PVV scout out over fraud suspicion     PVV senator Gom van Strien has resigned from his job as a scout for a new Dutch cabinet. He has been charged with fraud at his former employer, a subsidiary of Utrecht University.   Until mid-2009, Van Strien was director of Utrecht Holdings, the knowledge transfer office…

Wat leeft er onder Delftse jongeren? In de documentaire ‘De 15 van Delft’ maak je kennis met vijftien jongeren uit de stad, onder wie drie TU-studenten.

Activists occupy Leiden University building     On the morning after the elections, climate activists occupied two classrooms at Leiden University. Some 50 students from the action group End Fossil Leiden Delft put up banners and demanded that the university cut ties with the fossil industry, reports university magazine Mare (in Dutch).   Rector Hester Bijl…

Foreign graduates driven away from The Netherlands     International students leave the Netherlands faster after graduation than other countries, a recent survey shows. This is partly because they are given less time to look for a job here.      Of the students who came here from outside Europe in 2010, only 12 per…

Leiden fraternity member ends up in hospital     A member of Leiden student fraternity Minerva was allegedly kicked in the abdomen. The student has been hospitalised and the association has filed a report, reports (in Dutch) De Telegraaf newspaper.   The violence reportedly took place in early November and the student ended up in hospital…

Leiden University closes The Hague location due to security risk     A The Hague location of Leiden University was closed on Friday. There was reportedly an ‘increased security risk’. The university did not want to disclose details. Police are on the scene.   The location in question is the Wijnhaven building, next to The…

 Scouts appointed for TU in Rotterdam The establishment of a programme team marks the start of a new phase for a new TU Delft knowledge ecosystem in Rotterdam, reports the Executive Board in a message to employees. Caspar Chorus (Dean of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering) and Han Derkx (former ICT director) will lead…

Climate activists interrupt Dies Leiden     Students of End Fossil Leiden/Delft disrupted the opening speech of Leiden rector magnificus Hester Bijl at the Dies celebration in the Pieterskerk on 8 February. They want Leiden University to cut ties with the fossil industry, because the students believe it is destroying their future.   Photo: End…