On vacation with his family in Chennai, columnist Vishal Onkhar experiences the relentless Indian heatwave first-hand. “Venturing outdoors is virtually intolerable,” he says.
Being back on campus means having to answer hard questions about how we deal with, often contradictory, self-interest. Read about it in Claudia Werker’s last column.
In February teachers could at last give their lessons physically again. This also meant that Monique van der Veen’s struggles with the smartboard resumed.
Should TU Delft scrap the cum laude ruling as the Free University of Amsterdam will do next year? Bas Rooijakkers does not believe it will reduce achievement-related stress.
Without diminishing, why is the fervent and heartwarming support for Ukraine sorely lacking for other countries ravaged by war, Vishal Onkhar wonders.
Student Bas Rooijakkers is surprised that many students prefer online lectures. He advocates physical classes, which is better for focus.
The pressure on teachers and researchers at universities is not an individual personal experience, but a structural problem. Acknowledge that, writes Bob van Vliet.
However terrible the war in Ukraine is, do not judge individual Russians and the beauty that they have produced by the war, writes Monique van der Veen.
How can you use technology responsibly? Columnist Claudia Werker believes that this is one of the most important questions that engineers should ask themselves.
