De coronacrisis is nog niet voorbij, maar de eerste evaluaties van het coronabeleid verschijnen al in de pers, onder wetenschappers en bij beroepsverenigingen. Dat constateren de hooglerarenbestuurskunde Hans de Bruijn (TU Delft) en Martijn van der Steen (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam). Zij schreven het rapport Leren van Covid-19 voor de Nederlandse School Openbaar Bestuur (NSOB) in…
Checking in with your campus card: what about privacy? TU Delft takes various measures in the public space to ensure the safety of students, staff and visitors. One of these measures is checking in with your campus card. However, the student council is concerned about the privacy of students. What will happen…
New members student council In their last monthly meeting with the Executive Board, current members of the student council said their goodbyes as new members from the factions of Oras (7) and Lijst Bèta (3) introduced themselves. Since two years, English has been the official language during the meetings. Whether that will…
Restitution sports center X Students and employees with a membership to sports and culture center X will soon receive notification about refunds. Vice Rector Magnificus Rob Mudde announced this on 26 August during his monthly meeting with the Student Council. The refund will conclude the months in which X was forced to close its…
During the opening of the academic year on Monday 31 August the FNV union, the general education association AOb and action group WoinActie will organise a protest action by bike against temporary contracts in higher education. According to the organisations, temporary contracts force scientific talent to ‘cycle’ from university to university. “It is a waste…
Spar Stieltjesweg reopened Good news for residents of the student housing tower on the Stieltjesweg: Spar University is open again from Monday, August 24. The supermarket closed at the end of March due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. “Our sales are dropping and our teams are worried,” a press officer said at the time.
In several cities, young people are protesting this week against the high rent of student rooms. They start in Wageningen and later in the week there will also be protests in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen and Nijmegen. The protest is organised by the Landelijke Studentenvakbond (LSVb) and union FNV Young & United, who find the high…
‘Declarations by board members in order’ The Dutch Education Inspectorate (Onderwijsinspectie) is satisfied with the reimbursement of expenses for administrators of universities and colleges of higher education. In a random check at fifteen institutions, the inspectors did not find anything unusual. This has sometimes been different. In the media, stories regularly surfaced about sky-high expense…
De Onderwijsinspectie is tevreden over de onkostenvergoeding voor bestuurders van universiteiten en hogescholen. In een steekproef bij vijftien instellingen hebben de inspecteurs geen gekke dingen aangetroffen. Dat is weleens anders geweest. In de media doken met regelmaat verhalen op over torenhoge declaraties, bijvoorbeeld van reiskosten en een peperdure bureaustoel. De vorige minister van Onderwijs dreigde…
Solar boat team finishes third in own race The TU Delft Solar Boat Team finished third in the solar boat competition for top Dutch teams that it itself organised on the Ketelmeer in Flevoland on 17 August. The race consisted of three parts: endurance, slalom and sprint. Race Officer Eva Smits…
