H+ community and us what potential solution you found (applied research Challenges) or what new and value-adding knowledge to the already existing knowledge on this topic your team uncovered (theoretical research Challenges). More information regarding the criteria for your team’s poster and presentation during the Closing Event, can be found under “Team Challenge Outcome”.

Mark your calendars! The Honours+ closing event will take place on Wednesday May 10^th, at StayOkay Maastricht.

Please refer to the Honours+ website, and your student email accounts to stay informed about the Honours+ Closing Event. Your attendance is mandatory.

Programme of the evening:

Besides the formal central events, we also host a variety of fun and informal community events, where you can meet and connect with fellow honours students in an informal setting. These events are aimed at building bridges across faculty borders and aspire to create a community of honours students.

Some events are already scheduled, but you never know if we might just as well surprise you with a pop-up event.

To sign up for the community events, use the buttons below. There, you will find the link to the community events registration page. There is a minimum of 5 sign-ups per activity in order for the activity to take place.

Attending these events is optional, voluntarily and free of charge. However, once you sign up for such an event, we count on your presence an expect you to actually attend these events. Not showing up, or cancelling later than 24 hours in advance, without a valid and documented reason, will affect the activity for your fellow students and leads to extra costs for the organization. You will, in that case, be faced with a no-show fee of € 25.

Please note that once you are signed up, it is not possible to cancel your registration yourself. If you must cancel your registration, please email honoursplus@maastrichtuniversity.nl with your request. Registration or cancellation of a registration is allowed up to 24 hours in advance of the community event date.

Please refer to the Honours+ website, Facebook, and your student email accounts to stay informed about the informal community events.