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The promise made by the new coalition parties to cap interest rates on student loans at 2.5 percent feels like a financial stranglehold in practice, says the National Chamber of Associations.
A PhD candidate at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering should not have received a ‘no-go’ decision in April 2024. That is the ruling of the court in The Hague. There were ‘many irregularities’. With this ruling, the judge has overruled not only the Committee for Doctorates, but also the Doctoral Arbitration Committee. TU Delft says it will not appeal and wants to consult with the PhD candidate.
In addition to all the developments in Delft, work on Campus Rotterdam is continuing at full speed. The Executive Board has hired an external consultancy firm and the programme team will move into the Groot Handelsgebouw (literally the big trade building) in Rotterdam.
Dutch students continued to live with their parents for longer after the basic grant was abolished. After five years of study, 33 percent still lived at home, and with the introduction of the loan system, that figure rose to 42 percent. The abolition of the system has not improved the situation so far.
The shipping industry needs to be less polluting and even become emission free. How can this be achieved at a time where everyone orders everything from Temu? By falling back on the wind. Researchers are testing the aerodynamics of a cargo ship in a wind tunnel to determine the best place to position rotor sails.
Higher education without Microsoft? Serious alternatives are being explored here and there. However, the challenge is not yet resolved. While the education sector is attempting to break free, Microsoft is taking on more and more tasks.
Prospective buyers need to be quick to get hold of a secondhand jewel at OWee’s first secondhand market. But it may not work for everyone: “I see a lot of good things! But I don’t have a room so I can’t buy anything yet.”
