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Education

News in Brief

Students dissatisfied with TU – Integrating strategy According to several reliable sources, Professor Jacob Fokkema will become the TU’s new rector in January. The professor in technical geophysics admits that there is a good chance the TU will announce his appointment next week.

Only the TU’s works council and student council still need to approve, as the supervisory board has already done so. Fokkema is confident that he’ll work well with TU’s new Executive Board President, Hans van Luijk: ”I trust this president and we’ll get along well.” Fokkema expects to devote his full attention to representing science within the board, whereas Van Luijk is responsible for finances.

Delft students are highly critical of their own courses, according to an annual education survey conducted by Elsevier magazine. Architecture, and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering students are less satisfied than their fellow students in Eindhoven and Twente. Exam correction periods were especially criticised for taking far too long. Delft Architecture students gave their overall course a grade of 6.4 (Eindhoven got a 6.9), whereas their foundation course received an 8.3! Professors were also asked for evaluations. They found Delft’s Electrical Engineering course to be the best in the Netherlands, but Mechanical Engineering the worst.

Integrating strategy

In the new TU strategy, the executive board stresses the advantages of student societies. Not only do they provide meeting places, cultural exchanges and possibilities to obtain organising experience, they should also play a part in hosting international students. The board expects a large increase in MSc students who will stay in Delft for only two years and are encouraging student societies to anticipate this development by involving them in their organisations.

According to several reliable sources, Professor Jacob Fokkema will become the TU’s new rector in January. The professor in technical geophysics admits that there is a good chance the TU will announce his appointment next week. Only the TU’s works council and student council still need to approve, as the supervisory board has already done so. Fokkema is confident that he’ll work well with TU’s new Executive Board President, Hans van Luijk: ”I trust this president and we’ll get along well.” Fokkema expects to devote his full attention to representing science within the board, whereas Van Luijk is responsible for finances.

Delft students are highly critical of their own courses, according to an annual education survey conducted by Elsevier magazine. Architecture, and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering students are less satisfied than their fellow students in Eindhoven and Twente. Exam correction periods were especially criticised for taking far too long. Delft Architecture students gave their overall course a grade of 6.4 (Eindhoven got a 6.9), whereas their foundation course received an 8.3! Professors were also asked for evaluations. They found Delft’s Electrical Engineering course to be the best in the Netherlands, but Mechanical Engineering the worst.

Integrating strategy

In the new TU strategy, the executive board stresses the advantages of student societies. Not only do they provide meeting places, cultural exchanges and possibilities to obtain organising experience, they should also play a part in hosting international students. The board expects a large increase in MSc students who will stay in Delft for only two years and are encouraging student societies to anticipate this development by involving them in their organisations.

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