Honours+Emma Dekker, EDLAB

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Adding up to Excellence

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What is EDLAB?The Maastricht University institute for education innovation

3 pillars: • Education Innovation• Educational Services• Excellence Education

For more info visit:www.edlab.nl

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Honours+ Central Management Team

Fabienne Crombach

Emma Dekker

Ellen Bastiaens

Marie-lou Mestrini

honoursplus@maastrichtuniversity.nl

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Starting point: Vision on excellence

1. Facilitate community of Honours Students at UM

2. Connect Honours students at UM by a common core

Programme was developed together with Honours students

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Programme Overview

Kick OffThursday November 26th 2015, 18:00-21:00 hours

WorkshopsDIY Lecture

SeriesStudent committee

Group Assignment

Closing eventThursday June 23rd 2016, 9:00 – 18:00

Equivalent = 5 ECTS (140 hours)

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Workshops• Content: developing valuable academic and

professional skills– E.g. Advanced presentation skills, time management, visualisation

of a scientific concept, PechaKucha, Critical thinking.

• Practical information:– Attendance at 4 out of 6 mandatory – 3 hours per workshop, scheduled regularly– Makeup assignment– Located at EDLAB, Tapijnkazerne– Interfaculty mix of students

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Group Assignment: ExcelliUM Magazine• Student teams: ±5 students from same faculty• From your academic perspective: contributions to

webmagazine ExcelliUM– E.g. a news article, video, infographic, research proposal,

slideshow, photo report, interview, etc. – Suggestions welcome!

• Central theme: “Societal Values of the 21st Century”– Position paper on the apparent distortion of moral standards

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DIY Lecture Series

• What? 6 lectures on the topic of this year’s theme organized by YOU– Different faculty perspectives

• When? 6 evenings, between January and June

• Who?– Organized by student committee– Attendance = mandatory at 4 out of 6 for all

honours+ students

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We are looking for you

Are you interested in joining the student committee to organize the DIY Lecture Series?

• 1 student from every participating faculty = 1 student from FASOS

• Small student assistantship

To apply: email CV + motivation letter to:honoursplus@maastrichtuniversity.nl

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Pilot & Work in Progress

• Programme organisation:– Scheduling workshops, setting up ExcelliUM

magazine, finalizing procedures, student handbook, website, etc.

• Pilot year: SBE, FPN, FASoS, and DKE – Please give us your feedback!