The Netherlands must spend billions of euros on knowledge, innovation and infrastructure, advises former ASML CEO Peter Wennink in a report requested by the outgoing Cabinet in early September. ‘Whereas Europe once played a pioneering role in innovation, this has not been the case for years,’ it states. The report throws around billions. The idea
A light show, a speech by the mayor, live music and street theatre: Tuesday evening, 9 December, will be Lichtjesavond (Light Night) in Delft. There will be plenty to do at various locations throughout the city between 4.00 PM and 10.00 PM, including live music and street theatre. At 5.00 PM, Mayor Alexander Pechtold will
From Monday 8 to Sunday 14 December, there will be fewer trains running around Delft due to engineering works by ProRail. Passengers should expect more frequent changes and longer travel times. Trains will run according to a modified timetable. NS advises passengers to check the NS Travel Planner shortly before departure. ProRail is renewing switches
Students, lecturers, researchers, and other employees of universities and colleges will protest in Amsterdam on December 9 against cuts to higher education. This strike has been called by trade unions. Lecturers will continue to be paid if they strike. Students are allowed to miss classes, but exams will not be rescheduled. TU Delft has drawn
Thanks in part to external financial support, VU University Amsterdam believes it will be able to keep its Bachelor's programme in Earth Sciences running in a modified form. However, a major reorganisation will follow. This spring, the VU announced that it would have to discontinue its Bachelor's programme in Earth Sciences as of 2027. The
Together with trade unions FNV and AOb, action group WOinActie will set up a large screen on Dom Square in Utrecht on Monday to watch the EenVandaag party leaders’ debate (in Dutch), broadcast from Ahoy Rotterdam, with as many demonstrators as possible. Prior to the debate, there will be a programme featuring political speakers, followed
University lecturer Harry Pettit of Radboud University Nijmegen is filing a complaint against Education Minister Gouke Moes. Moes believes that Pettit should be prosecuted. A week ago, outgoing Minister Moes put pressure on Radboud University Nijmegen during the talk show Café Kockelmann. He said the university should file a complaint against the fiercely pro-Palestinian university
Planetary scientist Daphne Stam, former associate professor at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, has been nominated as unconventional thinker of the year 2025. According to the Stichting Dwarsdenkers, she resigned ‘to raise awareness of the structurally unsafe culture for women in the sciences’ and ‘consciously chooses transparency and restoration, even if that comes at a
Would you like to vote for politicians who studied in Delft? Or are you curious to know which candidates have a technical background, even if they don't often mention it themselves? You can find an overview on the website vinddebetaopdelijst.nl (in Dutch). The creators of the website have listed the candidate MPs who have studied
Radboud University Nijmegen should report a fiercely pro-Palestinian lecturer to the police, according to outgoing minister Gouke Moes (BBB). He is threatening to intervene. “I pointed out an agreement that was made with the universities,” Moes said Friday evening on the TV program Café Kockelmann. In the event of suspected criminal offenses, the universities will
