The housing shortage is high in some Canadian cities. It is so expensive to live in Vancouver that one student has come up with a cheaper solution: he lives 700 kilometres away and takes the plane. A student room in Vancouver - Canada's most expensive city - costs an average of 2,100 Canadian dollars a
Last weekend, the Innovative art & technology festival Highlight Delft took place. During a walkable route of exhibitions spread through Delft, visitors explored this year’s theme ‘Do you see what I see’. Delta attended and captured some of these interactive highlights.
Flemish influencer Acid has been given a suspended prison sentence and an 800 euro fine for his revealing videos of the hazing ('ontgroening') of Sanda Dia. He must also pay damages amounting to 20 thousand euros. Following a gruesome hazing (called ‘baptism’ in Flemish), 20-year-old student Sanda Dia died in 2018. He was made to
A former student was fined 225 euros for not stopping his student travel product on time. He went to court and was partially vindicated. The judge reduced the fine to 75 euros because DUO did not warn the student on time. That is according to a May 2022 ruling (in Dutch) that recently came online.
During the recess week, the NAE (Netherlands Academy of Engineers) is publishing six recommendations for the Cabinet in formation. The NAE echoes the concerns of the Dutch people in numerous areas, as inventoried by the Social and Cultural Planning Bureau. These include the energy transition, climate, agriculture and horticulture, accessibility to care and housing, and
A recruitment drive has raised enough financial support to keep the website ScienceGuide on air, the editors write on their own website (in Dutch). The national website for news and opinion on higher education is in dire straits and threatened to close or disappear behind a paywall as of 17 February. On its website, the
ScienceGuide, a Dutch-language website for news and opinion on higher education and research, is in dire straits. The platform will have to shut down this week or disappear behind a pay wall. ScienceGuide can only continue if enough individual subscribers sign up or if higher education institutions take out a collective subscription. Universities will not
Alex Klootwijk (left) and Ludo de Goeje have devised a simple way to improve the insulation of old refrigerators. (Photo: Ludo de Goeje) Improve the insulation of your fridge in four hours with some Styrofoam, strips of wood, double-sided tape and magnets. That is the idea behind the project hack your fridge by Industrial Design
The Education Inspectorate has doubts about the diplomas of a master's programme in Twente: were they rightly granted? The part-time master's programme 'public management' at the University of Twente is already warning its students and graduates: invalid master's degrees might have been issued. The Education Inspectorate will soon issue a report. Some 60 graduates and
Outgoing minister Robbert Dijkgraaf is keen to encourage young people to opt for a programme in higher vocational education, and it seems the campaign is paying off. Last September, almost 8,900 vwo students started in higher vocational education: 7.9 per cent more than last year. But when compared to senior general secondary education students (havo,
