The Trump administration has stopped issuing visas to foreign nationals who wish to study at Harvard University. Current international students must also transfer to another university or risk losing their residence permits. At present, 116 Dutch students are enrolled at Harvard, including four from TU Delft.
Using stolen login details and a few tricks, a hacker was able to gain access to the entire network of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) last January. A ransomware attack was probably narrowly avoided.
Discussing the war in Gaza is off limits with two of its Israeli partner universities, says Tilburg University. For this reason, the university has decided to cancel its ties with them. However, researchers at Tilburg will still be permitted to collaborate with researchers on an individual basis.
Higher education institutions are taking a stand against the government’s plan to include them in its new cyber security law. They argue that this approach will have an adverse effect on security and cost the taxpayer dearly.
As expected, the majority of the Senate voted in favour of cutbacks in higher education. Universities are angry.
Cyclists who have had to take detours for months can now relax: the Hambrug bridge is open again. The bridge is an important connection point between TU Delft and the city centre. Not only did it get a big overhaul, but it also got a special piece of art.
Delta again has a chance of being awarded the prestigious Tegel – which literally means tile – award. Delta’s Editor in Chief, Saskia Bonger, is one of the nominees for the most important award in journalism in the Netherlands for her investigative article about the Innovation & Impact Centre at TU Delft.
How can ChatGPT reflect the voices that are missing in public debates? And how can language unite or divide people? Artists, academics and students tried to find answers to these kinds of questions at the For Love of the World festival last Saturday in Delft.
Halfway through the very last debate on the education budget, universities – including a delegation from TU Delft – are protesting outside the Senate. “Don’t do it!” they call out. Will the Senate still deliver a political miracle?
