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
At a pro-Palestinian occupation of the magnet laboratory at Radboud University Nijmegen on Tuesday, activists were in danger, according to the university. The police arrested 23 protesters. On Tuesday morning, a group of pro-Palestinian activists occupied the Goudsmit Pavilion at Radboud University Nijmegen. They were protesting against three new research projects that the university will
This year's satirical Master Kackadoris Award for the promotion of quackery goes to VU Amsterdam, which appointed a chiropractor as professor. The Association against Quackery denounces (in Dutch) chiropractic as an unproven and sometimes dangerous treatment. The association is outraged that a chiropractor could become a special professor at the Vrije Universiteit, even if it
TU Delft top athletes Roos de Jong (now an alumna), Willemijn Mulder and Tessa Dullemans won gold at the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai. On Friday, De Jong won the world title as part of the double sculls. Mulder and Dullemans finished first in the women's quadruple sculls on Thursday. This is the first time
A name familiar to many TU students appears on the left-wing Groenlinks-PvdA political party list for the parliamential elections on 29 October. Master's student Abdelkader Karbache is listed at number 72 on the candidate list, the party announced in an email to its members on Thursday. Karbache is listed as a so-called lijstduwer (list pusher):
The new Minister of Education, Culture and Science has apologised to the Dutch House of Representatives for his earlier comments about a rainbow crosswalk. Gouke Moes (BBB) came under fire for his tweets last year about a rainbow crosswalk that had been smeared with swastikas. At the time, he called it “unfortunate on both sides”.
Gouke Moes (33) will be the new Minister of Education. This was announced by BBB on Monday evening. After the departure of Eppo Bruins and other NSC ministers, the two remaining governing parties, VVD and BBB, had to look for successors. Moes became in 2021 politically active for BBB. In 2023 he joined the Provincial
Sophie Hermans, outgoing VVD minister for Climate Policy and Green Growth, will temporarily take charge of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science now that Eppo Bruins has resigned (in Dutch). This was announced by the caretaker cabinet on Saturday. The four other ministries of outgoing NSC ministers will also be temporarily taken over by
After a swim of over 17.5 hours, TU Delft alumnus Winnifred Noorlander (31) arrived on the French coast on Sunday. She swam non-stop the 34 kilometres from Dover to Calais without a wetsuit. She did this to raise awareness about brain health. A few years ago, she herself suffered from concussion, which left her barely…
