Nibs

TU Delft is able to assign what is known as a ‘Grass Root’ to 50 lecturers throughout the various faculties. Grass Roots are small-scale ICT projects that lecturers implement in their own classes. Lecturers are given both didactic and technical support. When your Grass Root is complete, your will be rewarded with €1000 on your research group budget. Possible examples of a Grass Root are the application of Wikis, weblogs, laptops, streaming video, advanced use of Blackboard, e-portfolio, peer review, interactive self-study material and electronic tests. You can apply for projects on the website and the proposal deadline is July 15, 2007.

www.grassroots.nl
Sustainable living

Sustainable living is high on the cabinet’s agenda. From 2020 all houses and offices must be delivered as energy-neutral, and problem neighborhoods must be transformed into desirable areas. From June 25 to 28, scientists, housing policy makers and policy executives discussed how housing construction and the built environment can become more sustainable. They gathered at a conference organized by the Delft Centre for Sustainable Urban Areas of TU Delft and the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR). The theme of the annual ENHR conference was ‘Sustainable Urban Areas’. Alongside the issue of sustainable building, this theme also encompasses the social, economic, spatial and environmental quality of the built environment. Plenary speakers included renowned housing experts and scientists from the Netherlands and abroad, such as Professor Hugo Priemus of TU Delft, Frank van Dam of the The Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research (RPB) and Christine Lefévrier of the Urban Institute of Paris. Topics covered during the conference included: homelessness and housing exclusion, home maintenance, the sustainable city, urbanization of the landscape and the use of geo-information.
3TU.Federation

With the aim of accelerating the pace at which research output is transformed into innovative applications, the three technical universities of Delft, Eindhoven and Twente, under the umbrella of the 3TU.Federation, have entered into a valorization partnership agreement with the Technology Foundation STW. The agreement was signed at the University of Twente on Friday 22 June. The valorization partnership agreement commits the partners to a professional and structured approach, in which joint ‘valorization teams’ will draw up and execute operational plans for each research case.
TU Delft restaurants

How satisfied are you with TU Delft’s restaurants? On 2 July, Sodexho will take over responsibility for TU Delft catering from Avenance, the university’s supplier since 2002. Sodexho has worldwide catering experience on university campuses. TU Delft and Sodexho have agreed an earnings formula, which is linked to the results of a recent customer satisfaction survey. Any profits above the maximum earnings will be spent on improving services and customer satisfaction. Measures that might be taken include lowering prices and expanding the range of food offered.
Sub-Saharan Africa

Twenty-five full fellowships have been awarded to the excellent students from sub-Saharan African countries. These fellowships will enable them to further their individual studies at TU Delft and gain skills that will benefit and contribute to capacity building in the students’ home countries upon their return. The fellowships were awarded for the academic years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. These generous awards will enable the recipients to pursue Master studies at TU Delft. The fellowships are funded by both the Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Delft University of Technology, in honor of the University’s 165th jubilee. The Dutch Government exemplifies the conviction that sustainable energy is imperative for achieving sustainable development and poverty alleviation. Energy is crucial for developing countries, both for their economic growth and for the social and environmental consequences. The Netherlands finds such action to be essential for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Capacity building is an important element in this action plan and the Delft University of Technology/Netherlands Fellowship Program . ‘Access to Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa’ fellowships will contribute to realizing this goal.

Grass roots

Do you have an idea for improving your teaching using ICT? Then the Grass Roots project run by the Focus Centre of Expertise in Education might be just the thing for you. TU Delft is able to assign what is known as a ‘Grass Root’ to 50 lecturers throughout the various faculties. Grass Roots are small-scale ICT projects that lecturers implement in their own classes. Lecturers are given both didactic and technical support. When your Grass Root is complete, your will be rewarded with €1000 on your research group budget. Possible examples of a Grass Root are the application of Wikis, weblogs, laptops, streaming video, advanced use of Blackboard, e-portfolio, peer review, interactive self-study material and electronic tests. You can apply for projects on the website and the proposal deadline is July 15, 2007.

www.grassroots.nl
Sustainable living

Sustainable living is high on the cabinet’s agenda. From 2020 all houses and offices must be delivered as energy-neutral, and problem neighborhoods must be transformed into desirable areas. From June 25 to 28, scientists, housing policy makers and policy executives discussed how housing construction and the built environment can become more sustainable. They gathered at a conference organized by the Delft Centre for Sustainable Urban Areas of TU Delft and the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR). The theme of the annual ENHR conference was ‘Sustainable Urban Areas’. Alongside the issue of sustainable building, this theme also encompasses the social, economic, spatial and environmental quality of the built environment. Plenary speakers included renowned housing experts and scientists from the Netherlands and abroad, such as Professor Hugo Priemus of TU Delft, Frank van Dam of the The Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research (RPB) and Christine Lefévrier of the Urban Institute of Paris. Topics covered during the conference included: homelessness and housing exclusion, home maintenance, the sustainable city, urbanization of the landscape and the use of geo-information.
3TU.Federation

With the aim of accelerating the pace at which research output is transformed into innovative applications, the three technical universities of Delft, Eindhoven and Twente, under the umbrella of the 3TU.Federation, have entered into a valorization partnership agreement with the Technology Foundation STW. The agreement was signed at the University of Twente on Friday 22 June. The valorization partnership agreement commits the partners to a professional and structured approach, in which joint ‘valorization teams’ will draw up and execute operational plans for each research case.
TU Delft restaurants

How satisfied are you with TU Delft’s restaurants? On 2 July, Sodexho will take over responsibility for TU Delft catering from Avenance, the university’s supplier since 2002. Sodexho has worldwide catering experience on university campuses. TU Delft and Sodexho have agreed an earnings formula, which is linked to the results of a recent customer satisfaction survey. Any profits above the maximum earnings will be spent on improving services and customer satisfaction. Measures that might be taken include lowering prices and expanding the range of food offered.
Sub-Saharan Africa

Twenty-five full fellowships have been awarded to the excellent students from sub-Saharan African countries. These fellowships will enable them to further their individual studies at TU Delft and gain skills that will benefit and contribute to capacity building in the students’ home countries upon their return. The fellowships were awarded for the academic years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. These generous awards will enable the recipients to pursue Master studies at TU Delft. The fellowships are funded by both the Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Delft University of Technology, in honor of the University’s 165th jubilee. The Dutch Government exemplifies the conviction that sustainable energy is imperative for achieving sustainable development and poverty alleviation. Energy is crucial for developing countries, both for their economic growth and for the social and environmental consequences. The Netherlands finds such action to be essential for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Capacity building is an important element in this action plan and the Delft University of Technology/Netherlands Fellowship Program . ‘Access to Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa’ fellowships will contribute to realizing this goal.