Patrick Bijsmans
@patrickbijsmans.bsky.social
Associate Dean #Education @ Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Maastricht | Associate Professor #Teaching & #Learning #EuropeanStudies | #EU #Media #Euroscepticism | #Cycling research (!) | Committee Member @ #UACES | posts my own 🦋🇪🇺🟥
Another week, another open day. Join us tomorrow for our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MA open day. Details 👉🏼 www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/masters-open...
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Another week, another open day. Join us tomorrow for our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MA open day. Details 👉🏼 www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/masters-open...
Lovely weather and a fantastic atmosphere during today’s @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social BA open day. Thank you so much to all colleagues and students who were present today 🙏🏼
November 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Lovely weather and a fantastic atmosphere during today’s @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social BA open day. Thank you so much to all colleagues and students who were present today 🙏🏼
Welcome to @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social! It’s a lovely day for an open day. Bandito coffee and cookies are waiting you ☕️🍪
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Welcome to @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social! It’s a lovely day for an open day. Bandito coffee and cookies are waiting you ☕️🍪
Come visit us during tomorrow’s @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social BA Open Day and learn more about our four fantastic programmes in
📚 Arts & Culture 📚
🤖 Digital Society 🤖
🇪🇺 European Studies 🇪🇺
🌐 Global Studies 🌐
Details ☞ www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/bachelors-op...
📚 Arts & Culture 📚
🤖 Digital Society 🤖
🇪🇺 European Studies 🇪🇺
🌐 Global Studies 🌐
Details ☞ www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/bachelors-op...
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Come visit us during tomorrow’s @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social BA Open Day and learn more about our four fantastic programmes in
📚 Arts & Culture 📚
🤖 Digital Society 🤖
🇪🇺 European Studies 🇪🇺
🌐 Global Studies 🌐
Details ☞ www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/bachelors-op...
📚 Arts & Culture 📚
🤖 Digital Society 🤖
🇪🇺 European Studies 🇪🇺
🌐 Global Studies 🌐
Details ☞ www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/bachelors-op...
Visited the PROTEST exhibition with my @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies students today. Had a great discussion on the role of #protests in #Europe afterwards 🇪🇺 Plenty of examples from their own experience in different countries and contexts.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Visited the PROTEST exhibition with my @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social MSc #EuropeanStudies students today. Had a great discussion on the role of #protests in #Europe afterwards 🇪🇺 Plenty of examples from their own experience in different countries and contexts.
The week was even extra cool because my hotel was in the old #Tivoli concert venue, which I’ve visited regularly, and because I managed to squeeze in +30km of #running 🎸🏃🏼♂️
@edlab-ctl.bsky.social | @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
@edlab-ctl.bsky.social | @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The week was even extra cool because my hotel was in the old #Tivoli concert venue, which I’ve visited regularly, and because I managed to squeeze in +30km of #running 🎸🏃🏼♂️
@edlab-ctl.bsky.social | @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
@edlab-ctl.bsky.social | @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
Had a fab time last week during the Utrecht Summer School on #Governance, #Design and #Delivery of #Interdisciplinary #HigherEducation. Thanks to Bri and Iris for putting this together, to the many contributors for sharing their experience, and to fellow participants for inspiring discussions 📚🙏🏼
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Had a fab time last week during the Utrecht Summer School on #Governance, #Design and #Delivery of #Interdisciplinary #HigherEducation. Thanks to Bri and Iris for putting this together, to the many contributors for sharing their experience, and to fellow participants for inspiring discussions 📚🙏🏼
We had the first meeting of our nascent #Cycling #Europe Study Circle (a working title) today! Thanks a lot to @simonusherwood.bsky.social for the slides and for moderating, and to everyone who attended. Watch this space for updates - we promise not to (only) share pictures of bikes and lycra 🚴🏽♀️
October 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We had the first meeting of our nascent #Cycling #Europe Study Circle (a working title) today! Thanks a lot to @simonusherwood.bsky.social for the slides and for moderating, and to everyone who attended. Watch this space for updates - we promise not to (only) share pictures of bikes and lycra 🚴🏽♀️
As a faculty in the humanities and social science, we @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social engage with contested contemporary issues on a daily basis in #learning, #teaching & #research. We are therefore happy to host the new Viewmaster exhibition PROTEST which opened yesterday. See: tinyurl.com/viewprotest
September 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
As a faculty in the humanities and social science, we @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social engage with contested contemporary issues on a daily basis in #learning, #teaching & #research. We are therefore happy to host the new Viewmaster exhibition PROTEST which opened yesterday. See: tinyurl.com/viewprotest
Interesting graphic in today’s European Correspondent newsletter - how is the fixed book price that exists in several countries connected to this?
September 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Interesting graphic in today’s European Correspondent newsletter - how is the fixed book price that exists in several countries connected to this?
Last night @ #Muziekgieterij #Maastricht
September 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Last night @ #Muziekgieterij #Maastricht
On the 🚄 from Liverpool back to London, onwards to Maastricht. Another great @uaces.bsky.social Conference 🙏🏼local organisers, UACES office! Loved Liverpool - have to come back. To all the cycling aficionados, @simonusherwood.bsky.social and I will be back with a whole peloton next time #UACES2025 🇪🇺🚴🏽♀️
September 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
On the 🚄 from Liverpool back to London, onwards to Maastricht. Another great @uaces.bsky.social Conference 🙏🏼local organisers, UACES office! Loved Liverpool - have to come back. To all the cycling aficionados, @simonusherwood.bsky.social and I will be back with a whole peloton next time #UACES2025 🇪🇺🚴🏽♀️
@simonusherwood.bsky.social and I hope this will be the start of a new @uaces.bsky.social trend: clothing that is reflective of your paper’s topic
September 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
@simonusherwood.bsky.social and I hope this will be the start of a new @uaces.bsky.social trend: clothing that is reflective of your paper’s topic
Approximately 650 km - 4 countries (🇳🇱🇧🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧) - 4 trains - just over 10 hours (with generous transfer times 🥐☕️). But now just a few minutes away from #Liverpool for #UACES2025. Drinks reception still ongoing, I hope…
August 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Approximately 650 km - 4 countries (🇳🇱🇧🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧) - 4 trains - just over 10 hours (with generous transfer times 🥐☕️). But now just a few minutes away from #Liverpool for #UACES2025. Drinks reception still ongoing, I hope…
Last day of our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social introduction week, welcoming our new MA and MSc students - also got a chance to meet the MSc #EuropeanStudies who I will see again in October/November/December for my course on #EU #democracy
@yfreykers.bsky.social
@yfreykers.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Last day of our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social introduction week, welcoming our new MA and MSc students - also got a chance to meet the MSc #EuropeanStudies who I will see again in October/November/December for my course on #EU #democracy
@yfreykers.bsky.social
@yfreykers.bsky.social
Day 4 of our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social introduction week came with a pub quiz with staff and new students. Our staff team ‘unfortunately’ turned out to not be up to date with the music of today 😝 Fun evening!
August 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Day 4 of our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social introduction week came with a pub quiz with staff and new students. Our staff team ‘unfortunately’ turned out to not be up to date with the music of today 😝 Fun evening!
On day 3 of our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social introduction week we welcomed our new BSc Global Studies students 🌍
August 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
On day 3 of our @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social introduction week we welcomed our new BSc Global Studies students 🌍
Lovely morning for the start of our introduction week. Today we’re welcoming our new BA #EuropeanStudies students 🇪🇺
@historikarin.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
@historikarin.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Lovely morning for the start of our introduction week. Today we’re welcoming our new BA #EuropeanStudies students 🇪🇺
@historikarin.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
@historikarin.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
Should you be in the neighbourhood, the exhibition When We See Us in Bozar in Brussels is a must-see.
www.bozar.be/en/calendar/...
www.bozar.be/en/calendar/...
July 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Should you be in the neighbourhood, the exhibition When We See Us in Bozar in Brussels is a must-see.
www.bozar.be/en/calendar/...
www.bozar.be/en/calendar/...
Judging from recap page and pictures of this year's @maastrichtu.bsky.social Education Days, I missed a lot of cool workshops. But I was able to attend at least some of them. Thanks for summarising the main take-aways, and for sharing pictures (© Joey Roberts) and slides @edlab-ctl.bsky.social!
July 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Judging from recap page and pictures of this year's @maastrichtu.bsky.social Education Days, I missed a lot of cool workshops. But I was able to attend at least some of them. Thanks for summarising the main take-aways, and for sharing pictures (© Joey Roberts) and slides @edlab-ctl.bsky.social!
Didn’t bring my bike
July 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Didn’t bring my bike
Thank you also to our wonderful @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social Teaching & Learning Hub colleagues Ingrid, Iris, Lotte and Nicole for their help during the day, and especially Sonia for co-organising the festival 🙏🏼 (2/2)
June 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thank you also to our wonderful @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social Teaching & Learning Hub colleagues Ingrid, Iris, Lotte and Nicole for their help during the day, and especially Sonia for co-organising the festival 🙏🏼 (2/2)
Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday's Teaching & Learning Festival! Great to engage with so many colleagues from across @maastrichtu.bsky.social @edlab-ctl.bsky.social & of course @mlebourdon.bsky.social (@ctisleeds.bsky.social) and Alexandra Schouten-Voskamp (University of Amsterdam) 🎈 (1/2)
June 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday's Teaching & Learning Festival! Great to engage with so many colleagues from across @maastrichtu.bsky.social @edlab-ctl.bsky.social & of course @mlebourdon.bsky.social (@ctisleeds.bsky.social) and Alexandra Schouten-Voskamp (University of Amsterdam) 🎈 (1/2)